International

Israel denies Turkish claim of involvement in Kurd vote

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denied Turkish claims of covert involvement in Iraqi Kurdistan’s recent independence vote, reiterating however his “sympathy” for the Kurdish people. On Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel’s intelligence agency played a role in the September 25 referendum, citing as proof the waving of Israeli flags during […]

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Middle East

Tony Blair blasts rock star for comparing Israel to Nazi Germany

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair excoriated rock singer and guitarist Roger Waters late Saturday night after the Pink Floyd front man compared Israel to Nazi Germany, and warned of the dangers posed by the “extraordinarily powerful” Jewish lobby. A frequent critic of the Jewish state and a staunch supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions

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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Prince Harry Kisses Meghan Markle During Invictus Games Closing Ceremonies

Prince Harry sealed the Invictus Games with a kiss for his girlfriend, Meghan Markle. In the photo shared by E! News, Prince Harry was snapped giving the “Suits” star a kiss on the cheek. Markle showed up at the closing ceremony with her mom Doria Radlan. The mother and daughter duo were photographed clapping and

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International

Negotiating with North Korea a waste of time: Trump

US President Donald Trump warned Sunday that negotiating with North Korea over its nuclear program would be a waste of time, after it emerged that Washington has channels of contact with Pyongyang. Only hours after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson revealed that US officials are in exploratory contact with their North Korean counterparts, Trump appeared

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International, USA

The Dodge Star and Jewish history

  By Jerry Klinger Roseburg, Oregon, is a city that logging money built. Far from the main urban center of Portland, rich with money and poor on cultural resources, Roseburg’s 19th and 20th century patricians deployed their monies to create a cultural oasis of music, theater, education and social optimism in the remoteness. Today, Roseburg

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International, Jerry Klinger, Middle East, Travel and Food, USA

Hamas says it okayed new Egyptian proposal for prisoner swap with Israel

Hamas has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a prisoner swap with Israel and is awaiting Jerusalem’s response to the offer, the terror group’s leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, said Thursday night, according to Channel 2 news. A report earlier this month in the Palestinian daily Al Quds quoted sources in Cairo as saying

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Middle East

Anti-Fascists Battle Far Right Neo-Nazis In Sweden

Neo-Nazis and anti-fascist demonstrators clashed Saturday on the streets of Gothenburg, one of Sweden’s largest cities, in violence that saw dozens of people arrested. Hundreds of people were present for a march organized by the far-right Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR), an extremist group that wants to unify the northern European Nordic nations under National Socialist

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International

Erekat: Israel occupies 100% of Palestine

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) secretary general Saeb Erekat on Friday blasted David Friedman, the U.S. ambassador in Israel, for saying in an interview that he believes Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria are part of Israel. “Israel is internationally recognized as the occupying power over 100 percent of Palestine, including in and around occupied east

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Middle East, USA