International

Erdogan compares Germany to Nazis in row over banned campaign events

Cologne (dpa) – A series of cancelled campaign rallies planned by Turkish politicians on German soil has incurred the wrath of Ankara, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accusing Germany on Sunday of “Nazi practices.” Officials in various German localities have called off planned events this week at which Turkish ministers were scheduled to rally support […]

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International, Middle East

Former US envoy to Israel to join Tel Aviv-based think tank

Obama-era ambassador, Dan Shapiro, announced as visiting fellow at Institute for National Security Studies By Alexander Fulbright Then US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro seen at a fare-well session in the Knesset, on January 17, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) Former US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro will join the Institute for National Security studies as a

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Middle East, USA

Jewish joy in Cambodia

David Benger It’s a holiday in Cambodia; It’s tough, kid, but it’s life It’s a holiday in Cambodia; Don’t forget to pack a wife” — Holiday in Cambodia by The Dead Kennedys On January 31, 2017, I attended the first Jewish wedding in Cambodian history. The Cambodian construction workers across the street momentarily put down

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International

Nancy Pelosi unfazed by Democratic congressman’s sexist Kellyanne Conway joke

A few Democrats have called on a Democratic congressman to apologize for his crude joke last week about White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, but not House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Ms. Pelosi deflected questions posed by CNN’s Jake Tapper about tasteless comments made Wednesday at a Washington Press Club dinner by Rep. Cedric Richmond, Louisiana

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USA

Ecuadorean presidential candidate race has strong support from opposition forces

Guillermo Lasso barely survived the first round of Ecuador’s presidential election Feb. 19, as ruling party candidate Lenin Moreno came within a hair of winning outright. But now that the opposition has rallied around Lasso, a former banker, and the April 2 runoff looks like Moreno’s to lose. Quito-based Cedatos, which produces one of the

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International, USA

Politicos Respond to Trump Wiretapping Claims

President Obama’s former director of national intelligence denied there ever was a federal court order authorizing wiretapping of Donald Trump properties on a day when the chair of the House intelligence committee said it would heed the president’s call for a Congressional probe of his unsubstantiated surveillance claims. Trump has roiled Washington with his tweeted

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International, USA

Columnist denounces Israel’s opponents, seeks to replace U.N. with Covenant of Democratic Nations

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Author and columnist Edwin Black is touring the United States, Australia, and other democracies to promote the creation of a Covenant of Democratic Nations to replace the United Nations, the latter of which he describes as being so heavily influenced by anti-democratic, authoritarian regimes as to have outlived

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Donald H. Harrison, Edwin Black, International, Middle East, USA

‘The Lies They Tell’ excoriates U.S. society

 By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The Lies They Tell is the second Tuvia Tenenbom book that I’ve read, following the enlightening Catch the Jew!, which penetrates the bubble surrounding many Israelis and journalists. Tuvia (his irreverent style breeds a strange familiarity) is an expat Israeli who has lived in the United States, Germany

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Steve Kramer, USA

Ten arrested at March 4 Trump in Berkeley as protesters engulf rally

Most of Saturday’s March 4 Trump rallies went off without a hitch, but that wasn’t the case in Berkeley, California. Fistfights, scuffles and shouting matches ensued after hundreds of counter-protesters, some wearing black masks, descended on the pro-Trump crowd at Civic Center Park. Berkeley police made 10 arrests: five for battery, four for assault with

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USA