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Dems Call for Jared Kushner to Lose Security Clearance

May 29, 2017

Democrats have called for Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner to have his White House security clearance suspended after it emerged the FBI was looking into meetings he held with Russian officials. Kushner met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and banker Sergey Gorkov in 2016, The Washington Post reported, with Kushner reportedly suggesting in one such […]

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International, USA

The Booker-Kushner Link

May 29, 2017

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker — a potential 2020 White House contender and recipient of major campaign contributions from Jared Kushner and others in the Kushner family — declined to endorse his party’s call for the White House to revoke the security clearance of the president’s son-in-law. The Democratic National Committee has called for

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USA

‘The Interview’ — A poem for Memorial Day

May 29, 2017

Editor’s note: Author Bob Holloway served as an enlisted man in the Marines during the Korean Conflict. He was wounded and later received the Purple Heart. By Bob Holloway Son, I’m just a punk reporter and I’ve never lugged a mortar so believe me I’ll just listen here tonight For I know you went

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, USA

The ‘profession’ of politics

May 28, 2017

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Profession? Craft? Learned skills? We’re not dealing with something like medicine, engineering, or law, with fixed courses of study built up over the years, and official organs handing out licenses to those who pass muster. However, the continuing flubs of the amateur who got himself to the White House invites

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

The Jewish homesteads of North Dakota

May 28, 2017

By Jerry Klinger ASHLEY, North Dakota — May 21, 2017, was a sunny day. Strong, chilling winds whipped across the treeless Great Plains farming land. Nearly a hundred people gathered, some from the local community, some having traveled thousands of miles. They all came to honor, to remember, to respect, to preserve the past

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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USA

Trump Reportedly Accused Abbas Of Lying

May 28, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly yelled at Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in Bethlehem last week, accusing Abbas of lying, Israeli television reported Sunday. “You lied to me in Washington when you talked about commitment to peace, but the Israelis showed me you were personally responsible for incitement,” Trump reportedly told his

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Middle East

UN chief pulls support for Palestinian women’s center named after terrorist

May 28, 2017

Secretary-General Guterres says agency no longer affiliated with West Bank facility over its ‘glorification of terrorism’ By Times of Israel staff Palestinians hold posters showing Dalal Mughrabi, a Palestinian terrorist involved in the 1978 Coastal Road Massacre in which 38 Israelis were killed, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 16, 2008. (Issam

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International, Middle East

How JFK Redefined the American Presidency

May 28, 2017

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Even at John F. Kennedy’s centennial on May 29, 2017, the 35th president remains an enigma. We still struggle to come to a clear consensus about a leader frozen in time—a man who, in our mind’s eye, is forever young and vigorous, cool

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USA

Nearly 100 dead in battle for southern Philippine city

May 28, 2017

Marawi City, Philippines (dpa) – The death toll in a battle over a southern Philippine city besieged by Islamist militants has reached nearly 100, including 18 civilians, the military and police said Sunday. Sixty-one of the dead were militants who have laid siege to the city of Marawi, 800 kilometres south of Manila, since Tuesday,

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France: Vandal damages General De Gaulle’s grave

May 28, 2017

The tomb of General de Gaulle, one of France’s most revered figures, has been vandalised. CCTV captured the moment a man climbed onto the former president’s grave and kicked the base of the cross which rose above it, until it smashed to the ground. It has sparked outrage at the village cemetery of Colombey-les-deux-Eglises in

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International

Netanyahu endorses Jewish lawmaker for reelection in France

May 28, 2017

PM says Meyer Habib an ‘engine’ developing France-Israel relations who continuously looks out for interests of French olim By Times of Israel staff French-Jewish lawmaker Meyer Habib with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem in May 2017. (Screenshot) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threw his weight this week behind the reelection campaign of French-Jewish lawmaker

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International, Middle East

Lindsey Graham skeptical of report on Kushner, Russians

May 28, 2017

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Sunday he is highly suspicious of the latest bombshell allegations to roil White House – that President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, tried to set up a secret channel of communications between the transition team and the Kremlin. Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak was taken aback by the request, which

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International, USA

A police officer and seven others are dead after a gruesome Mississippi murder spree

May 28, 2017

Cory Godbolt, of Bogue Chitto, Mississippi, has been arrested and charged in the murder of eight people, including a sheriff’s deputy. The Clarion-Ledger reports that Godbolt’s murder spree started late Saturday night when a sheriff’s deputy responded to a homeowner who wanted Godbolt removed from their property. He was arrested this morning after a manhunt

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USA

Angela Markel: Germany Can’t Depend on Trump’s America

May 28, 2017

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has suggested Donald Trump has made it difficult for her country and others in Europe to depend on the U.S. Speaking after the close of the G7 summit, which saw all the world leaders involved except Trump recommitting to the Paris climate deal, Merkel said the time to rely on others

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International, USA

Dems Call for Jared Kushner to Lose Security Clearance

The Booker-Kushner Link

‘The Interview’ — A poem for Memorial Day

The ‘profession’ of politics

The Jewish homesteads of North Dakota

Trump Reportedly Accused Abbas Of Lying

UN chief pulls support for Palestinian women’s center named after terrorist

How JFK Redefined the American Presidency

Nearly 100 dead in battle for southern Philippine city

France: Vandal damages General De Gaulle’s grave

Netanyahu endorses Jewish lawmaker for reelection in France

Lindsey Graham skeptical of report on Kushner, Russians

A police officer and seven others are dead after a gruesome Mississippi murder spree

Angela Markel: Germany Can’t Depend on Trump’s America

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