CLEVELAND – Virginia cannot impose criminal penalties on Republican convention delegates who refuse to vote for Donald Trump but the GOP can still force them to back the billionaire businessman, a federal judge ruled Monday. Mr. Trump’s campaign said the decision clears the path for him to collect the nomination next week in Cleveland, saying […]
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USAThe Christian Recruitment Forum and the Zionist Foundation for Israel have revealed that a leading BDS organization is acting freely in Israel, despite violating Israeli laws. Israel Hayom reports that the World Council of Churches (WCC), one of the world’s leading proponents of BDS, founded the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) in
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Middle East, USAFormer Florida Gov. Jeb Bush – who along with a few other 2016 GOP presidential candidates still refuses to support Donald Trump – said he still can’t vote for either Mr. Trump or likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. “I can’t vote for Hillary Clinton and I can’t vote for Donald Trump, and it breaks
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USAThe State Department paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayers grants to an Israeli group that used the money to build a campaign to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in last year’s Israeli parliamentary elections, a congressional investigation concluded Tuesday. Some $350,000 was sent to OneVoice, ostensibly to support the group’s efforts to back
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Middle East, USASen. Bernie Sanders endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at a New Hampshire rally Thursday morning, at last ending a searing and closer-than-expected primary campaign against the former secretary of state. “It is not enough to win the nomination,” said Sanders at Portsmouth High School Thursday, joined by Clinton on stage. “Secretary Clinton has won
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USAHere are some news articles and press releases of interest received at the offices of San Diego Jewish World: Legislation adopted to combat terror financing WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Congressman Scott Peters (D-San Diego) helped pass on Monday night a series of smart, targeted proposals to combat the illicit financing of terrorist groups, arms and
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By Jerry Klinger July 18, 1947, in international waters off the coast of Sinai, a shadowing British battle fleet attacked an unarmed American Chesapeake Bay steamer, the President Warfield. They had been shadowing the lumbering vessel since she left Sete in France. A warning to stop and submit to boarding came from the light cruiser
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, USAWASHINGTON — The real action at the Republican National Convention will be the action no one sees coming. “It’s not the ‘Real Housewives’ series, but it could be the Real Convention Delegates of Cleveland,” said Timothy Walch, an Iowa-based political author who’s studied conventions. Convention organizers plot tightly scripted, carefully choreographed exercises in promoting their
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USAEAST ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A nude man armed with a shotgun and a pistol was killed in an exchange of shots with police here Monday morning after he stood in a street firing at homes and pointing a weapon at passing motorists, officials said. Illinois State Police, who are investigating but did not participate
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USATRENTON, N.J. — Returning to the campaign trail with Donald Trump on Monday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie resurrected a theme of his failed candidacy, praising police while accusing President Barack Obama of failing to ensure “law and order.” As he described the United States as in the midst of “an extraordinarily troubling time,” Christie
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USAORLANDO, Fla. — Nearly a month since the Pulse nightclub massacre, dozens of protesters Monday staged a sit-in at the Orlando office of Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio to demand reforms on gun laws, anti-discrimination policies and the end of violence targeting minorities. The grass-roots group vows to stay 49 hours — one hour for
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USABy Ron Dermer Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ladies and Gentlemen, Tonight, I would like to talk to you about the alliance between Israel and America – an alliance that is without question the single most important relationship Israel has in the world. It is the most important relationship but certainly not the only one.
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Middle East, USADALLAS — Police are questioning Micah Xavier Johnson’s family members, including his mother, to determine if he had any accomplices in last week’s rampage that left five Dallas police officers dead. Johnson, a 25-year-old former Army reservist, kept a journal of “combat tactics,” stockpiled bomb-making materials and other weapons, took a self-defense class and was
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USAWASHINGTON — As Attorney General Loretta Lynch is set to face tough questions Tuesday about declining to prosecute Hillary Clinton, Republicans in the House of Representatives asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Clinton had lied to Congress. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Bob Goodlatte,
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