In recent months, the organization “Tzav 1,” which works to ensure that religious IDF soldiers are able to maintain a religious lifestyle while in the Army, has noted a growing number of complaints from soldiers regarding serious problems in the “kashrut” [kosher status] of kitchens on Army bases. All IDF kitchens are officially supposed to […]
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Middle EastOn Friday, HBO released a 37-minute long interview between Bill Maher and President Barack Obama. The piece, which aired less than a week before the 2016 Presidential Election, was the culmination of a months-long campaign for Maher to have the president on his program. Over the years, Maher has generally praised the president with some
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USARALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory was in a fight for his political life. His ardent defense of House Bill 2, a law deemed so discriminatory by some sports leagues that they pulled more than a dozen championship events from the state, had left him with strongly unfavorable ratings from moderates. With a
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USAVeteran pollster John Zogby sent out an “Uh-oh” alert Saturday night noting that heading into Sunday, two key voting groups that had shifted toward Barack Obama by the Saturday before the 2012 election – and that gave him his landslide victory – were not moving Democrat Hillary Clinton’s way four days before Tuesday’s election. “Donald
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USAProtesters have gathered in Istanbul to support the Cumhuriyet journalists arrested in what critics say is another attempt to silence opponents of the Turkish government. The secularist newspaper is one of the few remaining media outlets still critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Founded in 1924, it is the oldest newspaper in Turkey. Turkey’s main
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Prediction is risky, and dangerous to one’s reputation. The most likely, and the safest prediction, is to begin with the present, and project more of the same. That’s what is evident in the land across the sea. Analysts used to say that the Obama administration was the nastiest in terms
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Ira Sharkansky, USAManila (dpa) – A town mayor detained on illegal drugs charges and a fellow inmate imprisoned in a provincial jail in the Philippines were killed Saturday in a shootout with police, officials said. Police conducted a raid on the jail in the city of Baybay in the province of Leyte after receiving a tip that
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InternationalDemocratic nominee Hillary Clinton dipped below 270 electoral votes in CNN’s electoral map Friday as Republican nominee Donald Trump makes a late surge for the White House. The most recent national polls have Trump within one or two points of Clinton, and well within the margin of error. Fox News released a poll Friday, with
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USARepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump was rushed off stage by the Secret Service at a rally in Nevada on Saturday night in a tense campaign moment just days before the 2016 presidential election. Secret Service agents rush Donald Trump off stage at Nevada rally. https://t.co/G4isSw41BA https://t.co/daEjQ9NHNz — CNN (@CNN) November 6, 2016 Trump later returned
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev spoke with Channel 2 about the Israel-Russia relationship. During the interview Medvedev was asked about UNESCO’s decision to deny history and claim Israel has no connection to the Western Wall and other holy places in Jerusalem. “I think this subject has been blown out of proportion. UNESCO has made around
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International, Middle EastTel Aviv- As part of his efforts to win the votes of Jews, Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump has pledged in a message to Israel and its American backers to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state. The letter was sent in a joint statement from Jason Dov Greenblatt and David Friedman,
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Middle East, USALinda Reedy has long been convinced that voter fraud was afoot, with ballots cast even by people who were not American citizens. But it wasn’t until after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump began to allege rigged elections and asked supporters — particularly in hotly contested battleground states — to monitor polling stations that Reedy, of
TAMPA, Fla. — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump distilled the campaign styles they’ve showcased for more than a year into a final blitz of intense campaigning as they wrapped up their pitches for the White House. Clinton, true to type, chose a tightly disciplined path, holding rallies and events in Florida and Pennsylvania on Saturday
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USAThere have been emotional reunions at a refugee camp east of Mosul, as families fleeing ISIL militants come together with their relatives. Some have not seen one another for more than two years. Men, women and children were seen hugging and kissing at the Khazer camp. Thousands of people have left Mosul since Iraqi troops
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