Netanyahu says he will speak with Trump about ‘bad nuclear deal’ with Iran (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he is looking forward to speaking with President-elect Donald Trump about the “bad nuclear deal” with Iran. “Israel is committed to preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. That has not […]
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Middle East, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — While the Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee was spared by the wildfires that consumed thousands of acres in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the death and destruction resulting from the fires has moved Dolly Parton to help those left in need. With funding from Dollywood as well
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Pearl Harbor with President Obama later this month, becoming the first Japanese leader to visit the site of the attack 75 years ago that killed more than 2,300 U.S. servicemen and thrust the U.S. into World War II. Mr. Abe announced the visit Monday, six months after Mr.
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International, USAOAKLAND, Calif. — They had come together out of their love for electronic music and the underground scene that it fostered. The concert had been in the works for almost two months, billed on social media as a tour for the musicians associated with the Los Angeles-based label 100 percent Silk. The location was secret
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USAWASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Ben Carson, a rival in the GOP presidential primary who became a top supporter, to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Trump chose Carson despite the pediatric neurosurgeon’s protestations that he lacked the experience to run a federal agency. The announcement Monday that Carson has been
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USAPrime Minsiter Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the 16th annual Saban forum at the Brookings Institute Sunday. The Prime Minister was asked during the forum what his plans to deal with the threat of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons will be after President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Netanyahu reiterated his longstanding position on the threat Iran poses to
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Middle East, USAFormer porn star says anti-Semitic abuse from ‘loathsome monster’ is her ‘first welcome to being Jewish and hated for it’ By Stuart Winer and Raoul Wootliff Jenna Jameson ( s_bukley / Shutterstock.com) Former porn mega-star Jenna Jameson, a recent convert to Judaism, blasted the white supremacist David Duke as an “evil” and “loathsome monster” early
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Middle EastQuitting while he is ahead, popular Prime Minister John Key stunned New Zealand on Monday by unexpectedly announced he is stepping down. While Key cited family reasons for his resignation, effective from next Monday, he has denied media reports that his wife had given him an ultimatum after more than eight years in power. “Throughout
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InternationalAfter longtime Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s stunning election defeat last week, there is now hope that many of the political opponents he has had jailed in the capital Banjul’s infamous Mile 2 prison may soon be released. Jammeh conceded to opposition coalition leader Adama Barrow last Thursday, bringing an end to his 22 years in
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InternationalSydney (dpa) – The police and military of the tiny Pacific island nation of Fiji consistently use torture against its people, Amnesty International charged in a new report released on Monday. “Under the military’s dominance … Fiji has seen an ingrained culture of torture take root among its security forces,” said the report, which was
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InternationalHe’s one of the country’s best-known Democrats, but that won’t stop Jimmy Carter from watching a Republican be sworn in as the next president of the United States. Carter, 92, said Sunday he’ll attend president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington D.C. on January 20. The former president and Georgia governor made the announcement at the
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is to resign following a heavy defeat in Sunday’s constitutional reform referendum. Although ostensibly on plans to streamline parliament the poll was largely seen as a confidence vote in the leader. Renzi announced his intention to quit in an address to the nation. “My government’s experience ends here. I believe
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InternationalThen-Lt. Gen. James Mattis in Iraq. SIMI VALLEY, CALIF.: You might not think a man nicknamed “Mad Dog” would put America’s allies at ease. But that’s the buzz here at the Reagan Library’s annual defense conference, where Donald Trump‘s choice of Gen. James Mattis to run the Pentagon met with enthusiastic praise from the right,
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International, USAUS President-Elect Donald Trump has blasted Beijing’s monetary policy and its activities in the South China Sea in a Twitter outburst that will do nothing to mend fences after his controversial phone call with the leader of Taiwan. On TV over the weekend, Vice President-Elect Mike Pence played down the significance of Trump’s conversation with
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