International

‘The truth about human rights NGOs will now be revealed’

MK Robert Ilatov of Yisrael Beytenu expressed satisfaction at the passage late Monday of the NGO “transparency law”, which he authored together with Jewish Home MK Betzalel Smotrich and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, also of Jewish Home. “Organizations that present themselves as objective but are funded by foreign countries are unacceptable in a democratic country,” […]

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Middle East

Republican party can bind convention delegates to Donald Trump

CLEVELAND – Virginia cannot impose criminal penalties on Republican convention delegates who refuse to vote for Donald Trump but the GOP can still force them to back the billionaire businessman, a federal judge ruled Monday. Mr. Trump’s campaign said the decision clears the path for him to collect the nomination next week in Cleveland, saying

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USA

BDS activists lie to enter Israel, authorities can’t stop them

The Christian Recruitment Forum and the Zionist Foundation for Israel have revealed that a leading BDS organization is acting freely in Israel, despite violating Israeli laws. Israel Hayom reports that the World Council of Churches (WCC), one of the world’s leading proponents of BDS, founded the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) in

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Middle East, USA

Jeb Bush: I can’t vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, ‘and it breaks my heart’

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush – who along with a few other 2016 GOP presidential candidates still refuses to support Donald Trump – said he still can’t vote for either Mr. Trump or likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. “I can’t vote for Hillary Clinton and I can’t vote for Donald Trump, and it breaks

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USA

Obama admin. sent taxpayer money to campaign to oust Netanyahu

The State Department paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayers grants to an Israeli group that used the money to build a campaign to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in last year’s Israeli parliamentary elections, a congressional investigation concluded Tuesday. Some $350,000 was sent to OneVoice, ostensibly to support the group’s efforts to back

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Middle East, USA

Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton

Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at a New Hampshire rally Thursday morning, at last ending a searing and closer-than-expected primary campaign against the former secretary of state. “It is not enough to win the nomination,” said Sanders at Portsmouth High School Thursday, joined by Clinton on stage. “Secretary Clinton has won

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USA

Editor’s Mailbag: July 12, 2016

Here are some news articles and press releases of interest received at the offices of San Diego Jewish World: Legislation adopted to combat terror financing WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Congressman Scott Peters (D-San Diego) helped pass on Monday night a series of smart, targeted proposals to combat the illicit financing of terrorist groups, arms and

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA

Middle East Roundup: July 12, 2016

Israeli official urges UNESCO to reject ‘effort to distort’ Jerusalem’s history (JNS.org) Israeli Foreign Ministry Director-General Dore Gold sent a scathing letter to the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Monday (UNESCO), criticizing a draft UNESCO resolution that calls for a return to the “historic status quo” on the Temple

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Middle East

In memory of a fallen hero from Exodus-47

  By Jerry Klinger July 18, 1947, in international waters off the coast of Sinai, a shadowing British battle fleet attacked an unarmed American Chesapeake Bay steamer, the President Warfield. They had been shadowing the lumbering vessel since she left Sete in France. A warning to stop and submit to boarding came from the light cruiser

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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, USA

10 things that could go awry at the GOP convention

WASHINGTON — The real action at the Republican National Convention will be the action no one sees coming. “It’s not the ‘Real Housewives’ series, but it could be the Real Convention Delegates of Cleveland,” said Timothy Walch, an Iowa-based political author who’s studied conventions. Convention organizers plot tightly scripted, carefully choreographed exercises in promoting their

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USA

Police kill nude gunman who fired on houses, threatened motorists in East St. Louis

EAST ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A nude man armed with a shotgun and a pistol was killed in an exchange of shots with police here Monday morning after he stood in a street firing at homes and pointing a weapon at passing motorists, officials said. Illinois State Police, who are investigating but did not participate

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USA

Massive mangrove die-off in Australia linked to climate change

Sydney (dpa) – A massive die-off of mangrove swamps along the northern coast of Australia was linked to climate change by a leading scientist on Monday. More than 7,000 hectares of dead mangroves along a remote 700-kilometre stretch of coastline was filmed from a helicopter by scientists over the weekend after reports from indigenous rangers

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