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Tel Aviv, Orlando, Birstall, Magnanville …

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel–Whether it was by coincidence or not, the supplement that came with the Ha’aretz newspaper last weekend contained a long article about – and interview with – Professor Telma Handler, a psychiatrist, psychologist and international expert on the brain whose most recent research has focused on the mechanism of empathy. […]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East, USA

Google permitted Auschwitz game to be distributed as an app

JERUSALEM (WJC) — Colette Avital, the head of the Center of Holocaust Survivor Organizations in Israel and a member of the Executive of the World Jewish Congress-Israel, expressed indignation and outrage over a program available on Google Play which invited users to “live like a real Jew in Auschwitz.” “We cannot understand how the top management of Google

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Netanyahu and Kerry to meet as French peace push continues

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet next week in a European capital, against the backdrop of the French peace initiative and a Quartet report likely to severely criticize Israel”s policies in Judea and Samaria, Haaretz reported Sunday. A senior Israeli official said Netanyahu spoke with Kerry by telephone

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International, Middle East, USA

No conflict in Obama’s endorsement of Clinton amid email scandal, says AG Loretta Lynch

Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Sunday that President Obama’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president does not create a conflict of interest in the FBI’s ongoing investigation of her State Department email. Ms. Lynch insisted that the federal probe of Mrs. Clinton’s unusual email setup at the State Department, which conceivably could result in criminal

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USA

NRA Head Calls Gun Control A Diversion

National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre said Sunday all the recent talk about gun control is just an effort by U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration to divert attention away from terrorism. And U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, blamed administration foreign policy for the June 12 mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and called

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USA

Trump Lashes Out At Republicans

Donald Trump spoke out Saturday against some Republicans trying to thwart him, calling them “an insurgent group.” The New York real estate mogul also threatened to stop fundraising if the Republicans don’t rally around him. Trump’s comments come amid his bid to get support from those who did not back him during the primary season,

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USA

Will Liberman appease the Obama administration?

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (also spelled Lieberman) headed to American Saturday night, for his first official state visit since taking office. During his trip, Liberman will be meeting with several senior US administration officials, including his counterpart Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter. On top of the agenda will be ongoing discussions concerning an upgraded

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Middle East, USA

US diplomats condemn own govt’s stance on Syria

An historically significant event has just taken place which has been largely ignored by what the “Wall Street Journal” called the “obsequious” media: fifty-one active-duty US diplomats issued what is called a “dissent channel memorandum” denouncing the policies of the Obama administration towards the Syrian conflict. The original dissent memorandum came to be called the

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Middle East, USA

In Israeli desert, world’s highest solar tower looks to future

(AFP) In the middle of southern Israel’s desert, engineers are hard at work building the world’s tallest solar tower, reflecting the country’s high hopes for renewable energy. Once completed in late 2017, the Ashalim Tower will rise to 240 meters (787 feet), taller than Paris’s Montparnasse Tower and London’s Gherkin, according to the Israeli government

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Middle East, The World We Share, USA

New San Diego-backed incubator to open near Gaza border

Communities bordering the Gaza Strip usually make the headlines in stories about terrorism, attacks, and tunnels. A new initiative aims to change that a technology incubator named SouthUp the first technology incubator in the southern border communities. The parties involved in establishing the new incubator are the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council, Sapir Academic College, OurCrowd

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Middle East, San Diego County, USA