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North Korea test-fires ballistic missile in defiance of international pressure

North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile on Saturday, South Korea’s and US militaries said, defying intense pressure from the United States and the reclusive state’s main ally, China. North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile on Saturday, South Korea’s and U.S. militaries said, defying intense pressure from the United States and the reclusive state’s main ally, […]

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International, USA

‘My name is Marla Bennett’

By Johanna Meckel Reprinted from Jweekly SAN FRANCISCO — My name is Marla Bennett, I was an exchange student from UC Berkeley studying at Hebrew University and the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies when a bomb went off in the university cafeteria and I was murdered along with nine others, four of whom were also Americans. Their

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Middle East, USA

Soccer used as tool for political hatred

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Here is the text of a formal complaint to FIFA Disciplinary Committee about the exploitation of football for the promotion and glorification of terrorism by FIFA Delegate, Jibril Rajoub, the Palestinian Football Association and its officials. The Israel Institute for Strategic Studies researches and exposes important regional and global

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Barry Shaw, Middle East, Sports & Competitions

Congress backs one more week of government spending, averts shutdown

WASHINGTON — Congress averted a partial government shutdown Friday, approving a one-week spending measure to keep agencies and services running while lawmakers negotiate a longer-term spending deal. The Senate approved the one-week continuing resolution by voice vote after the House of Representatives passed the stopgap bill by 382-30. The votes kick a potential funding crisis

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USA

‘Anti-Semitic’ New York candidate scams opponents — report

Thomas Lopez-Pierre, running on platform against ‘greedy Jewish landlords,’ sets up crowdfunding campaign against himself By Times of Israel staff Thomas Lopez-Pierre, a candidate for council in upper Manhattan, New York, speaks against ‘greedy Jewish landlords’ on March 29, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube) A controversial candidate for New York City Council, who is running on

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Israel envoy speaks at London university, over pro-Palestinian protests

Israel’s ambassador to the UK braved vocal demonstrations at a top London University to speak to students By Emma Yeomans Israeli and Palestinian protestors outside the building in which the event took place Israeli ambassador Mark Regev told demonstrators “israel is not going anywhere” as he became the first diplomat from the country to speak

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International, Middle East

Le Pen party loses interim chief in Holocaust denial row

Paris (dpa) – French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen got an unwelcome reminder of her National Front party’s extreme-right origins when its interim leader quit on Friday in a row over alleged comments approving a notorious Holocaust denier. Jean-Francois Jalkh had been due to take over from Le Pen after the latter announced on Monday

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ASEAN: N Korea must comply with UN resolutions on nuclear programme

Manila (dpa) – South-East Asian nations on Friday urged North Korea to comply with UN resolutions and international laws in a bid to ease escalating tensions in the Korean peninsula. The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) expressed “grave concern” over the recent developments on the peninsula, including two nuclear tests in 2016 and recent

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International

Shooting suspect charged in slaying of judge, wounding of judge’s girlfriend

CHICAGO — A man with a long prison stint in his background for attempted murder fatally shot a Cook County judge and wounded his girlfriend outside the judge’s residence earlier this month, Chicago police said Thursday in announcing the first-degree murder charges. At a news conference Thursday evening at police headquarters, Cmdr. Rodney Blisset, who

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USA

Israel said pushing for massive East Jerusalem expansion as Trump visits

Announcement of scheme for 25,000 units across city, including new neighborhoods put on ice by international pressure, may come on Jerusalem Day By Times of Israel staff Construction of new apartment buildings is underway in the Har Homa settlement in East Jerusalem, seen on October 28, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) The Housing Ministry is reportedly pushing

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Middle East

The 24 National Monuments Threatened by Trump’s Order

President Donald Trump may not have many legislative accomplishments under his belt after nearly 100 days in the Oval Office, but his often-disputed series of executive orders stands to fundamentally transform the domestic policies of the United States—and its landscape—for years to come. His latest executive order throws the country’s largest national monuments into a

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