As candidates, many US politicians stop by the Jerusalem holy site, but once in the White House, they’ve all stayed away By Raphael Ahren Donald Trump is slated to become the first incumbent US president to visit the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and […]
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Middle East, USASANTA BARBARA, California (Press Release) — The Associated Students at UC Santa Barbara (ASUCSB) overwhelmingly rejected a hateful resolution to divest from certain companies doing business with Israel on May 11, 2017. After a contentious debate lasting almost 10 hours, divestment was crushingly defeated with a vote of 0 in favor, 16 against, and 7
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — בלגנים Balaganim The word means situations of confusion, mess, or chaos, and it applied to several features of the US and Israel as we departed one and headed towards the other. According to professional sources, “balagan” came to Israeli Hebrew from our Persian cousins as well as some other regional
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu weighed in Sunday evening on the issue of the US embassy in Israel, after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said President Trump was still considering whether to move the embassy to Jerusalem, and was “listening to input from all interested parties in the region.” The Prime Minister”s Office released a statement
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — Even before he announces his choice for a new FBI director, President Trump is getting pushback from the Senate, which will need to approve his pick to replace the fired James Comey. Democrats say they may try to block Trump’s nominee, whomever it might be; a leading Republican and many Democrats say the
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USAFormer Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Sunday U.S. institutions are under assault — not only by the Russians but by President Donald Trump as well. Clapper said he found the firing of FBI Director James Comey “very disturbing,” in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” On ABC’s “This Week,” Comey said
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International, USAKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Steve Palermo, a major-league umpire whose career was ended when he was shot in the back while attempting to break up a mugging in 1991, has died, Major League Baseball announced on Sunday. Palermo, a Kansas City, Mo., resident, made his major-league debut in 1976 and was a full-time member of
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Sports & Competitions, USADonald Trump is reportedly considering a team reshuffle that could result in a number of key players facing the axe. According to White House sources, the president may have a “huge reboot” of his team that could affect everyone from Press Secretary Sean Spicer, Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, even Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. “He’s
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USASilicon Valley is known for its politically progressive culture and distaste for the policies of President Donald Trump. But Twitter executives are voicing their support for Trump’s frequent use of their social media platform — and have even encouraged the president to use Twitter more. On Sunday’s broadcast of the “Today” show on NBC, Chief
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USAFired FBI Director James Comey had a long, hard week, and at the end of it he likely needed a cold one—of milk. That’s because one of his neighbors, a Virginia 9-year-old named Abby Grace, baked him chocolate chip cookies to help him start feeling better, as the girl’s mom told NPR exclusively on Friday.
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAAlec Baldwin returned to Saturday Night Live this weekend, reprising his much-loved role as President Donald Trump on the late night show to tackle the week’s biggest issue: the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the presidential election. In the sketch that opened the episode, Baldwin’s Trump
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USASecretary of State Rex Tillerson in an interview broadcast Sunday said he was “devoted” to helping President Donald Trump’s goals but would “never compromise my own values” for him. In the interview with NBC’s “Meet The Press,” Tillerson issued his first comments on President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey this week. The
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International, Middle East, USAIt’s been a bad week for White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. After he spent several minutes Tuesday night hiding in the bushes from reporters following President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey, White House rumors suggested Trump might be about to ax his top comms chief. And then, Melissa McCarthy reprised her
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAAl-Qaeda propaganda video urges would-be lone-wolf attackers in West to ‘look for Jewish targets everywhere’ By Times of Israel staff A still from an al-Qaeda propaganda video calling for attacks against Jews and showing a truck-ramming attack in Jerusalem. (screen capture: YouTube) A video released recently by the terror group al-Qaeda purportedly features one of
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