Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that he is willing to restart peace negotiations with Israel if Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government halts all construction of settlements in the West Bank. His call came after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s final, major speech on the Middle East in which he criticized both sides of the […]
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International, Middle East, USATaiwan lies deep inside the kill zone of Chinese land-based missiles, let alone air and naval forces, as shown in this CSBA graphic. The phone call between President-elect Trump and the President of Taiwan sent shock waves through the diplomatic community. But it is time to turn the page and include Taiwan in shaping a
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International, USANew York (dpa) – Hungarian-born actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is to be buried in a cemetery in Budapest after a funeral in Los Angeles, her widower told dpa Wednesday. Gabor, who died last week of a heart attack in Los Angeles aged 99, had wanted to travel to the city of her birth before she
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International, Obituaries & memorials, USAWASHINGTON — As America’s first family enjoys its eighth and final vacation in Hawaii, new estimates put the price tag of the Obamas’ annual trip at $3.5 million or more. In total, the cost of the first family’s personal or largely personal travel during the last eight years comes to $85 million — though that
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USABenjamin Buchsbaum rescued Jews from the Holocaust by offering to sponsor them, including housing some in his home. Photos courtesy Regie Roth U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum acquisitions curator Fred Wasserman came to New Jersey to retrieve letters for an upcoming exhibit on the American response to the Holocaust. During World War II, Benjamin Buchsbaum saved
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International, Jewish History, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Following is the text of a speech on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that outgoing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered on Wednesday: SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Thank you. (Coughs.) Excuse me. Thank you for your patience, all of you. For those
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Dec. 28, issued its top 10 list of manifestations of anti-Semitism that have afflicted Jewish communities across the United States and around the world in 2016. The past year saw the volume of anti-Semitic cyberhate elevated to unprecedented levels. The ADL list included Jewish
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International, Middle East, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump criticized President Obama’s treatment of Israel Wednesday, urging Israel to “stay strong” until he takes office next month and accusing the president of erecting “roadblocks” to a smooth transition. “We cannot continue to let Israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect,” Mr. Trump said on Twitter. “They used to have
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Middle East, USAFor decades, presidential candidates have promised to move the American Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, acknowledging the importance many Israelis place on the city as the heart of the country. Each time, when in office, the president changed course, recognizing that such a move would undermine U.S. ability to promote the Arab-Israeli
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International, Middle East, USAIsraeli official claims transcript in Egyptian press purporting to show how US worked with Palestinians on anti-settlements resolution is ‘tip of the iceberg’ By Times of Israel staff United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, left, Secretary of State John Kerry, second from right, and National Advisor Susan Rice, right, listen while US
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International, USAUS President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid a landmark visit to Pearl Harbor on Tuesday, highlighting their nations’ decades-long reconciliation and friendship. Abe was the first Japanese premier to visit the USS Arizona Memorial built for the American sailors and Marines killed in the 1941 sneak attack that thrust the US
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International, USAWhen the U.N. Security Council passed its resolution Friday denouncing Israel’s presence in territories it captured in 1967, many ambassadors broke out in applause. The decision, they believed, would deter Israel from further settlement building, advance the peace process, and help achieve a two-state solution. The Middle East and the world would benefit. But, sadly,
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International, Middle East, USAJust a few days after a fellow dancer took to Instagram to speak out about performing at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, another Radio City Rockette has publicly explained why she will not be present to perform. RELATED: Madison Square Garden Company fights back at the claim that the Rockettes are being forced to perform for
SAN DIEGO (Times of San Diego) –The Navy has accepted delivery of the future USS Gabrielle Giffords, the latest littoral combat ship headed for San Diego It’s the ninth of the agile, multi-role ships delivered to the Navy and the fifth of the trimaran-hull, Independence variant to join the fleet. “Gabrielle Giffords will join her
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