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Good News from Israel (November 22, 2020)

In the 22nd Nov 20 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
In a human trial, Israeli scientists have reversed the aging process.
The UN overwhelmingly approved an Israeli-led resolution on sustainable solutions.
A 62-year-old ex-Air Force pilot will be the next Israeli astronaut.
An Israeli company has solved the problem of recycling dirty plastics.
Joint US-Israeli agriculture projects give the world huge economic benefits.
Two Israelis basketball players were selected in the NBA drafts …. [Michael Ordman]

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Key US Senate race candidate quarantining after possible Covid infection

Washington (AFP) – A US Republican senator contesting a closely watched runoff election in Georgia was quarantining on Saturday after possibly being infected with Covid-19, her campaign said.Kelly Loeffler had campaigned with Vice President Mike Pence on Friday as well as David Perdue, another Republican Georgia senator up for re-election in the January 5 runoff

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USA

Loren Culp, refusing to concede Washington gubernatorial race, turns on top Republicans

SEATTLE — Loren Culp lost Washington’s gubernatorial race by more than 545,000 votes, but he’s not conceding — and says he’s not going away.Culp, the Republican who took 43% of the statewide vote against Gov. Jay Inslee, has taken a page from President Donald Trump’s playbook by attempting to sow doubts about the election results

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USA

Pennsylvania judge tosses out Trump election fraud claims

Washington (AFP) – A Pennsylvania judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump’s claims of widespread electoral fraud there, dealing a new blow to the Republican’s bid to overturn his loss in the US presidential election.The decision — announced in a scathing judgment which excoriated the Trump team’s legal strategy — paves the way for Pennsylvania

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USA

Editorial: Rahm Emanuel in President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet? We could see it

“Someone like Rahm Emanuel would be a pretty divisive pick,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently said about the former Chicago mayor possibly joining President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet. “And it would signal, I think, a hostile approach to the grassroots and the progressive wing of the party.”Rahm Emanuel … divisive.As we think back on Emanuel’s two

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USA

Israel’s Netanyahu welcomes end of travel ban on ex-spy Pollard

Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday welcomed the ending of strict parole conditions on convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, an American jailed in the US in 1985 for spying for Israel.”The prime minister welcomes the lifting of restrictions from Jonathan Pollard” and expects him to “arrive in Israel soon,” a statement from the premier’s office said.Pollard

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Middle East, USA

Trump maintains unproven ‘massive’ fraud claim as Michigan lawmakers depart his hotel

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump reiterated his unproven claim that there was “massive voter fraud” in Michigan’s election on Saturday, a day after he met with Republican lawmakers from the state at the White House.In Saturday morning tweets, as multiple Michigan lawmakers departed the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., the president responded to a

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USA

Republican Sens. Mitt Romney & Ben Sasse Blast Trump’s Attempting To Undo Election Results

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska) has publicly attacked President Donald Trump‘s claim of election fraud by calling out Trump’s legal team for failing to provide substantial evidence to back their allegations.Sasse is one of the few Republican leaders to criticize the president’s attempts to overturn the election outcome and President-elect Joe Biden‘s victory. Most have yet

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USA

Stacey Abrams’ group funds grassroots efforts to win Georgia’s Senate runoffs

ATLANTA — The voting rights group founded by Stacey Abrams is pumping $2.7 million to boost the work of a network of grassroots organizations ahead of the Jan. 5 runoffs — not to finance more TV ads but to strengthen their get-out-the-vote apparatus.Fair Fight announced Saturday it was contributing to 13 groups to “build the

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USA

Porn star and three Marines, all white supremacists, charged in federal gun conspiracy

Four white supremacists have been charged in a conspiracy to build, transport and sell illegal guns, the Justice Department announced Friday in a press release.Paul Kryscuk, a 35-year-old reported porn star, sold multiple manufactured weapons to 21-year-old then-Marine Liam Collins, the feds said. Kryscuk allegedly mailed the illegal DIY weapons from his homes in New

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USA

The Jews of Congress

Congresswoman-elect Sara Jacobs of San Diego has been appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the freshman representative on the House Democrats’ Steering and Policy Committee — a plum assignment that may mark the wealthy Californian as a future leader in the Democratic Caucus.  Jacobs, who succeeds retiring Congresswoman Susan Davis as the representative of California’s 53rd Congressional District is the granddaughter of Qualcomm co-founder and billionaire Irwin Jacobs, Ph.D, and herself a millionaire. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA

U.N. General Assembly follows annual hate-Israel ritual

NETANYA, Israel — Do United Nations diplomats ever read the numerous anti-Israel resolutions put in front of them?  Or do they automatically raise their hand in a five-decade automatic knee-jerk reaction? I ask because I read some of the conditions of a recently approved stab at Israel on 18 November 2020. This draft resolution had to do with treating Jewish homes in Judea & Samaria and our capital, Jerusalem, as if they belong to a non-existing country and that Israel has no right to our ancient land and our homes. [Barry Shaw]

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