International

‘My dream has been realized. Israel has been restored’

The UN General Assembly on Friday held its annual International Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony in the presence of Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Noah Klieger, a survivor of Auschwitz, was the main speaker at the ceremony and addressed the General Assembly. Addressing the General Assembly, Klieger recalled three dreams that he had in Auschwitz: “To survive […]

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Actor with Down Syndrome pays tribute to Nazi Holocaust victims

Berlin (dpa) – An actor with Down Syndrome read aloud from a letter written by Ernst Putzki, identified by the Nazis as “unworthy of living” and murdered in 1945, before German parliamentarians as the country marked Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday. Sebastian Urbanski took to the speaker’s podium of the German lower house of parliament,

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International

President Trump Doesn’t Mention Jewish People In Holocaust Day Statement

The White House issued a statement Friday commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day. But in a break with recent tradition, the statement didn’t make any mention of the Jewish people or anti-Semitism, only referring to the victims of the Holocaust as “innocent people.” In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly voted to observe Jan. 27 as

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Jewish History, USA

Mexico: Paying for Border Wall ‘Totally Unacceptable’

Mexico’s top diplomat said Thursday the idea of the country paying for U.S. President Donald Trump’s border wall was “totally unacceptable.” While the country respected the U.S.’s right to protect its borders, making Mexico fund the structure is “not negotiable,” Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said at the Mexican embassy in Washington. “There are things

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International

British prime minister gets Trump to say he’s ‘100 percent’ behind NATO

WASHINGTON — British Prime Minister Theresa May put President Donald Trump on the record Friday as being “100 percent” behind the NATO in their first meeting at the White House. “Mr. President, I think you said, you confirmed, that you’re 100 percent behind NATO,” she said at a news conference. “But we’re also discussing the

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International, USA

Trump looks ahead to Putin call, hopes for ‘fantastic relationship’

Washington (dpa) – New US President Donald Trump says he is seeking “a great relationship with Russia and other countries,” ahead of planned telephone conversations on Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and separate calls with the leaders of France and Germany. The Kremlin and White House confirmed reports of a scheduled call with Putin,

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International, USA

Hamas rewriting charter without anti-Semitism, claims official… but still rejects Israel

Osama Hamdan warns of violence if US embassy moves to Jerusalem, defends suicide attacks; 2nd spokesman stresses ‘Hamas’s goal remains to liberate every inch of Palestine’ By Dov Lieber Osama Hamdan speaks to Al Jazeera in August 2014 (Screen capture: YouTube) A senior Hamas official said on Wednesday that the terror group, which rules the

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Middle East

Bilden Less Experienced Than 8 Of Last 9 Navy Secretaries

Philip BIlden credit: Asia Venture Capital Journal WASHINGTON: Trump’s pick for Navy Secretary, Philip Bilden, has less relevant experience than almost any of his predecessors since 1980, Breaking Defense has found. To be precise, with one exception under Clinton, every Navy Secretary for 36 years has had significant prior experience in either government or the

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USA

French presidential front runner to quit race if charged over wife’s ‘fake job’

France’s conservative candidate for the presidency, François Fillon, said Thursday he would step out of the race if prosecutors decided to file preliminary charges over an allegedly fake job held by his wife. Scrambling to stem a potentially crippling scandal, Fillon told French channel TF1 there was nothing improper or illegal about his employing his

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International

Teens planned ‘mass shooting’ at Central Florida middle school, deputies say

ORLANDO, Fla. — Two teens were arrested Thursday after being accused of planning a Columbine-style attack at The Villages Charter middle school, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. The incident started on Tuesday when a school resource officer at The Villages Charter Middle School heard rumors going around about a student planning a mass

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

On World Holocaust Day, leaders warn against the rise of bigotry and intolerance

More than one million people, mostly European Jews were gassed, shot or hanged at Auschwitz. On World Holocaust Day, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo paid homage to the victims of the Nazi death camp. Surrounded by some of the last survivors, she said “memory and truth are our responsibility, they are our weapons against evil.”

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International, Jewish Religion, USA

Chuck Todd: Media knew how ‘hated’ Hillary was in heartland and we ‘underplayed’ it

NBC’s Chuck Todd confessed that he and others in the mainstream news media played down just how despised Hillary Clinton was in the heartland due to the fear of appearing “sexist.” What’s more, he admitted, the mainstream media failed to “tell the stories of all Americans.” “Where I think political correctness got in the way

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USA