International

Bennett or Kahlon can make or break Bibi’s new coalition

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There’s been another resignation associated with the appointment of Avigdor Lieberman as Minister of Defense. This one comes from the Minister of Environment, who associated his resignation not only with the appointment of Lieberman, but with the government’s loss of Moshe Ayalon, and with the approval of the gas deal. The Environment […]

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Arab League looks to French summit to force Israeli concessions

Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi blasted Israel as a bastion of “fascism and racial discrimination” on Saturday at a meeting of foreign ministers to discuss a French Middle East peace initiative. The Arab ministers are expected to adopt a resolution on the plan to revive negotiations between Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority. In

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Middle East

Ken Livingstone fired from radio show for anti-Semitic remarks

Former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has been fired from his radio show, in response to anti-Semitic comments made last month. Livingstone has already been suspended from the Labour Party, where he was until recently a senior policymaker, after claiming in an interview that Adolf Hitler was a Zionist, and appearing to back some of

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International

Settlers, Palestinians come together to seek EU-model end to conflict

A group of Israelis and Palestinians has teamed up in a movement calling for a European-style confederation between Israel and a future state of Palestine, that would allow citizens from both sides of the conflict to live in either country but retain their original nationality. The “Two States, One Homeland” movement — the Israeli side

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International, Middle East

David Horsey: Hillary Clinton still stalked by the shadow of her email mistakes

While Hillary Clinton chases around California trying to nail down the Democratic nomination for president, she continues to be chased by the “scandal” over the private email server she used while she was secretary of state. As scandals go, this one is fairly puny, but it is, nevertheless, a nagging problem, A new report done

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USA

Sanders Talks Trump, Superdelegates With Bill Maher

The California primary is coming up on June 7, and Bernie Sanders continued his efforts to sustain momentum by following Thursday’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with a Friday-night sit-down with one of his biggest supporters in the media, Bill Maher. Throughout the 11-minute interview, Sanders and Maher covered everything from Hillary Clinton’s email—which Sanders

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USA

Harry Belafonte continues fighting injustice

Consultation on Conscience focuses on civil rights and nonviolence Rabbi Bennett Miller, left, of Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple continues the discussion with Harry Belafonte after the program as Rabbi Philip Bazeley looks on. Keynote speaker at the Gertrude and Milton Kleinman Consultation on Conscience Harry Belafonte, seated right, is joined by Rabbi Bennett Miller. From

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Trump blasts judge in civil case; pours scorn on media

  Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump on Friday, May 27, lashed out at a San Diego federal judge presiding over a civil suit in which Trump is a defendant, and also heaped scorn upon the news media, particularly representatives of the New York Times

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Donald H. Harrison, Shor M. Masori, USA