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Rep. Peters asks Trump to pick another envoy to Israel

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – U.S. Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) urged President Trump on Friday to reconsider his nomination of David Friedman to be the U.S. Ambassador to Israel after CNN reported on a video of Friedman bragging about undermining support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine peace process and criticizing the Anti-Defamation League. Rep. […]

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Middle East, USA

Op-ed: Leftist quasi-Jews, stop lecturing Trump on anti-Semitism

They are my great protectors — leftist Jews, professional Democrat Jews, Jews in Hollywood and on Broadway, Jews in the liberal mainstream media. For a year and more, they have been in the forefront protecting me from the “anti-Semitism” of candidate — now President — Donald Trump, from Steve Bannon and Breitbart, from the Republican

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Israeli leader: ‘I’ve never encountered right-wing anti-Semitism’

WASHINGTON – Don’t blame Donald Trump or the right for surging anti-Semitism in America, says Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Instead, he told the Times of Israel, look left and to growing Jew hatred on America’s college campuses. “Obviously there is problem with anti-Semitism and…

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Middle East, USA

Israel to deny visas to anti-Israel NGO ‘Human Rights Watch’

Israel will stop issuing work visas to Human Rights Watch staff, the NGO said Friday, with the Jewish State accusing the group of being “fundamentally biased” against it. The New York-based organization, which has written critical reports accusing Israel of “severe and discriminatory restrictions on Palestinians” human rights,” applied months ago for a visa for

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Middle East, USA

Adelson: Trump Will Be Best-Ever President for Israel

Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson told a private crowd of Republican donors Thursday evening that President Donald Trump will be the “best president for Israel ever,” in a significant show of backing from one of the most influential Republican contributors. Adelson made the comments at the event, held at Adelson’s Venetian Hotel in Las

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Middle East, USA

Donald Trump hails conservative support at CPAC, slams ‘fake’ media

President Trump received a raucous reception at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference Friday, thanking the “power of the people” for electing him and slamming the “fake news” media for much of his address. “Now you finally have a president, finally!” Mr. Trump told the cheering crowd at National Harbor. “It took you a long

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The Wandering Review: Oscar Predictions 2017

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−It’s always risky to prognosticate the winners of the Academy Awards.  While the nominees usually exemplify excellent filmmaking, which ones will garner the gold statuettes often reflect contemporary politics, personality issues, and studio lobbying.  My predictions are based more on monitoring entertainment and trade publications than on my own tastes. BEST

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Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Last holdouts are cleared from main Dakota Access pipeline protest camp

Law enforcement took control of the largest Dakota Access pipeline protest camp Thursday, arresting or moving the few dozen people who had remained in the mud and snow in one of the largest environmental protests in American history. “At 2:09 p.m., Oceti Sakowin protest camp was completely cleared by law enforcement!” the Morton County Sheriff’s

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Jaime Harrison drops out of DNC race, endorses former labor secretary

ATLANTA — South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Jaime Harrison said Thursday that he was ending his candidacy to become head of the Democratic National Committee, leaving a race in which he failed to gain serious traction despite his longstanding ties to the party. “I know what a path to victory looks like,” Harrison said in

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USA

Taking manatees off the endangered species list doesn’t mean we should stop protecting them

Come for the sea cow pictures, stay for the environmental policy Keith Ramos // Fish and Wildlife Service Even the fish love these big guys. The fightin’ sea cows are making a comeback. Manatees have been on the endangered species list since 1972, but in the last few years they’ve been more abundant than ever.

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