International

Howard Dean: Jared Kushner Will Probably Be Indicted

Special counsel Robert Mueller will probably indict President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, former Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean predicted Sunday. “I expect there’s a good likelihood Jared Kushner will be indicted for money laundering, and then we’re going to see how far this Russian involvement goes,” Dean said on MSNBC. […]

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International, USA

‘Gaza won’t get terrorists’ bodies back for free’

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu returned to Israel Monday following a trip to the UK marking the 100th anniversary since the Balfour Declaration proclaiming Great Britain”s support for the establishment of a Jewish national home in the historic Land of Israel. Following his return to Israel, Netanyahu addressed the recent revelation that the IDF recovered the

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Middle East

Jewish investors believed to be behind Greek Patriarchate land buys

By Sue Surkes A major Jewish donor to Israel is believed to be among the shareholders in an anonymous company that last year purchased several acres of former Greek Patriarchate land in the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Givat Oranim and Old Katamon. The well-known hedge fund manager and property developer Michael Steinhardt is said to be

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OpEd: Don’t mess with Jerusalem

Naomi Chazan The heated discussions over the meaning of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration have dominated the media just as moves to entirely alter the status of Jerusalem and its environs have quietly proceeded apace. Two interrelated bills (The Basic Law: Jerusalem, the Capital of Israel [Amendment

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Middle East

UK Jewish community leaders meet PM Netanyahu

The Board of Deputies for British Jews (BoD) and the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC) hosted a meeting on Sunday morning between Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and the UK”s Jewish communal leadership. The discussions were part of the Netanyahu’s celebrations of the centenary of the Balfour Declaration. The meeting allowed Netanyahu to engage directly with British

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Suspect in Texas shooting was court-martialed for assault on his spouse and child

WASHINGTON — The man authorities have identified as the shooter in the massacre at a Texas church was give a bad conduct discharge from the Air Force three years ago after being court-martialed for assault, a military spokeswoman confirmed Sunday. Federal law prohibits a person who has been dishonorably discharged from buying a firearm. Whether

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USA

Here’s where Anthony Weiner’s going for his first day of prison

Anthony Weiner Former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner begins his prison sentence of nearly two years Monday at Federal Medical Center Devens, a male-only federal prison facility in Massachusetts, according to the New York Daily News. The 53-year-old was tried and convicted of one count of transferring obscene material to a 15-year-old. In September, he

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USA

2 Netanyahu associates detained for questioning in submarine affair

By Alexander Fulbright Police on Sunday morning detained two confidants of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for interrogation in the investigation into suspected corruption in the purchase of naval vessels from a German shipbuilder. While police did not reveal the identities of the two, multiple reports named one of them as David Shimron, Netanyahu’s cousin and

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Middle East

US-Israel fund to invest $4.8 million in clean energy projects

By Shoshanna Solomon A program funded by the US Department of Energy and Israel’s Ministry of Energy and the Israel Innovation Authority will finance five joint Israel-US clean energy projects for a total of $4.8 million. Each project addresses energy challenges and opportunities of interest to both countries, while focusing on commercializing clean energy technologies

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