Tunisia suspects foreign involvement in slaying of Hamas drone expert (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Tunisian government claims it has found evidence of foreign involvement in the assassination of the head of the Hamas terror group’s drone program, Mohammed Alzoari, outside his home in eastern Tunisia last week. Following an emergency meeting Sunday, the government
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Middle EastPresident-elect Donald Trump said Saturday on Twitter the United States should let China keep the U.S. Navy’s unmanned underwater glider that it seized in the South China Sea. “We should tell China that we don’t want the drone they stole back.- let them keep it!” Trump tweeted a few hours after the U.S. military announced
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International, USAStates cannot keep federal grants away from Planned Parenthood clinics, the Obama administration ruled on Wednesday in a move that critics say is a “parting gift to Big Abortion.” “The Obama administration, even in its waning hours, has chosen to put Planned Parenthood’s Big Abortion agenda ahead of women’s health and the right of states
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USAWASHINGTON — Four powerful members of the Senate called Sunday for creation of a special select committee to investigate Russian attempts to influence the presidential election, a sign of growing concern that GOP leaders’ plans to use existing panels will produce a partisan inquiry. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., who chairs the Armed Services Committee, and
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USAVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has suspended the withdrawal of the country’s most widely-used banknote. Maduro said the 100-bolivar bill will be reinstated after higher-denomination notes failed to arrive in time. The change in policy comes after days of cash shortages, clashes with police and looting. Speaking from the presidential palace, Maduro blamed a “sabotage” campaign
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not all Arab terror, clashing demands of ultra-Orthodox and Reform Jews, concerns about what Obama might do in the coming month, Trump in the Oval Office, or barbaric Russians, Syrians, and other Muslims just over the northern border. There’s also been an explosion of concern about women’s legs, and
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBolivian President Evo Morales has agreed to run for a fourth term in office. His party has proclaimed him its candidate in the 2019 elections. This is despite the result of a referendum in February. Bolivian President Evo Morales agrees to run for a fourth term in office. https://t.co/rrKVnA1QTU— The Associated Press (@AP) December 18,
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InternationalADEN, Yemen – The Islamic State (IS) group on Sunday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that struck a gathering of pro-government forces in Yemen’s temporary capital of Aden, leaving about 49 soldiers killed. An online statement by the IS revealed in twitter said that “more than 70 apostates were killed in the jihadist attack
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Middle EastCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown’s approval of wide-ranging gun control legislation in July has triggered a run on firearms in the state, with some stores reporting sales have doubled since then. Starting Jan. 1, the general public in California can no longer buy semiautomatic rifles equipped with bullet-buttons that allow for the quick removal and replacement
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USALOS ANGELES — The best known of three glamorous sisters from Hungary, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor pioneered a modern version of celebrity — she was famous for being famous. With the advent of television talk shows, Gabor became a frequent guest as early as the 1950s, charming audiences with her fractured English and slightly risque
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Attempts to achieve peace through inaction are bound to fail. Just ask the people of Aleppo. Attempts to achieve peace through appeasement are bound to fail. Just ask Neville Chamberlain. Peace only comes from assertive action that destroys a rampaging enemy’s will to survive. Just ask Winston Churchill. World
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, USASwedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, who was refused meetings with Israeli ministers during her visit to the region, on Saturday tweeted about her visit to “Palestine”. “Returning from Palestine. Action is needed to save the two state solution. Settlements and demolitions thwart conditions and hope for peace,” tweeted Wallstrom, who visited Ramallah and met with
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International, Middle EastThe head of the Oxfam International confederation of charities admitted that the organization’s public spat with former celebrity ambassador Scarlett Johansson over her support of the Israeli company Sodastream was a mistake which cost the organization thousands of donors, the Guardian reported. Mark Goldring made the comments at a seminar which addressed the issue of
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAs Donald Trump builds his cabinet and administration ahead of Inauguration Day on January 20th, Trump”s Jewish offspring are preparing for the spiritual transition to Washington D.C. Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner, and the couple”s three children are relocating from New York to the capital, amid suggestions both the President-elect”s daughter and son-in-law could
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