By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — In the Book of Samuel, the prophet pours olive oil onto the head of the shepherd boy David, declaring him the next King of Israel. (I Sam 16) This anointing ceremony inspired the concept of monarchs ruling by “divine right.” King James loved the idea and commissioned frescos […]
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Eric George Tauber, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastIsraeli airline pay tribute to pop singer in new ad, two weeks before her July 3 Tel Aviv concert By Times of Israel staff El Al flight attendants perform a music video tribute to Britney Spears in an ad published on June 20, 2017. (Screen capture/Facebook) El Al Airlines is pulling out all the stops
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsThe Democrats lost two more special elections Tuesday, making The Resistance 0 for 4 in attempts to flip Republican-held House of Representatives districts. This time, progressives cannot easily claim moral victories. Republican Ralph Norman slipped by Democrat Archie Parnell in a race to replace Mick Mulvaney, who gave up his South Carolina seat to become
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USAA serial killer is likely behind the murder of Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer Seth Rich, according to forensic psychology students and instructors who spent three months investigating the homicide. Those researchers, who volunteer at The Profiling Project, an independent group, published their findings on Tuesday in an 83-page report. The Profiling Project, based in
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USAA California Navy veteran and his wife were told by their city to remove one of the two flagpoles displaying the American flag on their property. Ronald and Sherri Raeta just recently moved into their home in Galt, Calif., and one of their first orders of business was installing two flag poles on their front
Jack Mendel I stood on a public street in my flip-flops, taking a video of Hezbollah flags fluttering in the centre of London, as Al Quds march organisers tried to block my view. A police officer came over, and I thought he’d speak to me about stewards trying to censor me. Instead, he told me
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International, Middle EastThe man accused of killing Muslim teenager Nabra Hassanen in Virginia as she walked home from evening prayers with a group of friends has been detained by US Customs and Immigration. Darwin Martinez Torres, 22, was charged with murder on Monday following the Sunday death of Hassanen. He has since been held by ICE, which
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USAFormer premier, serving time in prison for corruption, taken to Tel Hashomer Medical Center after suffering chest pains By Stuart Winer Former prime minister Ehud Olmert at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on February 10, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL) Jailed former prime minister Ehud Olmert was rushed to the hospital Tuesday after suffering chest pains. Initial reports
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Middle EastPolice in Argentina found a treasure trove of Nazi relics in a hidden room in a house near Buenos Aires on Monday. The collection included a bust relief of Adolf Hitler, magnifying glasses inside boxes with swastikas and even a ghastly medical device used to measure head size. The authorities believe this may be the
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International, Jewish HistoryDemocratic candidate Jon Ossoff expressed disgust over an attack ad against him featuring wounded House Majority Whip Steve Scalise on Election Day in Georgia. “What can you even say? The man is fighting for his life. It’s got no place in a political attack ad. This is exactly what Americans are sick and tired of,”
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USADEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The temperature in Death Valley’s crumpled badlands was expected to reach 126 degrees by Tuesday afternoon, but things started to cook long before that at the Wrangler Restaurant in Furnace Creek. By 7 a.m., on the first day of summer, customers, short-order cooks and waitresses were already sweating it
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Travel and Food, USAPrime minister announces start of works for Amichai, which will house residents of evacuated illegal Amona outpost By Sue Surkes and Jacob Magid Construction workers begin work on the new settlement, Amichai, meant to resettle the evacuees of Amona, June 20, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that ground had been broken
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Middle EastIf Donald Trump were impeached, as some Democrats would like, Mike Pence “would be worse” for domestic policy than the current president, U.S. Sen. Al Franken told International Business Times. But the vice president would be less dangerous on foreign policy, said Franken. Franken made the comments in an interview with IBT during a stop
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International, USAWASHINGTON — Students on college campuses can’t agree on what represents legitimate free speech, and neither can Congress, with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee arguing Tuesday about where to strike a balance. “Where do you draw the line?” asked Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. “I don’t want a speaker to come to a university and
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