International

Germany ‘ashamed’ over anti-Israel protests

The German government said Monday it was “ashamed” of weekend demonstrations against the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, which saw some protesters chant anti-Semitic slogans and torch Israeli flags. Government spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters that although Berlin opposed the move by US President Donald Trump last week, it strongly condemned protests

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International, Middle East, USA

PA resident accused of raping 10-year-old Jerusalem girl

Police are investigating a Palestinian Authority Arab on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old haredi girl, Kikar Hashabbat reported. The Arab was renovating the family’s Jerusalem home when he entered the girl’s room and raped her. The girl told her parents, who brought her to the police station to file a complaint. After the girl

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Middle East

Pro-Trump jurors sought by men charged in Kansas mosque bombing plot

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three men accused of plotting to bomb a western Kansas mosque say their rights are being violated by the exclusion of jurors from more politically conservative areas. Attorney for the three men say in documents filed in federal court in Wichita that the jury selection procedure is discriminatory and “excludes rural

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USA

At Baltimore City Hall, 1-year-old girl is an unofficial council member

BALTIMORE — During her first year of life, the daughter of Baltimore City Councilwoman Shannon Sneed has napped, laughed and gurgled from the dais through votes, budget work sessions and public hearings. Baby Rae accompanied her mom to support legislation in Annapolis and slept through Mayor Catherine Pugh’s inauguration. She’s known to cry out during

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USA

India’s deafening silence after Trump’s Jerusalem shift

India’s two-sentence response to the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last week elicited mixed reactions after New Delhi for decades strongly backed the Palestinian cause. The static statement to a dynamic situation was described by some as muted, others as pragmatic, and still others alleging it imbibes the anti-Muslim right-wing consensus of the

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International, Middle East, USA

They wanted to fly Confederate flags at a South Carolina Christmas parade. They got thrown out

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Members of a heritage group that were given initial approval to display the Confederate flag during a South Carolina Christmas parade said Sunday they were forbidden from doing so at the last minute. A post on social media by the Carolina Flaggers said on Nov. 27 that their application to participate in

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USA

CLIMATE – US researchers flock to join Macron’s climate change project

Eighteen climate scientists, 13 of them based in the United States, were on Monday named the first beneficiaries of the research grants linked to French President Macron’s “Make Our Planet Great Again” project, which will see them relocate to France. “The selected projects are of very high standards and deal with issues that are particularly

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International, USA

EU to Netanyahu: Jerusalem Must be Capital of Two States

European Union diplomats are set to tell to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that their position remains Israeli-Palestinian peace can only be obtained through negotiations and that Jerusalem is not the capital solely of Israel. “We Europeans believe that Jerusalem must be the capital of two states, the state of Israel and the state of

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International, Middle East, USA

Don’t worry about Trump’s motives. His actions count

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel  CHULA VISTA, California — The theme of brotherhood is central to the entire Book of Genesis. On Shabbat we chant the words, “Hinei ma tov uma na’im, shevet achim gam yachad.” (“Look how good and pleasurable it is for brothers to dwell together in unity.” Yet Genesis did not begin

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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USA