The Jewish community in London is in shock following the double-murder Friday night of a Jewish woman and her daughter in their home. Leah Cohen, 66, and Hannah Cohen, 33, were found dead in their home in the Golders Green neighborhood of London, an enclave of Orthodox Jews, after the two suffered multiple stab wounds.
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InternationalKushner, Greenblatt and Powell are coming to ‘restart the peace process’ — even as the leaders of all sides face unprecedented crises of political legitimacy By Avi Issacharoff US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman (second left) and US President Donald Trump’s special envoys Jared Kushner (left) and Jason Greenblatt (second right) meet with Prime Minister
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Sunday that President Donald Trump would consider it “unacceptable” for North Korea to possess a nuclear-armed ballistic missile capable of striking the United States — a development believed to be soon within Pyongyang’s reach. But the intelligence chief also said he saw no imminent threat of North Korea
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International, USAWASHINGTON — Religious and civil rights leaders called on President Donald Trump to fire White House advisers Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka, whose association with the white-supremacist “alt-right” movement has come under heightened scrutiny after Saturday’s violent clash in Charlottesville, Va. “Supporters of white supremacists, violent extremism, racial bigotry and neo-Nazis should not serve in
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USAANCHORAGE, Alaska—Alaska’s largest newspaper filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Saturday evening and new owners — an Alaska family that made its fortune hauling freight and tourists on the Yukon River and its tributaries, and a company that owns rural newspapers in the state — have been lined up. Alaska Dispatch News owner Alice Rogoff,
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USABEIRUT—For the second time a matter of weeks, thousands of rebel fighters and civilian refugees who had found a haven in Lebanon are being sent back to Syria to live in what is being billed as a “safe zone” in the war-torn country. Depending on the point of view, the transfers are humanitarian gestures to
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We recently had the pleasure of hosting a family of Japanese friends on our balcony. Along with the view, extending 35 miles to the lights of Amman, in contrast with their Tokyo view to the nearby apartment house, we talked at length, as we have done in the past, about
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — “Jews will not replace us!” This was one of the slogans chanted by the Alt-Right in Charlottesville, VA yesterday. A more diverse group gathered in opposition to the blend of Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists at Emancipation Park. (As far as I can tell, the only difference between them
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Eric George Tauber, Jewish History, USAA video of a police officer beating a 25-year-old man, Richard Hubbard III, in Euclid, Ohio, for not heeding his orders has gone viral. Filmed by one of the witnesses, Lashaunda Malone, the video was posted on Facebook on Saturday morning. It had garnered more than 1 million views and was shared more than 25,000
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USADonald Trump’s new campaign ad hits out at the opposition, the media and career politicians in footage released on Sunday. The Donald J Trump For President Twitter account shared the video that also boasted about “the strongest military in decades” as well as the creation of “1 million jobs” in America. “Democrats obstructing, media attacking
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USAConvicted rapist who was freed last year asked sitting president to end his curfew and ban on leaving country By Tamar Pileggi and Raoul Wootliff Former president Moshe Katsav walks out of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on November 10, 2011, after the court unanimously upheld the Tel Aviv District Court’s rape conviction. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
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Middle EastWashington (dpa) – Ivanka Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to denounce racism and right-wing extremism, a day after her father faced criticism for not directly condemning deadly white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia. “There should be no place in society for racism, white supremacy and neo-nazis,” Ivanka Trump wrote, calling on Americans to come
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USAStaff inside the White House are plotting to get rid of President Donald Trump, according to former communications director Anthony Scaramucci. Scaramucci, whose turn on the communications team lasted for less than two weeks, said in an interview with ABC News’ This Week the president needed to get “more loyalists in” to protect his position.
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USAAt largest weekly demo near AG’s home yet, protesters call for PM to be indicted, while Likud supporters nearby again voice backing for premier By Raoul Wootliff Demonstrators protest near the home of Attorney General Mandelblit in Petah Tikva on August 5, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) Some 3,000 people protested near the home of Attorney General
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