By Morton A. Klein NEW YORK — It was particularly painful and frustrating seeing President Barack Hussein Obama, Secretary Kerry and UN Envoy Samantha Power’s anti-Semitic act knifing Israel in the back at the UN – because so few people listened during the months when my organization (the Zionist Organization of America – ZOA) issued […]
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International, Middle East, USANew York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind blasted President Barck Obama for allowing the passage of an anti-Israel resolution at the UN Security Council last week. “He is now clearly the hero of the terrorists. Of Hamas. Of Hezbollah. That’s what our president in the United States is.” Hikind told Arutz Sheva “He is an utter,
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Middle East, USAFormer House speaker Newt Gingrich urged Congress on Monday to condemn the Obama administration for allowing the resolution against Israeli “settlements” to pass the UN Security Council. In a series of tweets, Gingrich also urged the incoming administration of Donald Trump to work to undo the damage caused by the United States abstaining in the
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Middle East, USAFamous Harvard Law professor and attorney Alan Dershowitz is livid with President Obama for allegedly deceiving him in an Oval Office meeting. The White House’s decision Friday to refuse to rebuke a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction drew the ire of longtime Israel supporter Mr. Dershowitz, who told Fox News Monday
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Tuesday he’s not sure there’s any value to the United Nations, after the United States abstained from a vote last week on a resolution condemning Israeli settlements. “We provide most of the funding for the U.N. and it’s time for us to re-evaluate,” Mr. Huckabee, a former 2016 GOP
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Middle East, USAAs a woman, astrophysicist Vera Rubin had to fight just to get access to a telescope. What she saw when she did further rattled conventions: galaxies that were rotating more quickly than predicted by the laws of physics. This movement, she concluded, could be explained if the universe was filled with a type of mass
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Obituaries & memorials, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Susie Rosenbluth TheJewishVoiceAndOpinion.com ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey — The Orthodox Union Advocacy has written a letter to President-Elect Donald Trump, asking him to keep his campaign commitment to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, in recognition of the Holy City as Israel’s chosen capital. The group has posted a petition for all
(c) By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — On December 14, 2016, the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations (the Presidents Conference) in concert with the Embassy of Azerbaijan held a historic Chanukah party in Washington, D.C. that will be talked about for some time. Controversy continues to swirl over not only who attended the
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Edwin Black, International, Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 1948 restoration of Jewish sovereignty to parts of the historic Jewish homeland, under the auspices of the United Nations, was not accepted by Israel’s Arab neighbors who launched the first of several wars against it. The 1948-49 war resulted in the illegal occupation of the West Bank and
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International, Middle East, USACHICAGO — Seventeen people have been wounded in shootings in Chicago since Monday morning, including a 14-year-old girl in critical condition after a shooting in Gresham. She was among 61 people shot since Christmas weekend began on Friday afternoon, according to data kept by the Tribune. The 14-year-old was with a 13-year-old girl and a
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USARepublic of Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso will meet with President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Congolese president tweeted Monday. The two leaders will discuss the ongoing crisis in Libya and other issues concerning the African continent. A tweet from the president’s spokesman Thierry Moungalla said the two leaders would discuss ways to
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International, USAU.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday took to Twitter to criticize the United Nations. “The United Nations has such great potential but right now it is just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time. So sad!” he tweeted. [twittervideo:2022490] Though he did not specifically mention it, the tweet comes
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International, USADuring an interview with former aide David Axelrod, in which he claimed that if he were able to run again for president, he could have won the 2016 election, outgoing President Barack Obama revealed the first thing he’s going to do when his second term officially ends: write a book and do some soul-searching. RELATED:
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USAPresident-elect Donald Trump has chosen his close adviser, Steven Miller, to write his inaugural acceptance speech. Presidential swearing-in speeches are considered to be especially significant historical documents. Miller, 31, wrote most of Trump’s prepared campaign speeches. He is slated to become senior White House adviser for policy once Trump takes office. According to U.S. news
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