A gang of five Arab terrorists attacked the Jewish town of Beit El in Samaria Thursday night, hurling firebombs at the entrance to the community. The terrorists drove up to the entrance of Beit El in a car, exited the vehicle, and began throwing the firebombs towards the town. IDF soldiers stationed in Beit El […]
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Middle EastAUSTIN, Texas — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry thinks the president stole the election. No, he’s not talking about President Donald Trump, Perry’s new boss as the former governor leads the Energy Department. He’s talking about Bobby Brooks, a kid from Belton who just was elected student body president at Perry’s alma mater Texas A&M
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump can continue to lease a downtown Washington hotel from the federal government, a federal agency has decided, determining that the unprecedented arrangement does not present a conflict. The Trump organization has changed the lease to prevent the president from receiving any of the proceeds from hotel operations, a contracting officer
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USAWASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes seemed to set his partisan gloves aside when he stepped into the national ring as the new chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in 2015. Now, upending the committee’s most politically sensitive investigation, the 43-year-old California Republican has antagonized the panel’s Democrats, who until now have
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) —U.S. Representatives Peter J. Roskam (R-IL), Co-Chair of the GOP Israel Caucus, and Juan Vargas (D-CA) introduced the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, legislation to further combat the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. In the United States Senate, a companion bill was introduced by U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Ben Cardin (D-MD).
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International, USAWashington (dpa) – The Senate confirmed US President Donald Trump’s choice to serve as ambassador to Israel on Thursday. The upper chamber approved David Friedman 52-46 to the post. Friedman advised Trump throughout his presidential campaign and has taken a hard-line position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, going after US Jewish groups who support a two-state
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Middle East, USAA 19-year old man with dual US-Israeli citizenship was arrested for allegedly making a series of threats to Jewish institutions in the US and Europe. The suspect has a long record of criminal behavior, authorities in Israel said Thursday. The man, whose identity has not yet been released for publication, was suspected by police of
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By Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir MARRAKECH, Morocco — In the Kingdom of Morocco, there are a number of sustainable development programs and policies that display innovation and promote social solidarity. These participatory democratic initiatives are designed to catalyze people’s development that meet multiple human needs at the same time. For example, the Municipal Charter of the
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International, Middle East, Yossef Ben-MeirAt least 25 people have died of starvation in the self-declared republic of Somaliland as the Horn of Africa grapples with an increasingly severe drought. “The drought situation is at its most dangerous level. Eighty percent of the livestock have gone and we are struggling with saving people, who have started dying. So far, we
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International, Science, Medicine, & EducationPolice in Queens, New York, are hunting for a woman who insulted and punched a Muslim woman on the street earlier this month. The woman, according to police, approached a 26-year-old woman and told her “you stink, you fucking Muslim,” before punching her in the side of her neck, according to New York’s Pix11 and
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USAPresident Trump didn’t give an inch on his claims about wiretapping and voter fraud in an interview published Thursday, and told the journalist, “I can’t be doing so badly, because I’m president and you’re not.” In the interview with Time magazine, Mr. Trump defended his tweets about former President Obama wiretapping his campaign headquarters, and
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USATheo Epstein was tabbed World’s Greatest Leader by Fortune magazine, which published its annual list on Thursday morning. The Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations found himself atop a list that included Alibaba founder Jack Ma (No. 2), Pope Francis (No. 3), Melinda Gates (No. 4) and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (No. 5). LeBron James
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Sports & Competitions, USAUri Ariel, of the Jewish Home party, warns that halting building outside of main blocs would ‘not leave us any choice’ By Sue Surkes Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel attends the 14th annual Jerusalem Conference of the ‘Besheva’ group, on February 12, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Jewish Home Minister Uri Ariel said on Thursday he would
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Middle East, USAAn attacker who ran over several pedestrians on London’s Westminster Bridge before stabbing a police officer in the Houses of Parliament, killing three people and leaving 29 more injured in hospital before being killed by police, has been named by police as 52-year-old British-born Khalid Masood. “Masood, aged 52 (25.12.1964), was born in Kent and
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