By Sue Surkes A firebrand Ukrainian nationalist last week called for Jews to “get used to our rules” or be punished, in an escalating tiff over a new statue of Symon Petliura, who is blamed for the murder of tens of thousands of Jews during the Russian Revolution. The statue was unveiled earlier this month
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InternationalNaomi Chazan This week, three seemingly separate and yet so integrally interconnected events converged: the beginning of the annual olive harvest, yet another sweeping Israeli dismissal of the possibility of a durable peace with its Palestinian neighbors, and the recounting of the story of Noah in the weekly Torah portion throughout the Jewish world. This
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Middle EastSaudi Arabia on Sunday denied that any of its officials had visited Israel, several weeks after Israeli media reported that a senior prince had made a secret diplomatic trip to the Jewish state. Public radio station Kan Bet reported several weeks ago that a senior member of the Saudi royal family held high-level talks with
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Middle EastBy TOI staff A US company that offers sweet hummus spreads enjoyed a successful stint on ABC’s “Shark Tank” this week, with Jewish billionaire Mark Cuban agreeing to invest $600,000 in the venture. “Shark Tank” sees entrepeneurs pitch their business schemes to a panel of investors, who must choose whether to invest in the projects,
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and FoodThe President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, hosted the President of the Conference of Rabbis of Europe, Rabbi Pinhas Goldschmidt, on the occasion of the publication of a new book he wrote at an event held at the Library of Parliament. “The strengthening of the Jewish people’s identity is more important than ever in
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InternationalSANTA ROSA, Calif. — The wine country wildfires destroyed at least 8,400 homes and other buildings, authorities said Monday, a significant increase in the already staggering property loss. Efforts continued by firefighters to gain control of the fires and by searchers looking for more victims. The death toll as of Monday remained at 42, making
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USABy Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Monday said four rockets fired from Syria that landed in the Golan Heights over the weekend were intentionally fired at Israel by the Hezbollah terror group and were not spillover from the fighting in Syria. “We are not talking about spillover. This is
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Middle EastJoe Biden At a joint event with Ohio Gov. John Kasich held Tuesday at the University of Delaware, former Vice President Joe Biden warned liberals against suppressing free speech. “You should be able to listen to another point of view, as virulent as it may be,” Biden said, when asked what could be done to
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USAAn American museum is casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s reported claim to possess an original Renoir — revealing to have owned the Impressionist painting in question for the past 84 years. According to a former Trump biographer, the US leader claims to own the original “Two Sisters (On the Terrace),” an oil-on-canvas painted by
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USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Monday disputed criticism from a soldier’s widow about his call to console her, escalating a week-old controversy over the president’s belated response to the deaths of four Americans after an Oct. 4 ambush of U.S. forces in Niger. Two days after the funeral of her husband, Sgt. La David T.
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USAWASHINGTON — Like a feuding family that still shares a dinner table, President Donald Trump will join Senate Republicans at lunch Tuesday in the ornate Mansfield Room at the U.S. Capitol. Pass the gravy and a side of awkward. But any discomfort is expected to dissipate quickly, thanks to a dish every Republican senator can
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USAIraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s media office expressed surprise on Monday at comments by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson regarding Iranian-backed Iraqi Popular Mobilisation paramilitary units. “No party has the right to interfere in Iraqi matters,” Abadi’s media office said in a statement citing a source close to the prime minister. Tillerson said on
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Middle East, USABy Sue Surkes US President Donald Trump said Sunday that his administration was “prepared for anything” in connection with North Korea. “We are so prepared like you wouldn’t believe,” he told Fox News. “You would be shocked to see how totally prepared we are, if we need to be.” His comments came with the US
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International, USAPresident Donald Trump brought up a campaign promise during a March meeting with the U.S. senators from Alaska, asking whether he could roll back President Barack Obama’s 2015 decision to rename the tallest mountain on the continent, spokespeople for the senators confirmed to Newsweek on Monday. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan were meeting with
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