The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was caught making diplomatic small talk with First Lady Melania Trump upon President Donald Trump’s arrival in Israel on Monday, flagging up something they share in common: the media’s alleged hatred of both couples. Landing at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, fresh from visiting Saudi Arabia, […]
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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM — President Donald Trump on Monday denied that he revealed that Israel was the source of intelligence about a terrorist threat to commercial airliners during his meeting with Russian diplomats earlier this month. Just arrived in Israel on Monday, and speaking here alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump insisted, “I never mentioned the
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Middle East, USAThe former real estate magnate doesn’t see the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a simple land dispute. As opposed to his predecessors, he focuses on the religious dimension By Raphael Ahren At Shimon Peres’s funeral last year, famed author Amos Oz described the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a simple but striking metaphor. “Because Israelis and Palestinians cannot suddenly
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Middle East, USAA Florida man who was formerly a neo-Nazi but recently converted to Islam killed his two roommates Friday for “disrespecting” the Muslim faith. Police in Tampa, Florida arrested Devon Arthurs after he held three people hostage inside a smoke shop before leading authorities to the bodies of his two roommates. Arthurs, 18, yelled “Allah Mohammed”
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USAIt’s been more than seven months since the leaked release of a 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape featuring Donald Trump and Billy Bush crudely discussing women in an exchange that Trump later dismissed as “locker room talk.” Since then, one of those men has become president and the other has been unemployed. Bush broke his silence
WASHINGTON — New Justice Neil M. Gorsuch joined Clarence Thomas in dissent Monday when the Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a Republican Party lawyer seeking to strike down limits on big-money contributions to political parties. By a 7-2 vote, the high court upheld limits set in the McCain-Feingold Act of 2002. The dissent by
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USAU.S. President Donald Trump said Monday there is now a “rare opportunity to bring security and stability and peace” to the Middle East, as he arrived in Israel for his first visit there as the U.S. leader. Speaking at a welcome ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Trump said the opportunity involved defeating terrorism
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Middle East, USAPerhaps Air Force One encountered some turbulence that shook Melania Trump to her core. Or, maybe she noticed a large fly on President Donald Trump’s hand after deplaning at an Israeli airport. Either way, the first lady wasn’t having it when Trump reached out his hand to hold hers Monday during their first international trip
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Middle East, USALA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — When World War II came to a close in 1945, the U.S. Government recruited a few leading German scientists, who it judged could contribute to America’s space and military programs. In addition, the rationale was that if the government hadn’t done this, these top scientists, along with their scientific
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International, Jewish History, San Diego Calendar, USABy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Q: Do I have to pay my taxes throughout the year? Can I just pay on April 15th? A: Unfortunately, the IRS requires you to pay your taxes throughout the year. If you wait until April 15th, you might get hit with penalties. In order to avoid penalties, you
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Editor’s Note: Yaakov and Toby Greenwald vividly remember what they were doing during the Six-Day War of June 1967. In these two articles, they relate their personal histories. Yaakov Greenwald is a veteran teacher of Talmud, History and Mathematics. They married in 1976, live in Efrat, and are the parents and grandparents of children
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Jewish History, Middle East, Toby Klein Greenwald, USAKehilat Yeshurun Rabbi Haskel Lookstein said on Sunday that he was not the rabbi who gave Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner permission to fly on Air Force One on Shabbat (Sabbath), calling the rumors “fake news”. Rabbi Lookstein is the rabbi who converted Ivanka in 2009, prior to her marriage to Jared Kushner. According to
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Middle East, USASpeaking at the US Capitol at a special event marking the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s liberation and unification, Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) spoke of her synagogue, Ner Tamid (Hebrew for eternal flame), and of Israel as a beacon of hope. Rosen was flanked by Martin Oliner, President of the Center for Unity and of Religious
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Middle East, USAIvanka Trump told a group of Saudi women leaders on Sunday there was “more work to be done” to improve the lives of women in their respective countries. Speaking at Riyadh’s Tuwaiq Palace with a group of 15 women high up in Saudi business and society, Trump—a daughter of and an adviser to the American
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