On Friday, Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey, ordered the closure of tourist attractions, 40 state parks, historic sites, state beaches, and the Liberty State Park after a budget standoff. Yet, on Sunday morning Christie was spotted lounging on a deserted public beach with his friends and family, sparking criticism across social media. The government
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USAEx-Supreme Court judge Rubinstein gets an extra 24 hours to solve dispute surrounding children’s cancer unit By Times of Israel staff Prof. Michael Weintraub, former head of Hadassah Hospital’s pediatric hemato-oncology department, speaks with a young patient at the protest tent in Sacher Park, Jerusalem, June 4, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) The former Supreme Court judge
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationDemocratic Front activists restore stone structure praising Khaled Nazzal, who planned a 1974 attack that killed 26 people, mostly children By Dov Lieber A monument to ‘martyr’ Khaled Nazzal in a Jenin square named after him. Nazzal was the mastermind of the 1974 Maalot massacre in which Palestinian terrorists murdered 22 schoolchildren and 4 adults.
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Middle EastHours after leaving Ma’asiyahu Prison, former PM buys clothing, is greeted by hundreds of well-wishers at a Tel Aviv mall By Times of Israel staff Former prime minister Ehud Olmert (l) is seen shopping at TLV Fashion Mall in Tel Aviv on July 2, 2017, hours after being paroled from Matisyahu Prison. (courtesy) Hours after
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Middle EastLifta offers a unique insight into Jerusalem life as far back as the First Temple period. The city intends to transform it into a new luxury neighborhood. An improbable coalition of Jews and Arabs, with all manner of contradictory goals, is seeking to prevent this By Dov Lieber On a warm, sunny Friday afternoon in
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Middle EastLOS ANGELES — Thousands of protesters marched in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, chanting, “Down, down, down with Trump — up, up, up with the people” as they urged Congress to impeach the president. John Meranda, 56, of Long Beach, held a sign showing Trump’s face on the body of a chubby baby, with the
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USAAfter pop icon mobbed by fans at the Western Wall, PM’s meal with sick children goes ahead without her By Times of Israel staff American singer Britney Spears( c) visits at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, ahead of her concert tomorrow night in Tel Aviv. July 2, 2017. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90) American pop star
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsWASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump has said that when her husband, Donald, is attacked, he will “punch back 10 times harder.” On Sunday, President Trump put those pugilistic instincts on display for all the world to see, circulating a doctored video clip that showed him physically attacking a crudely rendered stand-in for CNN, then
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAAn Oregon bill requiring insurers to provide their customers with free abortions-including illegal immigrants-has advanced to the state Senate after winning approval Saturday in the state House with no Republican votes. House Democrats pushed through the Reproductive Health Equity Act after a nearly two-hour debate over the bill, which would allocate $10.2 million for services
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAOne of the Justice Department’s top corporate crime watchdogs has resigned, declaring that she cannot enforce ethics laws against companies while, she asserts, her own bosses in the Trump administration have been engaging in conduct that she said she would never tolerate in corporations. Hui Chen — a former Pfizer and Microsoft lawyer who also
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Before we were disturbed by a dust-up among Jews about the Western Wall and conversion, we were befuddled by another delegation of ranking Americans prodding Israelis and Palestinians to sit around a table and make peace. What these worthies do not grasp is that there already is peace. It ain’t perfect,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastOn first trip to region since becoming secretary-general, Antonio Guterres to meet with Netanyahu and Abbas, visit Yad Vashem By Raphael Ahren Antonio Guterres (right), newly confirmed as incoming UN secretary-general, with Israel’s envoy to the UN Danny Danon, October 13, 2016 (Courtesy) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is due to visit Israel and the
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International, Middle EastSaturday marks the day that the late Princess Diana would have turned 56-years-old, and Prince William and Prince Harry marked the occasion by holding a private ceremony to rededicate her grave site. The ceremony, which was also attended by Duchess Kate, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and members of the Spencer family, was led by Justin
Washington (dpa) – US President Donald Trump on Saturday devoted part of a rally speech to continuing his attacks on the media. “My administration is transferring power outside of Washington and returning it to where it belongs, the people,” Trump said at the Celebrate Freedom Concert, held at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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