By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Israel is a wonderful country and I deem it a privilege to live here. I’m convinced that without this our Jewish state there wouldn’t be much of Judaism or Jewry today. Therefore, it pains me greatly to have to write that the country seems to be sliding toward fascism.
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Middle EastSongstress tells Arnon Giladi to mind his own business, after council member says event should be canceled over views he calls anti-Zionist By Jessica Steinberg Singer Achinoam Nini performs during a memorial ceremony for the late Yossi Sarid, on January 12, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) Singer Achinoam Nini, known for her outspoken support for a two-state
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBELLEVILLE, Ill. — An Illinois man who shot a GOP congressman Wednesday morning in Virginia was described as “an angry little man” with “a chip on his shoulder” by a lawyer who represented him in past legal trouble. The man identified as the gunman in Virginia, James T. Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, was killed in
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The slippery subject of academic freedom has moved into our headlines with a draft code of ethics for universities and their personnel. It is the work of Professor Asa Kasher, a philosophy professor at Tel Aviv University, and the author of the IDF’s code of ethics. He prepared this code at
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationA number of people are missing following the deadly overnight fire that ravaged a London residential tower block. In the late afternoon on Wednesday the number of people confirmed dead rose from six to 12, and the capital’s police chief said the toll was expected to rise further. Firefighters have said they expect to be
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InternationalAfter US Secretary of State Tillerson said Ramallah intends to stop paying inmates and families, Jerusalem says it has seen no change By Raphael Ahren Security prisoners in the Ofer Prison facility near Ramallah, August 20, 2008. (Moshe Shai/Flash90) Jerusalem on Wednesday said the Palestinians were continuing to pay salaries to incarcerated terrorists, rejecting US
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, the third-ranking Republican in House leadership, was in critical condition Wednesday afternoon after being shot during a baseball practice, according to the hospital treating him. Two Capitol Hill police officers and at least two others were also shot and injured in a melee that triggered heightened security in and
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USAAs news broke Wednesday that a lone gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers practicing for the Thursday Congressional Baseball Game in Alexandria, members from both sides of the political came together in a rare show of unity and support. D.C. politics came to a screeching halt in the early morning after reports revealed that several
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USASen. Bernie Sanders spoke on the Senate floor today after learning that James T. Hodgkinson, the alleged shooter at the Republican baseball practice had volunteered for his presidential campaign. Sanders said, “I have just been informed that the alleged shooter at the Republican baseball practice is someone who apparently volunteered on my presidential campaign. I
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USAHouse Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot in the hip during a congressional baseball practice in Virginia Wednesday morning. His injuries were non-life-threatening, a congressional source told ABC News. Multiple congressional aides were also hit by the gunman. Several Republican lawmakers were in attendance. “Behind third base, I see a rifle…I hear Steve Scalise over
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USAWASHINGTON — Rep. Rodney Davis was just yards from the gunman who opened fire at a congressional baseball practice in Virginia on Wednesday morning, an attack he blames on the “hatefulness” in American politics today. “This could be the first political rhetorical terrorist act,” Davis, R-Ill., told CNN as he stood in the Capitol, still
Senator Kamala Harris is a law enforcement veteran who became known for her doggedness and tough questioning during a 25-year career as a trailblazer prosecutor that included serving as the first female district attorney of San Francisco and attorney general of California. So, it would seem she doesn’t need to be told how to behave
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USAA gunman shot and killed three people at a United Parcel Service facility in San Francisco Wednesday morning, before fatally shooting himself in front of police officers, authorities say. Six people suffered gunshot wounds and four were killed, according to San Francisco Police. The dead included the gunman, who shot himself in the head, according
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USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel –This may come as a shock but intense terror incitement is happening in Jerusalem and nobody is taking a bit of notice. Noise is being made about stopping Mahmoud Abbas paying salaries to jailed terrorists but nobody is addressing the source of the incitement, even when it is taking place
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