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COP to Trump: Hold Iran accountable for missile tests

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Leaders of the Conference of Presidents on Tuesday called on the Trump administration and Congress to swiftly move forward with effective measures to hold Iran accountable for its repeated flaunting of restrictions on the testing of ballistic missiles, its ongoing support for terrorism, and its provocative and belligerent behavior which contributes to

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Middle East, USA

Madeleine Albright: ‘There are tears in the eyes’ of the Statue of Liberty

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Tuesday morning that “there are tears in the eyes” of the Statue of Liberty following President Trump’s executive order temporarily barring travel from seven majority-Muslim nations. “It’s anti-American in what this country stands for,” the Democrat, who supported Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential bid, told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on

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Pence hears King Abdullah’s views on relocating US embassy in Israel

Washington (dpa) – King Abdullah II of Jordan and US Vice President Mike Pence discussed the possible relocation of the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem during a meeting Monday at the Vice President’s residence. Pence welcomed the king’s views on the potential change involving the US embassy and reiterated that the

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Middle East, USA

NC GOP senator joins 2 Democrats in voicing concern over Trump’s immigration order

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Tuesday continued to raise concerns over President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, joining two Democrats in calling the detention of two immigrants “unacceptable.” Tillis, along with Democratic Sens. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, wrote Defense Secretary James Mattis in support of

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Middle East, USA

DHS Secretary Kelly: This is not a ban on Muslims

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) –  Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly on Tuesday participated in a media availability alongside U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Thomas Homan, and DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) Acting Undersecretary David Glawe to discuss the operational

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International, Middle East, USA

Trump is dismantling America’s moral standing

By Sam Ben-Meir JERSEY CITY, New Jersey — During President Trump’s first full week in office he has begun to dismantle America’s moral standing on the international stage. From his reconsideration of CIA ‘black sites’ to his insistence on vast voter fraud, to his inhumane ban on immigration from Muslim countries, Trump seems to be

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International, Middle East, Sam Ben-Meir, USA

Anti- Israel professors angered at being identified

By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON, Massachusetts — Of the many examples of the shameful degradation of values in academia, few are more intellectually grotesque than academic boycotts, which, in their present form, are almost exclusively targeted at Israeli scholars and institutions. In the latest example, at their January annual meeting the American Historical Association

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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Under-Reported: Torture in Palestinian Authority, Hamas prisons

Both the Palestinian Authority (Fatah) and Hamas are practicing torture in their prisons, reports award-winning Jerusalem journalist Khaled Abu Toameh – but because it’s not happening in Israeli prisons, it is not considered news. The gist of Abu Toameh’s report for the New York-based Gatestone Institute appears in this one paragraph: “A Palestinian who points

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Middle East

Mexico asks Israel’s Netanyahu to apologize for border wall comment

Mexico City (dpa) – Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to apologize over a tweet backing the idea of a US-Mexico border wall, the Mexican broadcaster Televisa reported on Monday. “We hope that the Israeli government will have the sensitivity to correct Netanyahu’s statement,” he said. “Mexico is a

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Baroness claims she was ‘caught in a trap’ in interview on Israel

Accused of borderline anti-Semitism, former British Liberal Democrat Jenny Tonge lobs inflammatory statements in tennis-like conversation on J-TV By Jenni Frazer LONDON — Baroness Jenny Tonge, one of Israel’s fiercest critics in the UK, has claimed on Facebook that she was “interrogated” on the Jewish current affairs channel, J-TV, and that she had been “caught

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