By Steve Kramer ALFEI MENASHE, Israel — With everyone in the US and Israel either apprehensive, worried, or elated with the change of American administrations, the world turns. This week I was irritated enough by an article in the Boston Globe (which I read courtesy of the watchdog (HonestReporting.com) to write a letter to the […]
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Middle East, Steve KramerKnesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein met yesterday with his counterpart, House of Representatives head Paul Ryan and afterwards with the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Senate, Bob Corker. At the meeting with Ryan Edelstein expressed his support for transferring the American embassy to Jerusalem and said that he would be happy if the
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, admitted Friday that she mistakenly cited a nonexistent “massacre” while defending the president’s order suspending entry to refugees and travelers from seven majority-Muslim nations. Conway’s backtrack came on Twitter, hours after she received widespread criticism for an MSNBC interview in which she cited “the
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Middle East, USANearly 60,000 visas were revoked after President Donald Trump’s executive order to suspend refugee resettlements and other admissions from seven predominantly Muslim countries, a government lawyer said in a Virginia federal court Friday. The revelation came during a hearing on a lawsuit filed against the president’s order last week by visa holders prevented from entering
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International, Middle East, USAValletta (dpa) – EU leaders agreed on a plan to stem the flow of migrants via the Mediterranean at a summit in Malta on Friday, yet they repeatedly found themselves addressing the elephant in the room: US President Donald Trump. The summit, which ended on Friday evening, came as the European Union finds itself under
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By Yoni Peres, DVM TEL AVIV, Israel — At the top of the cliff, just like Noah’s Ark after the flood, overlooking the Tel Aviv skyline, stands a unique building – the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History. Just a few steps away, in an old building at the Tel Aviv University’s Department of Zoology, Professor Tamar Dayan, the
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Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, Yoni PeresSeeking to seal ‘ultimate deal,’ new president is not rushing to dramatic changes. He doesn’t mind Israel building in settlements blocs, but could soon push for two-state solution By Raphael Ahren Donald Trump’s grandiose pre-election promises notwithstanding, the new president is starting to make it fairly clear that he will neither quickly move the US
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NEW YORK (Press Release)–After spending more than two years apart, a family has been reunited in dramatic fashion. A Syrian mother and her two young daughters, who were previously blocked by the travel ban, arrived Thursday, Feb. 2, at JFK airport with the help of HIAS. The asylees were traveling from Jordan to the U.S. to join
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort CARLSBAD, California — We are in the midst of the story of the Exodus of our people, the Jewish people, from Egyptian servitude. This part of our collective history is rich in lessons that apply to our lives today. Many people mistakenly believe that the Torah is filled with ancient wisdom
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA, Yeruchem Eilfort-RabbiThe Manus Island regional processing facility, where Australia sends illegal immigrants. (Photo: Australia Department of Immigration and Citizenship) By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is hard to complain about Australia — democratic, sunny, cheerful, and oh, those koalas and kangaroos. On a more serious note, Australia is a welcome ally, participating in military operations around
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USAImprovement work has begun at an overcrowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. It comes after three migrants died in the Moria camp over the last week. The deaths have raised the alarm about the harsh winter conditions in the over-crowded camps. Teams of workmen could be seen in the camp on Thursday.
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International, Middle EastBlaming Palestinians for stalled negotiations, deputy FM says government ‘elected to act on Jewish People’s right to build in all parts of our land’ By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely attend a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset, December 21, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Responding to
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Middle East, USAResidents of the evacuated West Bank outpost are not taking government promises for granted: ‘This fight is not over,’ they say, ‘We’ve just moved to the next stage’ By Raoul Wootliff OFRA – A 35-minute walk up the hill, the final protesters were being forcibly removed by border police from the synagogue of the Amona
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Middle EastPresident Donald Trump’s counselor, Kellyanne Conway, has come under fire after blaming two Iraqi refugees for the so-called Bowling Green Massacre, which never actually happened. In an interview on MSNBC’s “Hardball” program on Thursday evening, Conway defended the executive order signed by Trump, which suspended the U.S. refugee resettlement program and temporarily blocked immigration from
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