Tires slashed and the phrases ‘price tag’ and ‘Kahane was right’ are spray-painted in the Arab neighborhood of Beit Safafa By Times of Israel staff ‘Kahane was right’ graffitied on a wall in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Safafa overnight in a suspected price tag attack, June 9, 2017. (Police spokesperson) Cars were vandalized in […]
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Middle EastLondon (dpa) – British Prime Minister Theresa May was under pressure to resign on Friday, after snap elections ended in a hung parliament and her Conservative Party lost their majority. With results in 643 constituencies counted, no party was in a position to gain the 326 seats required to gain an absolute majority in the
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InternationalNew findings at Amarna, the capital of an eccentric ‘monotheistic’ king, indicate a disposable juvenile labor force. Could there be a connection to the Hebrews? By Amanda Borschel-Dan While the archaeological record may not shore up the biblical account of the Exodus from Egypt, in light of recent finds one could be forgiven for speculating
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Jewish History, Middle EastThe regional government of Catalonia has called a referendum on a split from Spain on 1 October. The decision sets up a renewed confrontation with Madrid, which maintains such a vote is illegal and against the constitution. Is this the first time this has happened? No. Pro-independence campaigners staged a symbolic ballot on splitting from
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InternationalSen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont who identifies politically as a socialist, tore into President Donald Trump’s deputy budget director nominee Russell Vought for calling Islam, back in 2016, a “deficient theology,” and for maintaining steadfastness in his Christian faith in the face of the crossfire that ensued. Let’s cut to the chase here.
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USANORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby told police that he and Andrea Constand had a romantic relationship well before the January 2004 night when he is accused of assaulting her and that she was aware and conscious during their entire encounter that evening. The pair, Cosby told police, had kissed and petted “at least three times”
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAQatar on Thursday said that despite a move by fellow Arab states to isolate it in a row over alleged ties to terrorism it is not ready to change its foreign policy to settle the dispute and would never compromise or “surrender” to the pressure. Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani spoke as would-be
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Middle EastMEXICO CITY — In what her government has called “a sign of solidarity,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Friday. High on the agenda during her two-day state visit to Mexico will be their mutual political dilemma: President Donald Trump. From the launch of his presidential campaign two
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International, USAShin Bet says Adam and Firas Faki were at heart of planned killing, intended to avenge March’s death of Hamas terror chief Mazen Faqha By Sue Surkes Three of the four Jaljulia residents charged on June 8, 2017, in connection with an alleged plan to assassinate an Israeli army officer. (WhatsApp photos, provided by the
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Middle EastKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who has championed some of the strictest voting laws in the nation, announced a campaign for governor Thursday in Lenexa. Kobach, the architect of controversial election and immigration laws, advised President Donald Trump on immigration policy throughout the 2016 campaign and was appointed to serve
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USAThis Jewish nurse wasn’t about to let religion get in the way of a baby boy’s livelihood. The baby’s mother was injured in a head-on car collision in Jerusalem on Friday, while the father was killed instantly. The boy, Yaman Abu Ramila, was then taken to the hospital by paramedics for his lighter injuries. style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px”
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationThe White House took comfort Thursday that former FBI director James B. Comey did not directly accuse President Donald Trump of trying to obstruct the bureau’s investigation into Russian interference in 2016 election. Beyond that, bad news abounded. In a nationally televised Senate hearing, Comey repeatedly accused the president of lying and at least tacitly
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USAEx-FBI Director James Comey found himself Thursday in the unenviable position of having to describe his firing in front of a Senate committee and hundreds of thousands of viewers watching at home. And then he had to talk about his relationship. When Senator Angus King, an independent from Maine, asked Comey about a dinner he
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USAWhen 6’8″ James Comey walked into the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday, he towered over the reporters, senators and aides in the wood-paneled room. It was the first time the former FBI Director had spoken publicly since he was abruptly fired by President Trump. On Wednesday, Comey released his 7-page opening statement that cataloged
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