International

Bedouin soldier: You don’t know anything about Israel

As anti-Israel – and increasingly, anti-Semitic – elements on college campuses have become more vocal, more active, and more provocative on college campuses around the US, pro-Israel activists are working to combat the hatred and misinformation found at so many institutions across the country. One recently demobilized IDF soldier decided to join the fight on […]

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Middle East, USA

Middle East Roundup: March 28, 2017

30 pastors witness lifesaving Israeli volunteer EMS methods in Jerusalem (JNS.org) A special delegation from the U.S. organized by Christians United for Israel (CUFI) traveled to Jerusalem last week and visited the headquarters of United Hatzalah, an Israeli volunteer-based emergency medical services (EMS) organization. According to a statement released by Hatzalah’s international spokesperson, the CUFI

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Middle East

White House proposes new, sweeping budget cuts at NIH

WASHINGTON – The White House is proposing a $1.2 billion cut this year to the National Institutes of Health’s budget, targeting research grants. The proposed NIH cut is part of $18 billion in spending reductions that President Trump’s team is proposing to Congress for the current fiscal year, which ends in October, according to a

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Op-Ed: Israel is good, not perfect

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — George Steiner, the celebrated literary critic and exponent of contemporary thought, describes himself as a proud, though non-practicing, Jew: “The highest nobility is to have belonged to a people that has never humiliated another people.” That makes him, in words spoken to the French journalist Laure Adler, “fundamentally anti-Zionist.” In

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Middle East

Muslim Brotherhood listing as terror group delayed by Donald Trump

President Trump has – for the time being – put on the back burner an executive order designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, according to U.S. officials close to a heated debate inside the administration over the status of the global Islamist movement. While the White House has declined to comment publicly, officials speaking

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International, Middle East, USA

President refuses pardon for convicted ex-prime minister Olmert

Rivlin says he can’t reconsider former premier’s jail term in light of his public standing as court already took that into account By Times of Israel staff Former prime minister Ehud Olmert leaves the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on February 10, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool) President Reuven Rivlin rejected a pardon request from former prime minister Ehud

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Middle East

N.Ireland parties told time is running out to form new govt

Political parties in Northern Ireland have been given an extra few weeks to try to reach agreement on the formation of a new power-sharing government. This after a Monday deadline passed for Irish nationalists and British unionists, who otherwise face fresh elections or London retaking direct power. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, James

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International

Trump attacks Clinton uranium deal on twitter as pressure mounts for Russia probe

As pressure mounted Monday night on the House intelligence committee over its Republican chairman and the Russia probe, President Trump took to Twitter to change the subject to Hillary Clinton. Mr. Trump called the entire Russia-ties story fake news and demanded an investigation of the Clintons’ involvements with the Kremlin. “Why isn’t the House Intelligence

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International, USA

House intelligence chairman asked to withdraw from Trump-Russia investigation

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House committee investigating Russian meddling in last year’s presidential election admitted Monday that secret documents that he said forced him last week to rush to brief President Donald Trump came from inside the White House. The admission prompted three Democrats on the committee to call for Rep. Devin Nunes,

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International, USA

Rand Paul takes the senate floor to blast politicians who want “to send your kids to war with no debate”

On Monday, the Senate voted to move forward on admitting the Balkan nation of Montenegro into NATO, which would make the U.S. responsible for that nation’s defense if attacked. The vote was 97-2. The only two senators to vote “no” were Republicans Mike Lee and Rand Paul. Sen. Paul took to the senate floor to

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