When Mayor of Atlanta Kasim Reed was presented with a list of demands by a group associated with the “Black Lives Matter” (BLM) campaign, which included a demand to end joint training exercises with the Israeli police, he was none too impressed. The BLM faction in question, ALTisREADY, had issued a list of demands to […]
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Middle East, USARabbi Ratzon Arusi, the Rabbi of Kiryat Ono (near Tel Aviv) and an expert in Jewish law, weighed in yesterday (Monday) about the growing media storm over LGBT issues, calling for a more civil and substantive debate. The “LGBT issue” has come to the fore in Israeli discourse once again in recent days, following controversial
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastPresident Erdogan of Turkey has told supporters that he will approve the death penalty being reintroduced if parliament votes for it. Amid an ongoing crackdown since an attempted coup was suppressed, the president appeared outside his Istanbul residence as the crowd called for capital punishment to be restored. “This issue will be discussed in parliament,
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Middle EastCould an old man in Pennsylvania really be responsible for an attempted coup that nearly unseated a NATO ally and threatens America’s fight against ISIS? That’s the claim of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is demanding that the United States extradite Fethullah Gulen, a 77-year-old Turkish cleric living on a 26-acre retreat, whom he
Cleveland, Ohio (dpa) – The mother of one of the four US citizens killed in the 2012 attack on a US diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, blamed Hillary Clinton for the death of her son during remarks Monday at the Republican National Convention. “For all of this loss, for all of this grief, for all
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Middle East, USABerlin (dpa) – The Islamic State extremist group claimed Tuesday that a teenage Afghan refugee was one of its “fighters” after he carried out a stabbing attack on a German commuter train that left five people injured. The 17-year-old Afghan “carried out the operation in response to calls to target states in the coalition fighting
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International, Middle EastFlag burners now face up to 3 years in jail in Israel after Knesset amends law (JNS.org) The Israeli Knesset on Monday passed an amendment to Israel’s Flag and Emblem Law that makes burning the Israeli flag a criminal offense punishable by a roughly $15,000 fine or up to three years in jail. The amendment
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The most recent attack on Nice may go down as the French version of 9-11. But it ain’t so simple. And it’s competing with Turkey, Orlando, Dallas, and Baton Rouge for top billing on world worries. The killer of Nice seems to have been operating on his own, against a
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International, Middle East, USAAn unknown armed assailant charged into the office of Cemil Candas, Deputy Mayor of Istanbul’s Sisli district, and opened fire, leaving Candas in critical condition, according to Turkish broadcaster NTV. It is as yet unclear if the shooting of the Jewish politician is connected with Friday night’s failed coup against Turkish President Reccep Tayyip Erdogan,
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Middle EastA decade after being critically wounded in the second Lebanon war, Yonatan Levin visited President Reuven Rivlin at his residence today (Monday). Levin had contacted the President through his caregivers, speaking of his admiration for the President and his values, and saying that he’d be glad to come for a visit. The President happily greeted
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Middle EastBy Stanley Tiger SAN DIEGO — It took just one “yold” driving a truck with a bomb into a crowd to do atrocious things, as happened last week in Nice, France. (Note: The word “yold” is specifically chosen since it is a Yiddish derogatory term loosely translated as “jerk.” (If I have hurt the “yold’s”
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International, Middle East, USARussian President Vladimir Putin phoned Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to voice his support following an attempted armed coup by a faction of the Turkish military over the weekend, the Kremlin reported. Putin and Erdogan put a seven-month-long rift behind them last month, when the Turkish leader apologised for his forces downing a Russian jet
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International, Middle EastTurkey has always had a little bit of a problem with the truth. For decades, the Turkish government has denied that it executed the first real genocide in modern times when it eliminated the Christian Armenian population that had been living within the territories of the Ottoman Empire. According to Samantha Power in her magisterial
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International, Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (WJC) –Hours before the lethal terrorist outrage in Nice, in a speech to the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR), which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress, the European Commission’s coordinator on combating anti-Semitism, Katharina von Schnurbein, said that although there had been a spike of anti-Semitic incidents recently, especially in France, this
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