WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s first woman president in a decade, Lillian Pinkus, told the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP) Sunday night that its work nurturing a new generation of women leaders is “transformative.” Pinkus, meeting with JWRP leaders at the annual AIPAC Policy Conference, recalled seeing a group of women […]
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Middle East, USAFormer President Barack Obama is planning to extend his stay in Tetiaroa, a South Pacific island once owned by legendary Hollywood actor Marlon Brando, as he starts to pen his memoir about his experiences of the eight years he spent as the American president. Both Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, inked a multimillion-dollar
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International, USAIn passionate speech at annual confab, vice president celebrates Friedman as newly-confirmed envoy to Israel; vows admin will confront Iran, seek Israeli-Palestinian peace By Eric Cortellessa Vice President Mike Pence speaks at AIPAC’s annual Policy Conference on March 26, 2017 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC (screenshot) WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence delivered
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International, Middle East, USAWashington (dpa) – Iran has sanctioned 15 US companies, in retaliation over sanctions recently imposed on the Islamic Republic by Washington, state news agency IRNA reported Sunday. The companies were singled out for cooperating with Israel and “their blatant violation of human rights and international humanitarian rights,” the foreign ministry said in a statement. The
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Middle East, USAWhite House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus insisted President Donald Trump does not want House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to step down during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” The president raised many eyebrows Saturday morning when he issued a vague tweet saying, “Watch @JudgeJeanine on @FoxNews tonight at 9:00 P.M.” with no further elaboration.
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USABerlin (dpa) – Germany’s defence minister has demanded the US recognize and show appreciation for Germany’s engagement with the NATO military alliance. The US must “acknowledge what individual nations contribute on a daily basis to NATO,” Ursula von der Leyen told Italian newspaper La Repubblica in comments published Saturday. Germany assists NATO through its support
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International, USASenate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Sunday that Democrats are ready to work with President Trump to fix Obamacare if Republicans abandon their drive to repeal the law. The New York Democrat made the offer in the wake of Friday’s decision by Mr. Trump and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan to pull the GOP
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for a new approach to Arab-Israeli peacemaking, and blamed the Ayatollahs’ regime in Iran for the intractability of the Middle East’s problems at the AIPAC annual policy conference Sunday. “If you had a benign regime in Iran, all of the problems in the Middle East would be resolvable,”
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International, Middle East, USAIsraeli Ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer praised the unprecedented lack of “daylight” between Israel and the US under the administration of President Donald Trump. “When it comes to the great challenges facing Israel and the United States, for the first time in many years, perhaps in many decades, there is no daylight between our
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Middle East, USARwanda’s President Paul Kagame on Sunday became the first African leader to address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, hailing Israel as an inspiration for his own country’s rebirth after genocide. Kagame was commander of the rebel force that put an end to the 1994 slaughter of Rwandan Tutsis by Hutu extremists
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not a good sign when an op-ed piece in the Washington Post uses the terms incompetent, stupid, and a “cartoon version of a presidency” in connection with Donald Trump. The President’s supporters are already making their standard remarks about a left-wing press. Sure, the Washington Post along with the
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Ira Sharkansky, USANir Barkat releases laconic statement after meeting Jason Greenblatt amid larger US-Israel talks over settlement construction By Times of Israel staff Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt during a meeting at the White House, March 25, 2017 (Courtesy of the Jerusalem Municipality) Jerusalem Mayor Nir
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Middle East, USAPro-Israel activists faced off against demonstrators protesting the annual AIPAC conference in Washington DC on Sunday. Anti-Israel radicals formed a human chain, blocking the entrance to the conference, while others gathered nearby, chanting anti-Zionist slogans and holding placards condemning Israel, Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, and AIPAC itself. Supporters of the Jewish state also
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday took hard-line congressional Republicans to task over last week’s failed attempt to push through a health care overhaul measure, but the principal target of his Twitter broadside declined to engage in any sparring with the White House, instead emphasizing the need to move forward. The episode, however, could
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