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Report: Haredi MKs to vote against ‘Greater Jerusalem’ bill

Haredi MKs from United Torah Judaism party are planning to vote against the “Greater Jerusalem” bill proposed by Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud), Kan reported Thursday. This coming Sunday, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation is set to vote on the “Greater Jerusalem” bill, potentially securing coalition support for the proposal. If passed by the committee, the […]

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Middle East

Greater Jerusalem bill to save Jewish majority faces first test

Nearly two decades after the first Netanyahu government abandoned plans to extend the municipal borders of Jerusalem to include Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria, a similar proposal is heading to a critical vote which could ensure its passage during the Knesset”s winter session. Dubbed the “Greater Jerusalem” law, the bill would annex several towns

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Middle East

Jewish Agency snubs Netanyahu ahead of upcoming board meeting

By Raphael Ahren The Jewish Agency did not reach out to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of its upcoming conference in Jerusalem, neither asking him to address the delegates nor to meet privately with the organization’s top leadership, The Times of Israel has learned. The Jewish Agency’s snub highlights the bitterness of the ongoing dispute

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International, Middle East, USA

IDF reservists tell of their outreach to Arabs, Jews

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Of course, Israeli Reserve soldiers Ilan and Iyyar can talk about war.  Israelis grow up with the threat of it.  After high school, young men and women alike are conscripted into the Army, where they learn how to defend their country against external threats.  Iyyar, in fact, has

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Police shutter PA conference in Jerusalem about land sales to Jews

By Dov Lieber Israeli police on Wednesday stormed a hotel in East Jerusalem to close down an event sponsored by the Palestinian Authority, which has been banned by Israeli authorities from holding political events in the city. The conference, which was to be held at the St. George Hotel, was entitled “The Muslim and Christian

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Middle East

In Dallas, Trump collects $4 million amid taunts of ‘liar liar’ and ‘Go home Cheeto’

DALLAS — A president at war with much of his own party spent nearly four hours in Dallas on Wednesday. Adoring fans cheered him at Love Field and 200 well-heeled donors rubbed elbows with him downtown. But if Donald Trump was hoping for a respite from the venomous atmosphere in Washington, his day trip to

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USA

The New Yorker’s new cover is out and some people think it’s gone too far

NEW YORKER/EVAN VUCCI/AP A new cover from “The New Yorker” is causing some strife on conservative social media sites with its cartoonish depiction of President Donald Trump. “October Surprise,” by Carter Goodrich depicts President Donald Trump in a fat, clown suit and makeup. The clown version of President Trump peers out from within a forest,

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USA

Trump would ‘love’ to do a DACA deal, wants it to include border wall funds

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would “love” to make an immigration deal to protect so-called “Dreamers,” but wants border security concessions in exchange, including money to build his long-promised wall along the border with Mexico. “I’d love to do a DACA deal, but we have to get something very substantial for it,

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USA

Why is the NAACP warning black travelers about flying on American Airlines?

FORT WORTH, Texas — The NAACP issued a travel advisory Tuesday night that warned black travelers against flying on American Airlines, citing multiple instances of alleged racial discrimination. In a written statement, the civil rights organization said it “has been monitoring a pattern of disturbing incidents reported by African-American passengers, specific to American Airlines.” A

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Travel and Food, USA

Trump Resumes Refugee Admissions into U.S., but with Greater Restrictions

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order resuming the admission of refugees into the country, but imposed tougher scrutiny on nationals from 11 countries identified as posing a high risk to national security. The new order was issued Tuesday as an earlier order that imposed a 120-day ban on refugee admissions expired. All

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USA

George H.W. Bush apologizes to “anyone he has offended” as a second actress comes forward

George H.W. Bush Former President George H.W. Bush issued a second apology, this time acknowledging he has groped women “on occasion” during photo-ops, just as a second actress accused him of doing so to her. “I got sent the Heather Lind story by many people this morning,” New York actress Jordana Grolnick said in an

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