By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Even before the formal signing of what was described as a record-making agreement for US financial aid, shrill critics here and there were claiming that Bibi had messed the opportunity to get more and better terms. Prominent in the agreement, which came after months or years (depending on whenever conversations […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USASen. Cory Booker said, “Our legal system should provide justice to those whose cultural property the Nazis so brazenly seized.” Monuments Men Pvt. Harry Ettlinger, right, and Pvt. Dale Ford in 1944 admire a Rembrandt painting they recovered from a German salt mine, where the Nazis had stashed it and thousands of other works. Sen.
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International, USAWASHINGTON — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein is joining a growing number in Congress who are reconsidering their support for a bill that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia over its alleged backing of the terrorists who committed the attacks. Feinstein is a co-sponsor of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.
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Middle East, USADonald Trump wants police to use stop-and-frisk tactics more aggressively in black communities even though a federal judge has ruled that the practice violates the rights of minorities. Asked in a town hall on Fox News’ “Hannity” on Wednesday how he would combat violence in poor black neighborhoods, the GOP presidential nominee said police should
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USAORLANDO, Fla. — Hillary Clinton on Wednesday praised Orlando’s resolve after the Pulse nightclub shootings and called for police reform in the wake of a summer of violence across the nation. The Democratic presidential nominee was in Orlando for the first time since early August, looking to shore up support in a state that is
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USAWASHINGTON — North Texas billionaires Robert Bass and Ross Perot Jr. are big political donors — with very different party preferences. The two Texas investors have extensive ties to Tarrant County, where Fort Worth is located. Bass, 68, who Forbes magazine calculates has a net worth of $2.8 billion, is one of four brothers who
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USAForget Hillary Clinton if you’re speaking to members of the U.S. military: For most active-duty troops, the presidential election comes down to a tight race between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson. Trump leads Johnson by about 1 percentage point, 38 percent to 37 percent, according to a joint survey of 2,207
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USACHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte, N.C., city leaders appealed for calm Wednesday and promised a thorough investigation of Tuesday’s fatal police shooting of a black man that triggered a night of violent protests. Authorities said they were reviewing video from body cams and dash cams from the deadly confrontation. The dead man was Keith Lamont Scott,
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USANATIONAL HARBOR: The increasingly “adversarial” relationships with Russia and China are forcing the Pentagon to classify its previously public National Military Strategy, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says. Classification will allow bolder and more specific discussions of how to manage those relationships and our responses to them, Gen. Joe Dunford told the
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International, USAHaving failed to make progress during the past eight years with Israel toward a two-state solution, President Obama acknowledged Wednesday that he’s turning over the challenge to the next president as he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seal a new U.S. military aid package. “Obviously, I’m only going to be president for
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Middle East, USACHARLOTTE, North Carolina, September 21, 2016 – On September 20, 1881, one day after President James A. Garfield finally succumbed to a gunshot wound, Chester A. Arthur was sworn in as the 21st president of the United States. Today’s trivia entry is a tribute to this little known president who still claims title as having
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USAWASHINGTON — As the first debate of the presidential campaign approaches, voters are in an increasingly frustrated and unhappy mood, driven to their choices more often by dislike of the opposing candidate than admiration for their own, new polling data find. Nearly 6 in 10 voters described themselves as frustrated by this year’s campaign, according
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USAWashington (dpa) – Former president George HW Bush will reportedly not vote for the presidential candidate of his Republican Party, according to reports from those who have spoken with the centre-right party’s senior statesman. Word of Bush’s decision first came after a member of another prominent political clan, the Kennedys, met with the senior Bush.
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USACOLUMBUS, Ohio — What do voters hear when Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, in interview after interview, praises his running mate Donald Trump’s “broad shoulders”? What do they hear when Trump repeatedly criticizes Hillary Clinton for not looking presidential — “and you need a presidential look”? Or when he time and again calls into question her