By Susie Rosenbluth TheJewishVoiceAndOpinion.com ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey — The Orthodox Union Advocacy has written a letter to President-Elect Donald Trump, asking him to keep his campaign commitment to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, in recognition of the Holy City as Israel’s chosen capital. The group has posted a petition for all […]
(c) By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — On December 14, 2016, the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations (the Presidents Conference) in concert with the Embassy of Azerbaijan held a historic Chanukah party in Washington, D.C. that will be talked about for some time. Controversy continues to swirl over not only who attended the
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Edwin Black, International, Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 1948 restoration of Jewish sovereignty to parts of the historic Jewish homeland, under the auspices of the United Nations, was not accepted by Israel’s Arab neighbors who launched the first of several wars against it. The 1948-49 war resulted in the illegal occupation of the West Bank and
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International, Middle East, USACHICAGO — Seventeen people have been wounded in shootings in Chicago since Monday morning, including a 14-year-old girl in critical condition after a shooting in Gresham. She was among 61 people shot since Christmas weekend began on Friday afternoon, according to data kept by the Tribune. The 14-year-old was with a 13-year-old girl and a
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USARepublic of Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso will meet with President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Congolese president tweeted Monday. The two leaders will discuss the ongoing crisis in Libya and other issues concerning the African continent. A tweet from the president’s spokesman Thierry Moungalla said the two leaders would discuss ways to
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International, USAU.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday took to Twitter to criticize the United Nations. “The United Nations has such great potential but right now it is just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time. So sad!” he tweeted. [twittervideo:2022490] Though he did not specifically mention it, the tweet comes
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International, USADuring an interview with former aide David Axelrod, in which he claimed that if he were able to run again for president, he could have won the 2016 election, outgoing President Barack Obama revealed the first thing he’s going to do when his second term officially ends: write a book and do some soul-searching. RELATED:
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USAPresident-elect Donald Trump has chosen his close adviser, Steven Miller, to write his inaugural acceptance speech. Presidential swearing-in speeches are considered to be especially significant historical documents. Miller, 31, wrote most of Trump’s prepared campaign speeches. He is slated to become senior White House adviser for policy once Trump takes office. According to U.S. news
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USATel Aviv (dpa) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “nasty” language in the aftermath of a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity is “unacceptable,” a former US diplomat said Monday. “The language being used against the president of the US is itself unprecedented, and it really should not be language that an ally
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International, USAU.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday night that the UN Security Council vote demanding Israel halt construction in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem would make a peace deal “much harder,” but opined that such a deal could happen anyway. “The big loss yesterday for Israel in the United Nations will make it much harder
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Middle East, USAIn an interview with Channel 2 news, outgoing U.S. President Obama’s deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes rejected Israeli accusations against the administration in connection with the UN Security Council vote against communities in Judea, Samaria, and east Jerusalem. “We are not endorsing a resolution that seeks to impose a resolution to the conflict,” claimed
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Middle East, USAForeign affairs experts are warning that the diplomatic upheavals caused by US President Obama’s conduct on the UN vote are not necessarily his last word on Israel. At the cabinet meeting yesterday the experts on foreign affairs presented a scenario in which Obama could even on his last day in office cause harm to Israel.
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Middle East, USAFormer Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton made an appearance with husband and former President Bill Clinton on Christmas Eve. The couple attended church services at the United Methodist Church of Mount Kisco in New York. “This is a blessing in our lives, this night every year in this church,” said the former president. The church
Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a supporter of US President-elect Donald Trump, will be headlining the upcoming “US-Israel Business Alliance” mission to Israel, led by the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce and its Executive Public Policy Committee – Dr. Joseph Frager, Odiliya Yakubuv, Dr. Paul Brody, and Duvi Honig- along with a
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