Joint List MKs give their blessing to volunteerism initiative that is not connected to the army or government, but puts local Arab councils in charge By Dov Lieber Joint (Arab) List MKs Ayman Odeh (left), Masud Ghnaim (center) and Jamal Zahalqsa (right) attend a conference on volunteerism in Kfar Qassem on March 4, 2017. (Courtesy)
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Middle EastDavid Friedman, Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump WASHINGTON – Attorney David Friedman was approved for a confirmation as the next U.S. ambassador to Israel Thursday morning by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a 12-9 bipartisan vote. The approval sends President Donald Trump’s nomination to the full Senate where Friedman is expected to be confirmed with
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Middle East, USAAmidst another wave of bomb threats, 141 community center heads send AG a letter asking for more action in combating anti-Semitism By Eric Cortellessa Then-Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, January 10, 2017. (AP/Alex Brandon, File) WASHINGTON — Amidst an
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USADuring International Women’s Day on Wednesday, women took many different approaches to celebrating and to protesting. Some went on strike, refusing to do paid or unpaid labor for the day—following a path set earlier by women in Poland and Iceland. Others wore red, the color of solidarity, and spent money solely at women- and minority-owned
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USABritish Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson warned Israel on a visit Wednesday that it had a stark choice to make in its dealings with the Palestinians: two states or an “apartheid system.” Britain’s top diplomat made the comments on a 24-hour stop to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem, Israeli
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International, Middle EastWhen Kate Hendricks Thomas was an active Marine, she always had a weapon on her whenever she entered the bathroom on base. “You didn’t go to the shower trailers without your weapon and probably a knife to carry into the shower stall with you,” she says. “There was always that ubiquitous fear of sexual assault.”
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USAIn the West Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was widely regarded as a reformer. For many Iranians, he was the disciple of Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, and the one who took responsibility for its crimes. President of parliament since 1980, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Iranian armies in 1988 by Khomeini,
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Middle EastGuatemala City (dpa) – Guatemala’s Justice Ministry said it would investigate a fire at a state-run juvenile home near Guatemala City that left at least 21 dead on Wednesday, local media reported. The dead at Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asuncion, in San Jose Pinula, 21 kilometres outside the capital, were all girls between the
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InternationalHere’s a headline that the White House wouldn’t like. Donald Trump helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Business and economics reporter Adam Davidson investigated the story for the New Yorker magazine. He traveled to the former Soviet republic for a close-up view of
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International, USAWASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions told a conservative radio host Thursday morning that he was open to naming a “special counsel” to review actions of the Justice Department under the Obama administration. Sessions was a vocal critic of his predecessors, Eric H. Holder Jr. and Loretta Lynch, and their decisions in various investigations. Among
Heard on television and in movies, Yael Meyer’s English and Spanish songs rack up millions of views in the most unexpected places By Lisa Klug LOS ANGELES — Singer-songwriter Yael Meyer is a 21st century fusion. The long-necked, doe-eyed native Chilean sings with a measured sweetness in English and Spanish while gracefully wielding her electric
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsA federal criminal investigation is being opened into the public release of documents said to detail alleged CIA hacking tools. The FBI and CIA are believed to be co-ordinating the inquiry after WikiLeaks published thousands of files. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said the Trump administration will be getting tough: “Make no mistake about it,
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International, USASAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The fourth hoax bomb scare of 2017 was communicated on Wednesday to the Lawrence Family JCC– this time by email. Police with bomb sniffing dogs arrived on the scene after 11 a.m. and pronounced the JCC free from danger. Michael Cohen said following a preliminary search, the JCC facilities remained open.
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USATimes of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Hundreds of people from San Diego’s Jewish community gathered Wednesday for a second time in a month to show their support for refugees seeking to enter the United States. “We cannot let fear stop us from welcoming refugees,” said Michael Hopkins, CEO of Jewish Family Service. “There are
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