Hiney ma tov u’ma-nayim shevet achim gam yachad –Here is something good and nice, two brothers together in unity – Psalm 133 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –2Brothers Restaurant in San Diego is unabashedly Israeli – a sign above the door proclaims it – and brothers Ofer and Amir Grissaro proudly tell visitors that […]
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego CountyOAKTON, Va. – Jared Taylor hits play, and the first Donald Trump ad of the general election unfolds across his breakfast table. Syrian refugees streaming across a border. Hordes of immigrants, crowded onto trains. “Donald Trump’s America is secure,” rumbles a narrator. “Terrorists and dangerous criminals kept out. The border, secure; our families, safe.” Taylor,
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USAIn the past few weeks, multiple towns in France have issued bans on the full-body swimsuit known as the “burkini.” Designed for Muslim women, the burkini covers everything but the face, hands and feet. At least 15 towns and cities in France have banned the swimwear, according to AFP. Nice is the most recent to
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International, USAOfficial Hamas newspaper Palestine presented the terrorist who attempted to blow up the Jerusalem Light Rail with shrapnel pipe bombs as a man who acted in a noble and humanitarian manner. The terrorist was arrested by Light Rail security forces on July 17, when he was suspected him while he was waiting for a train
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Middle EastDusseldorf (dpa) – The planned opening of a Jewish secondary school in north-western Germany on Wednesday will bring to two the total number of such institutes in the entire country. Some 40 fifth-grade students will make up the inaugural class of the newly founded Albert Einstein Gymnasium in the city of Dusseldorf. Until recently, Germany’s
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InternationalRussia’s armed forces have kicked off tactical exercises on the Crimean peninsula, according to state news agency Itar-Tass, as Ukraine has expressed concern about the mounting tension in its southeast. Crimea has been under Russian control since 2014, with Russia fully integrating it in its security network, however, Ukraine and the U.N. have not recognized
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InternationalAt least 30 people were killed and more than 94 injured after a bomb blast in Turkey’s Gaziantep city late Saturday. The explosion targeted an outdoor wedding in the southern city. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, is the “likely perpetrator” of the attack. The government
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Middle EastRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Saturday said President Barack Obama lied to the American people about the United States’ $400 million payment to Iran. The Wall Street Journal on Thursday provided new details about the money transfer, which occurred on January 17, revealing that it was tightly scripted and specifically timed to the release
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Middle East, USAFor the first time in nearly a month, Donald Trump finds himself ahead of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Trump, who had trailed Clinton in every poll conducted since late July, narrowly led in the latest LA Times/USC Dornsife poll, published on Saturday. Saturday”s poll marks a two-point improvement for Trump according to the
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USAA rocket was shot into Sderot along the Gaza border. A Code Red siren was heard in the region. The IDF confirms that a rocket shot from Beit Hanoun in Gaza landed in Sderot. When police searched the area, they found a rocket had exploded between two houses in the city of Sderot. Police have
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Middle EastRIO DE JANEIRO – Usain Bolt is the fastest man alive and the only man ever to win three Olympic gold medals in the 100 metres. NBC may have called him ‘Andre de Grasse of France,’ but no one will forget Canadian now But the Jamaican superstar felt a tad, um, sluggish in the final
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAWashington (dpa) – US swimmer Ryan Lochte has taken “full responsibility” for the incident in Rio de Janeiro that landed him and three other American swimmers in trouble with authorities. Speaking in a TV interview with US broadcaster NBC, the 12-time Olympic medallist also admitted that what he had initially told Brazilian authorities – that
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAThe Olympic spirit is perhaps best in evidence when, for a brief, shining and historical moment, an outsider from a small nation grabs the glory with their first-ever medal. Rio de Janeiro (dpa) – Tears of joy, being overcome by emotion, instant fame, telephone calls from their rulers: Olympic athletes from small countries go through
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International, Sports & CompetitionsManila (dpa) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday threatened to take his country out of the United Nations after it criticized his government’s deadly campaign against illegal drugs. Duterte accused the UN and its experts of interfering in the country’s affairs by calling for an end to a spate of killings of drug suspects
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