One of Saudi Arabia’s richest men and an adviser to the Saudi royal family was revealed Friday to be a top donor of the Clinton Foundation, in a revelation that comes even as Hillary Clinton continues to battle it out in the Democratic presidential primaries. Nasser al-Rashid has donated between $1 million to $5 million […]
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Middle East, USAUS President Barack Obama’s administration announced on Friday that it appreciates Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s (Likud) leadership, and will work with his successor. Ya’alon made a surprising announcement Friday that he is resigning but intends to return and contend for the leadership, after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu decided to give his post of Defense Minister
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By Shani Shahmoon, IRVINE, California — An event hosted by a pro-Israel student group ended abruptly Wednesday night as police were called to protect attendees from an angry mob that had gathered. One student who never made it inside the venue called 9-1-1 as she hid in fear from anti-Israel activists who chased her into
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK –Notwithstanding prior United Methodist Church (UMC) rejections of anti-Semitism, AJC is deeply concerned that the Church’s General Conference defeated a resolution that condemned rising global anti-Semitism and called on the entire church and governments around the world to take concerted action to confront this cancerous hatred. “The UMC Conference refusal
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NEW YORK (Press Release) – Leaders from the World Jewish Congress (WJC), Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and Limmud FSU gathered at the Harvard Club of New York City Thursday night to honor the late Edgar M. Bronfman and pillars of the Soviet Jewry movement. A letter was presented at the event from former
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International, USABy Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the establishment of the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUX), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is putting a lot of effort into building a relationship with Silicon Valley, hoping some — but not too much — of the region’s entrepreneurial, cutting-edge methods rub off on the
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Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USAFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday he had called for a planned Middle East peace conference to be held in Paris on June 3. “I have suggested that the conference initially planned for May 30 be held on June 3,” Ayrault said after talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines
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International, Middle East, USABoycotts against Israel are making headlines again. The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is voting this month on whether to boycott Israel. If the resolution passes, AAA will be the largest and oldest academic association to do so. In response, many heads of U.S. universities, including MIT, the University of Chicago and all 10 University of
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPresumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday released a list of 11 names of judges he plans to vet to fill the empty seat on the United States Supreme Court vacated by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the Associated Press reported. Trump’s list includes: Steven Colloton of Iowa, Allison Eid of Colorado, Raymond
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USABy Alon Ben-Meir, PhD NEW YORK — The influx of millions of Syrian refugees to Europe is more than likely to become another source of radicalization that could increase the number of violent extremists among the refugees and lead to further acts of terror in their host countries. Depending on how long the refugees
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Justice Department filed a suit against North Carolina’s law that mandates people use the bathroom commensurate with the gender on their birth certificates. Although this ultimately will be decided by a Federal judge, transgender groups hope that the case can be heard by a jury of their pee-ers. *
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABernie Sanders has lit a fire in millions of supporters with his critiques of Wall Street greed and the country’s “rigged political system.” But as his chances of winning the Democratic nomination wane, a question has grown: Will he be able to control the passions he has sparked? Over the weekend, some Sanders supporters at
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USAJewish American billionaire Sheldon Adelson is asking Republican Jews to support Donald Trump for president, The Associated Press reported on Tuesday. “I’m asking for your support” for Trump, Adelson wrote in an email Monday to more than 50 Republican Jewish leaders, according to the news agency. Adelson told them he had met with Trump recently
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The United Methodist Church has rejected several resolutions calling for the 12-million-member Protestant church to divest from companies engaging in business with Israel over its treatment of Palestinians. Church committees over the weekend voted down four Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions resolutions brought to a vote at the church’s quadrennial United Methodist Church General Conference
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