International

George Bush ‘heartbroken’ by Dallas cop killings: ‘Murdering the innocent is always evil’

Former President George W. Bush said Friday that his family is “heartbroken” by the killing of five police officers at a Black Lives Matter rally in Dallas, where he and his wife Laura reside. “Laura and I are heartbroken by the heinous acts of violence in our city last night,” Mr. Bush said in a

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USA

Romania hosts AJC delegation

BUCHAREST, Romania (Press Release) — An American Jewish Committee (AJC) delegation just completed a two-day trip to Romania. The group, led by AJC Chief Executive Officer David Harris, had in-depth meetings with President Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos, Foreign Minister Lazar Comănescu, and the U.S. and Israeli Ambassadors. The delegation also visited the foreign and

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International, Middle East, USA

Noah’s Ark, splitting of Red Sea appear in newfound mosaic at ancient synagogue

Excavations at a late-Roman era synagogue in the Galilee have unearthed more staggering mosaics depicting biblical scenes, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced this week. The ongoing dig at the 5th-century CE Huqoq Synagogue has previously uncovered brilliant floors featuring people, beasts and heroes from antiquity never before seen in ancient Jewish

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Dallas police chief lost son, brother and partner to violence

Dallas Police Chief David Brown stood before the television cameras Friday morning, hours after a gunman fatally shot five officers, and made one thing clear: His department was hurting. “We don’t feel much support on most days,” Brown said. “Let’s not make today most days.” He had spent a long night consoling the victims’ families,

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USA

Netanyahu’s Ethiopia Visit ‘Disappointing’: Israeli MP

The sole Ethiopia-born member of Israel’s parliament has said he was left “disappointed” by Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the Horn of Africa country, after the Israeli prime minister failed to solidify plans to reunite 9,000 Ethiopian Jews with their families in Israel. Avraham Neguise, a member of the Israeli Knesset from Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party,

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International, Middle East

Bracing for next war, IDF troops drill for mass casualty rocket strike

Smoke, explosions, rubble, screams, blood. Down in the south of Israel, a residential building in Safed was hit by a missile with a half-ton warhead. There was no immediate body count, but videos surfaced on social media of people trapped in collapsed building and under cars. Not really, of course. This was a search and

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Middle East

US Justice Department to investigate police shooting

The US Justice Department is to investigate the fatal shooting of a black man by police in Louisiana. It is reported the US attorney, the FBI and federal prosecutors will be involved in the inquiry. What happened? A second video showing the shooting death of #AltonSterling has emerged https://t.co/talcCuQMeF (Graphic images) pic.twitter.com/Na4nRUZVfN— CNN International (@cnni)

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USA

Bill introduced to strip Hillary Clinton of security access

Republicans officially petitioned the administration Thursday to deny Hillary Clinton access to secret information as Democrats’ presidential nominee, and some GOP lawmakers said if the intelligence community won’t do it, they’ll pass a bill to do it themselves. The White House has said it won’t deny Mrs. Clinton access, saying it is a tradition for

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Lynch Pushes Gun Control In Aftermath Of Dallas Shooting, Praises BLM

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch called for more restrictions on access to firearms and praised protesters who mobilized against controversial police practices in the aftermath of a deadly attack on police in Dallas, Texas. “We must take a hard look at the ease with which wrongdoers can get their hands on deadly weapons and the

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USA

Use of robot in Dallas highlights tactical opportunities, ethical questions for police

WASHINGTON — Negotiators had been talking for hours with the hunkered-down killer of five police officers in downtown Dallas when the man suddenly resumed firing with an assault rifle. Fearing additional casualties, the officers deployed a small, remote-controlled robot to carry an explosive device near shooter Micah Xavier Johnson, which they then detonated, killing him.

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USA