By Barry Shaw HERZLIYA, Israel — The words and frightening rhetoric heard since Trump’s ascent to power is deeply troubling. The hateful terminology and threats on the streets of America resemble the atmosphere that was generated on the streets of Israel in the days leading to the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister, Yizchak Rabin. When I […]
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Barry Shaw, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — There is a good reason why politics and religion may be compared to the mixture of meat and milk. Milk by itself is a very nutritious food. Meat by itself is also a source of protein and vitamins, yet when we mix the two together, they
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USA“Saturday Night Live” couldn’t have planned a better guest host for its inaugural-weekend show than Aziz Ansari. Or at least that’s the conclusion many came to after the writer-actor-comedian delivered the opening monologue. Ansari, who made a name for himself as Tom Haverford on “Parks and Recreation,” is now co-creator and star of his own
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAQueen Elizabeth II, for whom President Donald Trump has expressed admiration, has reached out the newly inaugurated leader of the free world, according to a report this week in Woman and Home magazine. Citing a spokesman for Elizabeth, the article stated that the queen congratulated Trump after his inauguration last week, “but the official message
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International, USADore Gold, the former Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, related a story which shed new light on the contentious relationship between the Obama Administration and the government of Prime Minister Netanyahu. Speaking to the Hebrew Makor Rishon newspaper last Friday, Gold related that when the US delegation to the funeral of former Prime
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Middle East, USAImam Mohamed Magid at National Prayer Service held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2017 It remains a mystery how an imam with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and Barack Obama got invited to offer a prayer at the National Prayer Service Saturday after the inauguration of Donald Trump. President Trump
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Middle East, USAThe terror attack at the Zaventem airport in Brussels last March was specifically targeted at Jewish passengers and people traveling to the U.S., according to new revelations. An investigation into the bombings at the airport – which killed 16 people – has found that a check-in counter for American passengers was one of the targets
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International, USAThe Washington Post on Monday reported that Donald Trump was was “resentlful,” “furious” and “demoralized” about the media’s portrayal of his inauguration, particularly its low attendance. Before, during and after Trump’s swearing-in, a day which he has now declared a “National Day of Patriotic Devotion,” images circulated comparing Trump’s crowd to that of Obama’s in
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USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has asked James Comey to stay on as FBI director, a delicate decision because Comey is overseeing an inquiry into whether Russia colluded with Trump’s presidential campaign in the hacking and public release of top Democrats’ private emails, administration sources said Tuesday. Former President Barack Obama appointed Comey to a
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USAUS President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Monday to Egyptian President Fattah al Sisi, a day after a similar call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. US media reported that the calls were part of the new president’s consultations for a proposed shifting of the United States embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to
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Middle East, USATel Aviv, Ramallah- The new U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, decided to reside in Jerusalem, even before his country makes a final decision to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to the city. U.S. President Donald Trump has previously announced his country would move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The White
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Middle East, USAThousands gathered in Washington DC on Saturday to protest the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Friday, in what has been dubbed the “Women”s March on Washington”. The event, which was billed as a “diverse” gathering of anti-Trump voices was dominated by the far-left, with feminist pro-life groups barred from participating and a roster of
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Middle East, USAA Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group filed a lawsuit on Monday alleging that President Trump is violating the U.S. Constitution by illegally receiving foreign payments through his businesses. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) says Mr. Trump is getting cash and favors from foreign governments through guests and events at his hotels, leases in
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USAAlaska Airlines confirmed Monday that a woman was kicked off a flight from Baltimore to Seattle on Saturday after videos posted on social media showed her harassing a pro-Donald Trump passenger. The Trump supporter, Scott Kotesky, posted a video of the incident on Facebook, which racked up nearly 4 million views by Monday morning. “She
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