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Socialist Valls backs independent centrist Macron

March 29, 2017

In this powder-keg presidential race, a new spark set France’s political class alight Wednesday as former Socialist prime minister Manuel Valls shirked party allegiances to back the independent centrist Emmanuel Macron. But Valls’s support may be somewhat of a poisoned chalice for the neophyte frontrunner. Valls’s endorsement, ostensibly to the detriment of Socialist nominee Benoît […]

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International

Austria Refuses To Accept Refugees

March 29, 2017

Austria wants to stop refugees from coming into its borders, officials from the country said Tuesday, asking the European Union to be exempt from taking in more asylum seekers. The country’s chancellor argued that it had already taken in enough refugees over the past few years as the migrant crisis has swelled. “We believe an

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International

Broadcaster calls Soros ‘head of Jewish Mafia’

March 29, 2017

By Joe Gandelman The Moderate Voice SAN DIEGO — President Donald Trump’s longtime talker ally, InfoWar’s Alex Jones, has called billionaire George Soros “The head of the Jewish Mafia.” Here’s the segment: CALLER: I’ve noticed since the very beginning that the two main guys out there at the forefront of all of this are Senator

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Joe Gandelman, USA

‘It’s understood that two-state solution is dead’

March 29, 2017

Former Knesset Member Yoni Chetboun tells in an interview to Arutz Sheva about the purpose of his visit to the United States, where he is participating in the AIPAC conference. Asked whether his presence at the conference hints at political intentions, he replied that the goals of his visit and his participation have to do

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Middle East, USA

Tens of Thousands of Orthodox Jews Protest Israel’s Military Draft Law

March 29, 2017

JERUSALEM, March 29, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews gathered yesterday (Tuesday) to protest Israel’s Military Draft Law, resulting in the forced enlistment of many Orthodox Jews. The protestors also decried Israel’s brutal tactics to crack down peaceful protestors. The demonstration was organized by the Edah HaChareidis – a Rabbinic umbrella association

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

The Slovakian President’s secret

March 29, 2017

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and his wife, Nechama, held a state dinner Wednesday night for the President of the Slovak Republic, Andrei Kiske. President Kiske said, “When I was 27, I moved to the US. My wife stayed behind with the children, and when I did not find work as an engineer I found work

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International, Middle East, USA

Op-Ed: Who’s to blame for anti-Semitism?

March 29, 2017

Many American Jews reacted with a sense of relief — and a degree of embarrassment — to the news that an Israeli teenager was arrested in connection with many of the phoned-in bomb threats to JCCs and other Jewish institutions in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. For several months, as dozens of JCCs

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USA

Prime Minister cuts funding to UN

March 29, 2017

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the Foreign Ministry to cut $ 2 million from Israel’s payments to the UN, in light of the hostile proposals adopted by the UN Human Rights Council last week. This amount will be used to deepen and expand Israeli projects in the field of international

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International, Middle East

Russia and U.S. Relations at ‘Very Low Level’

March 29, 2017

Relations between Washington and Moscow have sunk to a very low level, a Russian lawmaker warned Wednesday. Russian upper house speaker Valentina Matviyenko said Russia wants improved relations with the U.S. but that could be difficult given Washington’s continued sanctions against the Kremlin. Her remarks came after Washington imposed sanctions Saturday on eight Russian companies

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International, USA

Trump Plan to Cut Police Funding Slammed By Union

March 29, 2017

Police union leaders have warned President Donald Trump against cutting federal funding to so-called “sanctuary cities” in his ongoing crackdown on illegal immigration. Doing so could contribute to public safety problems, the leader of the nation’s largest police union exclusively told Reuters Tuesday after a White House meeting between law enforcement leaders and the Trump

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USA

Swedish Academy: Bob Dylan to accept Nobel at weekend

March 29, 2017

Stockholm (dpa) – US rock legend Bob Dylan – winner of the 2016 Nobel Literature Prize – is to accept his diploma and medal this weekend, the Swedish Academy said Wednesday, ending months of speculation about whether he would forfeit the cash prize and medal. The handover will take place in conjunction with Dylan’s visit

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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Mexico Man Cleared of Sexual Assault Sparks Outcry

March 29, 2017

A Mexican judge has cleared a man of abducting and sexually assaulting a schoolgirl because he did not act with the intention of gaining pleasure from the incident. The judgement on Diego Cruz, 21, was made public on Monday and relates to a controversial case involving four wealthy young men nicknamed “Los Porkys” on social

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International

Assange’s Fate Rests on Sunday’s Election in Ecuador

March 29, 2017

When Ecuador goes to the polls for the second time in six weeks to elect a new president Sunday, its citizens will be deciding whether the shift to the right in South American politics will extend within its borders. At least indirectly, they will also decide the fate of one of the most watched men

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International, USA

Senators pledge to ‘go where the intelligence leads’ in Russia probe

March 29, 2017

WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee’s inquiry into Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election will be “one of the biggest investigations” in years and has already involved an “unprecedented” level of cooperation between Congress and U.S. spy agencies, the panel’s chairman said Wednesday. At a Capitol Hill news conference, the committee chairman, Sen.

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International, USA

Socialist Valls backs independent centrist Macron

Austria Refuses To Accept Refugees

Broadcaster calls Soros ‘head of Jewish Mafia’

‘It’s understood that two-state solution is dead’

Tens of Thousands of Orthodox Jews Protest Israel’s Military Draft Law

The Slovakian President’s secret

Op-Ed: Who’s to blame for anti-Semitism?

Prime Minister cuts funding to UN

Russia and U.S. Relations at ‘Very Low Level’

Trump Plan to Cut Police Funding Slammed By Union

Swedish Academy: Bob Dylan to accept Nobel at weekend

Mexico Man Cleared of Sexual Assault Sparks Outcry

Assange’s Fate Rests on Sunday’s Election in Ecuador

Senators pledge to ‘go where the intelligence leads’ in Russia probe

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