By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – When SDSU President Elliot Hirshman was held captive Wednesday in a car for approximately two hours by angry students, that potentially was a matter of false imprisonment and violation of his civil rights that demand investigation by state and federal prosecutors. At the same time, flyers naming individual […]
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Middle East, San Diego County, USASenior UK Labour Party lawmakers called on party leader Jeremy Corbyn to take greater action against anti-Semitism among its members, after two senior politicians were dismissed for anti-Semitic remarks. The Labour Party’s shadow home secretary Andy Burnham told Sky News on Friday that opposition party members “have made anti-Semitic comments” and that “these allegations, when
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International, Jewish History, Middle East
In what has become a yearly tradition at the holy site, hundreds of Jewish worshipers packed the Cave of the Patriarchs (also known as the Cave of Machpela) in Hevron for a mass prayer led by two leading rabbis from Tzfat (Safed), the heart of Jewish mysticism in Israel: Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastDespite his abysmal showing on the latest Super Tuesday — he won only in Rhode Island — Bernie Sanders insists that he will keep campaigning through the last contest. But political analysts already are discerning a change in Sanders’ rhetoric consistent with reality. One sign of that recalibration is Sanders’ focus on leveraging his support
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Middle East, USA
British physicist Stephen Hawking could finally win a Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking theory on black holes thanks to new research out of Israel’s Technion university. In 1974, Hawking hypothesized that black holes are slowly evaporating, challenging the conventional understanding that nothing could escape from the void of a black hole. The theory, known as
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationItalian authorities arrested four people suspected of extremism on Thursday and issued arrest warrants for two more operating in Syria, according to the Milan prosecutor. Authorities said one of the suspects is a Moroccan-born national living in Italy who had received orders from the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) to conduct an attack in Rome
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International, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) –Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Thursday, April 28, condemned the offensive, outrageous, anti-Semitic statement made on Wednesday by the Palestinian Permanent Representative at a press conference in the United Nations (UN). In his appalling statement, Dr. Riyad Mansour compared the recent Palestinian knife, gun and car-ramming
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International, Middle East, USA
We have entered the age of migration. If all the people who live outside the country of their birth united to form their own-a republic of the rootless-it would be the fifth-largest country in the world, with a population of more than 240 million people. Though much has been written about how a world on
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International, Middle East, The World We ShareJerusalem on Thursday responded to the looming French peace initiative, which is to involve an international effort forcing peace talks on Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). As part of the French initiative, an international summit has been announced for May 30, in which ministers from 20 countries will prepare an international summit in the
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International, Middle East
In 1996, two young, ambitious women worked at the Clinton White House. One was assigned to the West Wing—the presidential wing—and became known for her stained blue Gap dress, a sordid manifestation of Bill Clinton’s baser appetites. The other served in the East Wing, where the first lady’s offices are situated. This is the story
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Middle East, USAEducation Minister Naftali Bennett made his first public comments regarding a clash with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during a closed-door meeting last week. On Thursday the Jewish Home chief spoke out regarding the IDF”s continued presence in strategic locations across Judea and Samaria, the bone of contention during his confrontation with Netanyahu last week. Bennett,
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Middle East
Joint List chief Ayman Odeh is in hot water again, this time for comments made in support of archterrorist Marwan Barghouti. Odeh, who recently stirred up controversy by praising the wave of stabbing attacks as “good strategy” that was “most beneficial” to Palestinian Arabs, was also criticized for calling former Shin Bet director Avi Dichter
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International, Middle East
BEIJING – Hainan Airlines announced on Wednesday it will launch China’s first direct flight to Israel on Thursday. The Beijing-Tel Aviv route will operate three times a week — on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday — using Airbus A330 jets. There has been a long history of friendly exchanges and economic cooperation between the people of
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International, Middle East, Travel and Food
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iowa’s senate passed a measure Wednesday aimed to deter corporate entities from participating in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. The bill passed by a vote of 38-9, after advancing through the Iowa House of Representatives by a vote of 70-24 in February, and now moves to the office
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Middle East, USA