Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas who took part in the Republican primaries, spoke to Israel’s Army Radio in supporting presidential candidate Donald Trump and his statements against Muslims. Trump recently called for closing the United States’ borders to Muslims and mocked those who condemned him for it. “Right here in Israel, Muslims don”t […]
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Middle East, USAOfficials in Washington on Wednesday sought to play down the fact that the White House had threatened to veto a Congressional proposal to increase funding for Israeli missile defense. According to Haaretz, the officials stressed that the threat does not reflect a desire to cut aid to Israel, but merely a disagreement over the proper
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Middle East, USANEW YORK — Beneath Robert Silverman’s Midwestern affability lies a determination and stoicism few would attribute to such an agreeable man. These qualities were tested after Muslim-American gunman Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 53 at a nightclub in Orlando Sunday, in the most gruesome mass-shooting in recent US history. “The Orlando murders reinforce
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International, Middle East, USABy Vice President Joe Biden WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over the past few years, we’ve watched as new horrific shootings have replaced previous ones as the deadliest in our nation’s history. We’ve waged campaign after campaign to turn our grief into action — each time thinking maybe, just maybe, this will be the one that breaks through.
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USABy Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi BETHESDA, Maryland — When the inaugural Genesis Prize – dubbed by Time magazine as “The Jewish Nobel” – was awarded in 2014 to one of the world’s leading philanthropists and public servants, New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, I admit I was very skeptical. I remember scratching my head and thinking, “One
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAWhen Bernie Sanders took an early, exploratory trip to Iowa, a curious crowd of 150 or so turned out at a college-town bookstore, where they listened politely as he raged against the billionaires and oligarchs he said were destroying America. The angry aria from the wild-haired, slouch-shouldered senator from Vermont was delivered beneath a sign
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USAIn the wake of the Orlando Massacre in which 49 people were murdered by a Muslim terrorist, Oliver Rosenberg, a Jewish Democratic challenger to Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D), has stated that the incumbent, Congressman Jerry Nadle, ” needs to explain how he can be pro-LGBT” when he voted for and supported the Iran nuclear deal.
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Middle East, USAPatrick Leahy By Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon A congressional measure to combat economic boycotts of Israel is being blocked by a leading senator who recently called on the Obama administration to investigate what he alleged are Israeli war crimes, according to congressional sources apprised of the matter. A group of senators has been
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Middle East, USATrump Tower looms over this part of midtown Manhattan. Today it is arguably at the center of the closely watched political activity that dominates the electoral landscape in this country. It was just a week ago, a few days prior to Shavuos, and while we were not there to see the man who knows how
Dr. Irving Moskowitz, one of American Jewry’s leading philanthropists, has passed away aged 88. A passionate and lifelong support of Israel, Moskowitz, together with his wife Cherna, founded and led the Moskowitz Foundation in 1968, which supported countless initiatives in Israel and across the Jewish world. The couple also founded the Moskowitz Prize for Zionism,
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Middle East, USAOne of the things that caught my attention when I recently interviewed former Mexican President Vicente Fox was that he seemed more worried about Donald Trump’s authoritarianism than by the presumptive Republican nominee’s constant Mexico bashing. In much of the world, Trump is seen as a potential tyrant, and has even been compared — probably
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International, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (COP) on Thursday, June 16, called the Obama Administration decision to formally object to a proposed increase in funding by Congress to Israel for missile defense “very troubling” and “a disturbing departure from the prior practice of this and previous administrations.”
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Middle East, USAIt could go this way: The FLOTUS office has been converted to a man cave. The boudoir-peach paint is covered with dark paneling. Heavy green drapes block out the sun, the better to channel-surf on that 6-foot flat-screen. Sometimes there’s a sweaty towel draped over the treadmill, since the first man exercises at odd hours
In the aftermath of a mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, by an American Muslim who claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group, federal officials are working to correct misinformation being spread by presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. The latest instance? FBI officials say Muslim Americans have often warned authorities about fellow Muslims they think might
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