NEW YORK (Press Release) –The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised and strongly supports Congressional efforts to end $500 million/year in US taxpayer-funded aid to Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) until it ends paying Palestinian Arabs $300 million per year to murder Jews. Under PA law families of Jew killers are paid lifetime salaries […]
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Middle East, USABy Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi ROCKVILLE, Maryland — As we are all aware, recently there has been a significant increase in hate crimes and bomb threats across the entire country. Minorities, including people with disabilities, are especially at risk not only for attacks and threats, but also for the stress and anxiety that can result from seeing
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe waves of bomb threats against Jewish community centers in the US are the work of a single “nutjob” and not a terrorist organization or hate group, according to a law enforcement official. Approximately 90 bomb threats have been made against JCCs across the US over the past two months. So far, no bombs have
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USAPresidential speeches to joint sessions of Congress normally get meticulously scrubbed to ensure accuracy. In past administrations, even minor misstatements have sometimes turned into major issues. The Trump administration has a very different relationship with facts, as has been repeatedly documented. Tuesday night’s speech by President Donald Trump had fewer untrue statements than many of
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USAVice President Mike Pence on Wednesday said that nobody is going to “fall through the cracks” as Republicans move to repeal and replace Obamacare, and he said President Trump clearly laid out a framework of ideas on health care in his address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday. “We’ve made repealing [and] replacing Obamacare
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USAWhite House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday that he was encouraged that Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is willing to to work on an infrastructure program with President Trump after rejecting every other olive branch extended to Democrats. Mr. Schumer earlier in the day balked at Mr. Trump’s offers during an address to
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USATwo buildings at a university in Montreal were evacuated Wednesday after a letter was sent threatening to set off bombs targeting Muslim students. The letter, from a group calling itself the “Council of Conservative Citizens of Canada” and describing itself as “the underground C4 Chapter at Concorida University” was addressed to “all Moslem students” and
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International, USAWASHINGTON — He didn’t attack the fake news. He didn’t brag about his overwhelming Electoral College win. He didn’t even mock the poor television ratings of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Instead, President Donald Trump delivered a speech to Congress that was chock full of policy priorities as he outlined a vision for the country for the next
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has refused a plea from Democratic Party lawyers, at least for now, to rein in alleged “racial gerrymandering” by Republican-led states in the South that protects black lawmakers at the expense of other Democrats. Instead, the justices decided Wednesday against ruling on a Virginia case over racial gerrymandering and sent
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USARussia’s most advanced attack submarine, the Severodvinsk class, could approach the US coast and launch nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. (Navy graphic) WASHINGTON: It’s time to build up missile defenses against limited attacks from Russia and China, leading experts gingerly suggest in a forthcoming study. While we can’t stop an all-out nuclear barrage, they say, we can
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International, USAThe Senate on Wednesday morning overwhelmingly approved Rep. Ryan Zinke to lead the Interior Department, overcoming objections from Democratic leadership to yet another of President Trump’s cabinet nominees. Mr. Zinke, a Montana Republican and the first Navy SEAL elected to the U.S. House, garnered strong bipartisan support. He was approved by a final vote of
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USAFrench presidential candidate François Fillon vowed Wednesday not to withdraw from the presidential race, despite possibly facing charges over claims that he arranged to have his family paid handsomely for jobs they never performed. “I will not withdraw,” he told reporters at his campaign headquarters on Wednesday, adding that he had been the target of
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InternationalDUBAI (Press Release) – Senior officials of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading Jewish Human Rights NGO, commended President Trump for opening his speech to both Houses of Congress by denouncing the ongoing threats to JCCs and recent attacks on Jewish cemeteries. “We are grateful that the President condemned anti-Semitism during this pivotal speech to
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International, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – The Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council issued the following statement on Wednesday, March 1: We agree with the President’s assertion in his speech at the Joint Session of Congress that “we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its forms.” Our organization exemplifies that idea – the
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