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Americans Approve of Trump’s Syria Strikes, Remain Wary

President Donald Trump might want to carefully consider his next steps to deal with the crisis in Syria. A new poll Monday found most Americans approved of Trump’s recent authorization of airstrikes in the country, but most were also unconvinced the president should take any further action. Related: Despite Trump Criticism, U.S. Navy Pursues Expensive […]

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Middle East Roundup: April 10, 2017

Israel slams Marine Le Pen for denying French responsibility in Holocaust roundup (JNS.org) The Israeli government condemned French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen for comments absolving France of responsibility for the roundup of thousands of Jews who were deported to the Auschwitz death camp during the Holocaust. Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National

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Anti-Semites take Internet aim at Jared Kushner

NEW YORK (Press Release) — An anti-Semitic social media trolling campaign aimed at presidential advisor Jared Kushner has escalated from a series of tweets into a full-bore assault perpetrated primarily by white supremacists and anti-Semites of various stripes, according to an online analysis by the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism. The campaign of anti-Semitic messages has

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Questions abound in wake of U.S.’s strike on Syria

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I awoke Friday morning to the news of a significant American attack on Assad’s forces. It recalled the first bulletins about 9-11, George W. Bush talking about the fall of Saddam, pictures of the Libyan crowd killing Qaddafi, Barack Obama announcing the end of Osama bin Laden, and.watching John Kennedy

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UK Defense Secretary Blames Russia For Syria Chemical Attack

U.K. Defense Secretary of State Michael Fallon has claimed Saturday, writing in the Sunday Times that Russia is responsible for the “barbaric chemical gas attack” in Syria Tuesday that claimed the lives of almost 100 people and left 300 wounded. Fallon wrote that the Russian president was responsible “by proxy” for the chemical attack, as

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Mostly mum on chemical attack, Israel’s Arab MKs divided on Assad

Joint List leader Ayman Odeh says his ‘heart aches’ for infant victims of chemical attack, but stops of short condemning regime By Raoul Wootliff Leader of the Joint (Arab) list, Ayman Odeh, seen during a vote on the bill that would allow MKs to suspend lawmakers from the Knesset, March 28, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) The

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Mah zeh? Why its matzoh, of course!

Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Normally museums and their fund raisers like to see the “dough” rise, but this was not the case Sunday at the San Diego History Center. Visitors to the Jewish exhibit at the San Diego History Center on Sunday learned the trick of making matzoh

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Ten reasons for the demise of the Shah of Iran

Untethered The True Children of Cyrus By Joe Gandelman Editor-in-Chief, The Moderate Voice SAN DIEGO — There is a moment in 1974’s Godfather 2 when Michael Corleone sees the determination of Fidel Castro-led rebel forces. The scene is quick and later Michael notes it to the ill-fated crime bigwig Hyman Roth: “I saw an interesting

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Joe Gandelman, Middle East

US ambassador calls for Assad’s ouster in latest shift on Syria policy

UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said in an interview airing Sunday that regime change in Syria is a priority for the US administration, becoming the latest official to articulate an apparent policy shift by calling for Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. “There’s not any sort of option where a political solution is going to happen with Assad at

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Ethiopian-Israeli soldier beaten by cop seeks to block plea deal

Damas Pakada files petition to force his attacker to face criminal charges, calls for indictment over racial assault By Times of Israel staff Damas Pakada, an Ethiopian-born IDF soldier who was assaulted by police in Holon on Sunday, April 27, 2015 (screen capture: Channel 2) An Ethiopian-Israeli soldier has asked the court to block the

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Lawsuit in U.S. pressed against Jibril Rajoub

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Senior Fatah official and head of the Palestine Olympic Committee Jibril Rajoub landed in the US Wednesday only to receive a cause of action letter seeking $250 million in damages for involvement in the 1995 torture and murder of Azzam Rahim, an American-Palestinian citizen in a Palestinian security facility. In addition to receiving

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