Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame on Sunday became the first African leader to address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, hailing Israel as an inspiration for his own country’s rebirth after genocide. Kagame was commander of the rebel force that put an end to the 1994 slaughter of Rwandan Tutsis by Hutu extremists […]
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not a good sign when an op-ed piece in the Washington Post uses the terms incompetent, stupid, and a “cartoon version of a presidency” in connection with Donald Trump. The President’s supporters are already making their standard remarks about a left-wing press. Sure, the Washington Post along with the
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Ira Sharkansky, USADefense Minister Avigdor Liberman held a live chat with his supporters on his Facebook page Sunday, during which he was asked about his promise to have Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh killed within 48 hours of becoming Defense Minister. “The wisdom is to act responsibly and with determination,” Liberman replied. “Talk to me about Haniyeh at
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Middle EastThe incitement against haredi IDF soldiers and their recruiters continued, with death threats being made against the head of the IDF branch for yeshiva students Sunday. Leaflets calling for the death of Maj. Yaakov Roshi were strewn outside of his parents’ house in Petach Tikva, representing an escalation in the campaign of harassment and intimidation
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Middle EastIn Knesset first, lawmaker Merav Ben Ari opts for shared parenting without marriage By Stuart Winer Member of Knesset Merav Ben Ari attends a committee meeting in the Knesset, February 6, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) A lawmaker who conceived a child with a gay friend to whom she isn’t married gave birth Saturday to a baby
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Middle EastNir Barkat releases laconic statement after meeting Jason Greenblatt amid larger US-Israel talks over settlement construction By Times of Israel staff Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt during a meeting at the White House, March 25, 2017 (Courtesy of the Jerusalem Municipality) Jerusalem Mayor Nir
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Middle East, USAPro-Israel activists faced off against demonstrators protesting the annual AIPAC conference in Washington DC on Sunday. Anti-Israel radicals formed a human chain, blocking the entrance to the conference, while others gathered nearby, chanting anti-Zionist slogans and holding placards condemning Israel, Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, and AIPAC itself. Supporters of the Jewish state also
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday took hard-line congressional Republicans to task over last week’s failed attempt to push through a health care overhaul measure, but the principal target of his Twitter broadside declined to engage in any sparring with the White House, instead emphasizing the need to move forward. The episode, however, could
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USACoalition crisis continues as prime minister and finance minister remain deeply divided, but agree to talk again By Stuart Winer and Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, March 26, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon held
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Middle EastThursday’s Israeli attack in Syria could be part of a rebalanced power dynamic in the region. During the Syrian crisis, Israel had launched several strikes against Syrian targets it claimed were Hizbollah convoys and personnel The recent attack is one of the few that Israel actually declared with sirens in Israel, possibly because of the
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International, Middle EastRoger Stone, a former adviser to the Trump campaign, said Sunday that he is the victim of a smear by Democratic lawmakers and that he volunteered to testify in public for the House intelligence committee probe into allegations the campaign colluded with Russian spies. “I have had no contacts or collusions with the Russians,” Mr.
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International, USABernie Sanders is returning to a key campaign promise and will introduce a single-payer healthcare bill in the wake of the Republicans’ Obamacare replacement defeat. The Vermont senator said Sunday that he was willing to work with both Democrats and Republicans to provide “insurance for all,” two days after the GOP leadership’s American Health Care
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USAIn the weeks after Donald Trump won last year’s presidential election and Republicans kept control of Congress, Sarah Dohl, with a of friends and former Capitol Hill colleagues, wanted Americans — mostly distraught Democrats — to know that their voices could still be heard. Not expecting much, they published online a 26-page document in mid-December,
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USAThe Pentagon said on Saturday that a strike in Afghanistan this week killed an Al-Qaeda terrorist who was responsible for the death of two American service members and accused of involvement in a deadly attack on a bus carrying Sri Lanka’s cricket team in 2009. In a statement quoted by Reuters, the Pentagon said the
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