American Jewish leaders and activists gathered on Capital Hill in Washington DC to mark the opening day of the 115th Congress, where newly elected and reelected Congressmen and Senators were sworn in. “Today is an important day to be on the Hill,” said Chaskel Bennett, a trustee of Agudath Israel of America, “the moment freshmen […]
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USAIsraeli Hollywood producer reportedly keeps the PM supplied with fine cigars, and the PM’s wife with champagne. Illicit benefits or just gifts from a good friend? By Times of Israel staff and Stuart Winer Hollywood-based billionaire Israeli film producer Arnon Milchan, who is at the center of corruption allegations now being investigated by police against
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump should put off efforts to dismantle the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran during his first days in office, or risk having the issue consume his inaugural term in the White House, the top Senate foreign policy lawmaker warned Friday. The controversial deal struck between Washington and Tehran, designed to curb Iran’s
Longtime GOP Rep. Sam Johnson of Texas announced Friday he will not run for re-election in 2018. “After much prayer, I have decided I will not seek re-election to serve the Third District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018,” Mr. Johnson said in a statement posted to his campaign website. “This
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USAVice President Joe Biden, with House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., right, watching, delcares that Congress certifies Donald Trump’s presidential victory during a joint session of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan 6, 2017. [Photo/IC] WASHINGTON – The US Congress confirmed President-elect Donald Trump’s presidency by a tally of electoral votes Friday, finalised the
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USAPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed members of the United States House of Representatives in a video statement Friday afternoon, thanking them for their support of Israel in the face of the anti-Israel resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council in December. “After the outrageous anti-Israel resolution at the UN, the US House of Representatives
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Middle East, USAOutgoing US Secretary of State John Kerry said in an interview with CBS News on Friday that US President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would cause “an absolute explosion in the region, not just in the West Bank, and perhaps even in Israel itself, but throughout the
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Middle East, USAMore Arabs are leaving Judea and Samaria every year, reported an Arab48 journalist. “A guy named Ahmad told me there were 44 kids in his high school class, all of them from Kfar Ramon. Only four of them still live there, the rest moved to the United States,” the journalist said. “There are no more
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International, Middle East, USADonald Trump again suggested that partisan politics is the motivation behind a Senate committee’s probe into Russia’s election-related hacking and labeled those who would think a better relationship with Russia is “bad” as “stupid” people. The president-elect used Twitter Saturday morning to issue his latest statements, one day after a “constructive” briefing from intelligence officials
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International, USALos Angeles (dpa) – Hollywood actresses Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher were buried in a Los Angeles cemetery on Friday in a private service. The ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills was attended by family and friends including Fisher’s brother Todd and her daughter Billie Lourd, according to US media reports.
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAFormer cult leader Charles Manson, who was hospitalized earlier this week, was too weak to undergo surgery, reports said Friday. The 82-year-old, who inspired his followers to kill seven people in 1969, is serving nine concurrent life sentences for the murders and has been denied parole 12 times. Manson was admitted at a medical center
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USAIsrael announced Friday it will cut a substantial amount from its annual dues to the Unites Nations for 2017 as a sign of protest against the U.N. Security Council’s December vote condemning Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas as “a flagrant violation under international law.” Israel’s U.N. mission announced it will cut $6 million, which it
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International, Middle East, USAFormer Mexican President Vicente Fox essentially told President-elect Donald Trump Friday to f— off. Fox, a longtime critic of Trump’s campaign promise to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, tweeted that Mexico will not pay “for that f—– wall.” “Be clear with US tax payers. They will pay for it,” Fox told Trump in
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International, USALegislation proposed Thursday in the Texas Senate would trump local anti-discrimination ordinances by giving private business the right to prohibit transgender customers from using the restroom of their choice. A so-called “bathroom bill” floated by Republican state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst would prohibit local municipalities from establishing restroom and locker room policies for private businesses, effectively
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