By Jeremy Ben-Ami WASHINGTON, D.C — I was horrified by the chemical weapons assault in Syria several weeks ago on innocent civilians and children — the latest example of the Assad regime’s brutal war on its own people. We’ve all been considering the wisdom, effectiveness and propriety of the American retaliatory missile strike on a Syrian […]
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Middle East, USAWashington (dpa) – Demonstrators marched past the White House and the Trump hotel in central Washington on Saturday to demand US President Donald Trump release his tax returns. The march, one of more than 100 around the United States, was held on the traditional deadline for US citizens to file their federal income taxes. Democratic
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USAPresident Trump’s national security adviser on Sunday said North Korea’s consistently antagonistic behavior “is a situation that just can’t continue,” and he refused to take any options off the table in terms of how the U.S. will deal with the reclusive nation moving forward. Speaking Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster
LOS ANGELES — After all the lovely words had been spoken, the blue curtain raised, and the majestic statue of Jackie Robinson unveiled, his daughter reflected on a day she called powerful and inspirational. “It was wonderful,” Sharon Robinson said, “to share that with Mom.” Rachel Robinson is 94. She celebrated Saturday by sharing stories
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Sports & Competitions, USABeny Steinmetz’s mining company files a suit against the Jewish-American philanthropist, accusing him of trying to sabotage his mineral interests in Guinea By Times of Israel staff George Soros speaks at the Festival of Economics in Trento, Italy in 2012. (Wikimedia Commons, Niccolò Caranti, CC BY-SA 3.0) A mining company owned by one of Israel’s
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International, Middle East, USAIn his weekly speech on Friday, US President Donald Trump said, “This week, Jewish families across our country, and around the world, celebrate Passover and retell the story of God”s deliverance of the Jewish people. “The story of the Exodus is a story of freedom. It is the story of an incredible people who were
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Jewish Religion, USAThere Are Jews Here, a film by Brad Lichtenstein, 371 Productions. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –This 90-minute documentary explores four small town shuls fighting to remain open at their respective homes in Latrobe, Pennsylvania; Butte, Montana; Laredo, Texas; and Dothan, Alabama. Temple Emanu-El in Dothan seems to have the brightest future thanks largely
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAPresident Donald Trump campaigned on a stronger immigration policy, one that involved more deportations and an expansion of personnel at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, especially within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Problem is, CBP and ICE are having a difficult time fulfilling the president’s promise, at least according to some of the federal
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International, USAPresident Trump can’t be sued for allegedly provoking his supporters to assault protesters at a pre-election rally last March because his standing as president precludes him from civil litigation, one of his attorneys said Friday. “Mr. Trump is immune from suit because he is President of the United States,” R. Kent Westberry, an attorney for
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USANorth Korea unveiled a train of intercontinental ballistics Saturday in its capital of Pyongyang as part of an annual parade celebrating the birthday of founder Kim Il Sung, the grandfather of supreme leader Kim Jong-un. RELATED: Kim Jong-un threatens to attack U.S. forces by air, land and sea if his “sovereignty and dignity” is challenged
BERKELEY, Calif. — About 200 pro-Trump demonstrators and counterprotesters faced off Saturday morning at a “Patriots Day” rally in Berkeley, where the two groups have violently clashed on city streets twice in the past three months. About 10 a.m., dozens of counterprotesters wearing masks tore down plastic netting that separated the two groups in Martin
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USAPYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea displayed its long-range missiles in a military parade Saturday as a show of force against the United States and a display of devotion to the country’s supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, demonstrating the depth of the isolated nation’s nuclear ambitions and further raising the specter of a military conflict
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International, USAKabul (dpa) – At least 94 Islamic State militants including four key commanders were killed in Afghanistan after the US dropped a massive bomb on a cave complex in Nangarhar province, the provincial government said Saturday. Local district chief Mohammad Ismail Shinwari said no civilian casualties were inflicted as civilians living in the area of
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International, USABeijing urged Washington, Seoul and Pyongyang on Friday to stop irritating and threatening each other to prevent the situation on the Korean Peninsula from sliding to the point of being irreparable. “There has been heightened tension between the United States, the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The precarious situation deserves
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