White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said Sunday that President-elect Donald Trump should be reaching out to Rep. John Lewis as a show of unity for Americans and as a message to Russians. Mr. Trump lashed out at Mr. Lewis on Twitter after the civil rights icon questioned the legitimacy of the incoming administration […]
Ilan Shmuel, who worked for the PM until 2014, was convicted in September of a variety of sexual offenses against 6 girls By Times of Israel staff Ilan Shmuel (center), former driver for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem District Court on January 15, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) A former driver for Prime Minister Benjamin
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Middle EastThe Paris peace conference is hoping to drive home a message of opposition to Israeli settlements and the establishment of a Palestinian state, just days ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration. Though it will call on Israel and the Palestinian Authority to re-state their commit to the two-state solution, neither will be represented at the Paris
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International, Middle East, USAOutgoing CIA Director John Brennan on Sunday rebuked President-elect Donald Trump for comparing the intelligence community to Nazi Germany, saying those type of remarks impact national security. “What I do find outrageous is equating the intelligence community with Nazi Germany,” Mr. Brennan said on “Fox New Sunday.” “I do take great umbrage with that and
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International, USASpeaking as 70 countries gather for Mideast peace talks in Paris on Sunday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault warned of “extremely serious consequences” if the US moves its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as planned. Ayrault told French media that he believed US President-elect Donald Trump would find it “impossible” to fulfill his campaign
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin HARLEM, New York–Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 88 years old today, Sunday, January 15. As a pastor’s son growing up in the “Sweet Auburn” section of central Atlanta, pranking his friends and mimicking preachers with wicked accuracy, he’d had never dreamed that the day of his birth would be
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USARussia knows how to use sex to get what it wants. Perhaps more accurately, Russia knows how to use sex to blackmail its enemies. There’s no verified proof to the allegations that the Kremlin has a tape of President-elect Donald Trump participating in odd sexual behavior in Moscow. But there’s nothing unusual about Russia collecting
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International, USAIn what is likely the final on-camera interview during his eight year stay at Washington’s most famous address, President Obama tells CBS that his family will be happy to be out of the White House come next weekend. Security constraints and other factors appear to have worn thin after eight years, he said, noting that
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USAWASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump Saturday criticized as “all talk … no action” Rep. John Lewis, who was repeatedly beaten and nearly lost his life in the long struggle for civil rights. Trump’s Twitter comments early Saturday about the Georgia congressman followed Lewis’s assertion Friday that he did not see Trump as a “legitimate” president
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USAAn official ceremony has taken place in Poland to welcome 4,000 US troops to the country as part of a NATO deployment. The arrival of the soldiers is seen as a show of force to Russia, which has slammed the move as a threat to its national security. Video shows convoy carrying US troops entering
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International, USATwo communities cooperate in raising funds and helping family torn by civil war reunite and find a home in Toronto By Times of Israel staff Rasha Elendari meeting her family at the airport in Canada after they were reunited thanks to the cooperation of a mosque and a synagogue in Toronto. (Screen capture CBC News)
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International, Middle EastBy Rana Husseini – Jan 14,2017 – Last updated at Jan 14,2017 AMMAN — The Criminal Court prosecutor on Saturday charged a 25-year-old man with the premeditated murder of his older sister in Amman over the weekend in the first reported so-called honour murder to occur this year in the Kingdom, official sources said. The
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Middle EastWASHINGTON — Braced for protests by 99 groups and a new “global terrorist environment,” security officials plan to protect the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump with buses, dump trucks and heavy vehicles loaded with cement to thwart anyone who might try to plow vehicles through the crowds. “We know of no specific credible threat directed
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USAA Palestinian embassy has been officially opened in the Vatican. The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas also had an audience with Pope Francis, with discussions on how peace can be achieved. Abbas said he hopes the example of the Vatican is followed by others. He said: “This embassy is a place of pride for us and
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