International

Tillerson says Asian allies critical amid N Korea nuclear threat

Tokyo (dpa) – US Secretary of State Tillerson said on Thursday cooperation with Japan and South Korea is “critical” to deal with a growing nuclear missile threat from North Korea. US President Donald Trump’s top diplomat told Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo that strengthening US relations with Japan and trilateral cooperation with South […]

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International, USA

Meet the Judges Blocking Trump’s New Travel Ban

Hours before President Donald Trump’s second executive order temporarily banning travel to the U.S. from certain countries and suspending the refugee resettlement program was set to take effect, it was halted by a federal district court judge in Hawaii. Shortly after that, another district court judge, in Maryland, also issued an order against it. First,

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International, USA

With Friedman’s confirmation looming, US Jews range from despondent to exhilarated

While left-wing J Street says the ambassador-designate shows ‘breathtaking disdain for the vast majority of American Jews,’ the right-wing ZOA says he reflects ‘widely-held views of the American public’ By Eric Cortellessa David Friedman, nominated to be US Ambassador to Israel, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, at his confirmation hearing

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Middle East, USA

Trump budget calls for slashing biomedical and science research funding

President Trump’s proposed budget chops $6 billion, about a fifth of the total budget, from the National Institutes of Health, a move that could decimate biomedical research in a number of areas and stagger academic institutions around the country that depend on NIH grant money to keep their scientific research programs afloat. Research funding at

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

On BDS Violence in Holland

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — When I visited Holland in 2015 to speak to Jewish and Christian audiences and to have private meetings with pro-Israel leaders I was told how Dutch Jews were increasingly fearful about speaking out or showing their support for Israel. Their main fears derived from the threatening atmosphere being stoked up

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International, Middle East

Rep. Davis seeks to ban jury bias on sexual grounds

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA) introduced the Juror Non-Discrimination Act to prohibit removal from a jury based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Rep. Pat Meehan (R-PA) joined Davis as lead cosponsor of the bill. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced companion legislation in the Senate. “Equal treatment

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USA

COP denounces latest anti-Israel report from U.N.

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations today called on United Nations Secretary General Guterres to publicly reject a UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) report unjustly accusing Israel of being “an apartheid regime that dominates the Palestinian people as a whole.”  The report was co-authored

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Middle East, USA

Russian Billionaire In Spotlight Over Property Deal With Trump

After Donald Trump’s 2005 tax returns were revealed on a cable TV show Tuesday, the president’s property deal in 2008 with Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev grabbed attention. Trump sold his Palm Beach, Florida, mansion — that he bought for $41 million in a 2004 auction — for a whooping $95 million in 2008 when the

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PM Rutte on course for big victory over far-right in Dutch election

The Netherlands’ centre-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte was on course for a resounding victory over anti-Islam and anti-EU Geert Wilders in an election on Wednesday, offering huge relief to other EU governments facing a wave of nationalism. “It appears that the VVD will be the biggest party in the Netherlands for the third time in

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