By JT – Sep 18,2017 – Last updated at Sep 18,2017 AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday met with representatives of American Jewish organisations in New York, in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Rania. During the meeting His Majesty and the representatives outlined efforts to revive the peace process, as well as […]
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Middle East, USANEW YORK — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday afternoon met with eight senior leaders of the American Jewish community to talk about a broad range of issues including Israel-Diaspora relations, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran. The meeting took place on the backdrop of an ongoing crisis between the Israeli government and Diaspora Jewry over
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA[youtube:2033013] U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday wished the Jewish people a Happy New Year, ahead of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah which will be celebrated on Wednesday at sundown. “The High Holy Days are a time of both reflection on the past year and hope for renewal in the year to come. Jewish communities
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Jewish Religion, USALOS ANGELES (Press Release)–The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) reacts with horror to the ongoing attacks against the Muslim Rohingya minority in Myanmar. “We are witnessing a human tragedy of three hundred thousand souls driven from their homes to an uncertain future. And there are serious reports of a campaign of murder, rape, and burnt villages,” said Rabbi
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International, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We should avoid predicting what’s gonna happen or international affairs. There are too many actors and systemic variables (e.g., economics, the choices made by greater powers) to allow any certainty beyond the next few minutes. However, that doesn’t mean that we should avoid consideration of prominent issues, capable of developing
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABernie Sanders has claimed that he did “everything he could” to help Hillary Clinton win the 2016 presidential election after she suggested he had “caused lasting damage” to her campaign. The Vermont senator insisted in an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press that he had backed Clinton once he was out of the race. “I
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USAEmmys host Stephen Colbert delivered a ton of jabs to President Trump in his opening monologue of this year’s award show. The host taunted the president many times, reminding the audience of several tweets he made about previous award shows. Colbert joked with previous Emmys host Seth Myers about the tweet Trump sent that accused
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAU.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley warned Sunday that “North Korea will be destroyed” if the United States is forced to defend itself from the increasingly aggressive rogue state. Days before President Trump’s first speech before the U.N. General Assembly, Ms. Haley said that “we’ve pretty much exhausted all the things we can do
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International, USASan Diego health officials have implemented many measures to combat the city’s deadly hepatitis A outbreak, including power-washing the streets with a bleach solution and vaccinating more than 19,000 people. On Saturday they added yet another emergency measure: bathrooms with 24-hour security. Four new portable restrooms and a handwashing stations were added to an area
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USATEHRAN, Iran — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Sunday that Iran would respond strongly to “any wrong move” by the United States on the multilateral nuclear deal struck in 2015. President Donald Trump has threatened to declare Iran in violation of the landmark agreement next month, which could pave the way for additional U.S.
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — With tensions running high over North Korea, President Donald Trump on Sunday mocked its mercurial leader, Kim Jong Un, referring to him as “Rocket Man.” Trump, who is spending the weekend at his New Jersey golf property, said on Twitter that he had spoken Saturday evening with South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, and
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International, USASEATTLE �� Stripped of protections offered by a federal program for young undocumented immigrants, about a dozen of them sat in the Mexican consulate in downtown Seattle waiting to hear what their country of birth could offer them. A week before, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, acting at the behest of President Donald Trump, cast
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International, USACORAL BAY, U.S. Virgin Islands — Sharon Coldren, standing on the balcony of the Coral Bay Community Council building, raised a megaphone to give a warning to about 100 of her fellow islanders. “There are tropical storms on the way that could become hurricanes,” she said to a crowd gathered Saturday outside the town hall.
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USAPresident Donald Trump has poked the internet bear before by retweeting GIFs put out on social media by his supporters, and the latest example is a GIF of Trump hitting Clinton with a golf ball. RELATED: Donald Trump branded Kim Jong-un with an absurdly accurate nickname As former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton continues her tour
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