Former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister and senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh denied on Friday reports that the Hamas regime in Gaza had opened negotiations with Israel over the return of the bodies of two IDF soldiers murdered in 2014. The bodies of Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, who were killed by Hamas terrorists in 2014, […]
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Middle EastLE BOURGET, France – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he has “no idea” if presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is going to pick him as a running mate, but he knows he’s being vetted closely and a decision is coming soon. Mr. Gingrich, who appeared here on the outskirts of Paris Saturday to
A tunnel collapse in the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed a member of the terror group Islamic Jihad’s armed wing, it said, in the latest in a series of such incidents. The collapse occurred in the northern Gaza Strip, the Al-Quds Brigades said in a statement, without providing further details. It identified the terrorist killed
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Middle EastMINNEAPOLIS — Marchers protesting the Wednesday night shooting death of Philando Castile by police caused an hours-long shutdown of part of Interstate 94 west of downtown St. Paul, starting just before nightfall Saturday, with dozens of police officers decked out in riot gear and using tear gas and smoke bombs to try to disperse the
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USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Several aspiring politicians who’d like to replace Binyamin Netanyahu as prime minister are assuming/hoping that the present coalition won’t last its full term. Despite the recent addition of Avigdor Lieberman and his party in order to strengthen the government majority (from 61-59 to 66-54) things remain unstable. The issue over non-Orthodox
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Middle EastA defiant Iran declared on Saturday it will continue its ballistic missile program, even after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said that the missile tests are not in the spirit of the country’s landmark nuclear deal with world powers, The Associated Press reports. “Iran will strongly continue its missile program based on its own defense and
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International, Middle East, USAThe Spanish government and Jewish groups on Friday blasted a far-left party for posting an anti-Semitic cartoon protest against President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to the country. The criticism comes after the Madrid branch of the United Left coalition, tweeted a cartoon depicting a thick-lipped Obama hugging an Orthodox Jew wearing a kippa emblazoned with
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International, USAAn elderly Jewish couple in Morocco were murdered in their Casablanca home last week. The killer then dismembered their bodies and disposed of the parts in different areas across the city. According to Moroccan media, the couple’s gardener was arrested by police and has confessed to the crime, which he said he committed due to
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Middle EastIn a tit for tat expulsion of diplomats reminiscent of the Cold War, Russia said on Saturday it had expelled two U.S. Embassy staff members after a similar ‘unfriendly’ move by Washington in June. The United States expelled two Russian officials in response to what it described as a Russian policeman’s attack on a U.S.
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International, USAActivists are urging the Republican Jewish Coalition to abandon its support for presidential hopeful Donald Trump as the presumptive GOP nominee prepares to secure his party’s backing this month in Cleveland. Social justice group Bend the Arc launched a petition last week calling on Republican Jewish Coalition Director Matt Brooks to walk back the RJC’s
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USAWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will fly to Dallas “early next week,” aides said late Friday — cutting short a visit to Spain, and adding the police ambush to a litany of tragedies that have merited his attention. “The president has accepted an invitation from Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest
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USAPresident Obama said Friday that the U.S. is sending an additional 1,000 U.S. troops to Poland as part of a NATO effort to show strength against Russian aggression. Speaking in Warsaw with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Mr. Obama said the troops will serve on a rotational basis with three other NATO battalions on the eastern
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International, USABernie Sanders’ attempts to progressively influence the Democratic Party’s 2016 platform suffered a blow Saturday when his supporters failed to add specific opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal to the party’s planks. Sanders’ supporters shouted insults at Hillary Clinton loyalists and vowed to force a vote on the party’s stance on the 12-nation
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International, USAPresident Obama said Saturday it’s hard to “untangle the motives” of the shooterwho killed five Dallas police officers, despite the gunman telling police he wanted to kill white police officers. Mr. Obama made the comment at a press conference in Warsaw, Poland, where he also issued another call for gun control in the wake of
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