By Morton A. Klein NEW YORK –During an interview with David Martin of CBS on Friday January 6, 2017, outgoing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry again vented his hatred towards Israel, and incited and legitimized anti-Jewish, anti-Israel violence throughout the Arab world. Kerry threatened that moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem would cause “an […]
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Middle East, USAVienna (dpa) – Potential changes in the US stance towards Iran dominated Tuesday as representatives from Iran and six major powers met in Vienna to review their agreement on curbing Tehran’s nuclear programme. The regular meeting by senior diplomats from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China, the European Union and Iran took place
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USANew research could help forecast deadly toxin outbreaks NASA Earth Observatory Blooms of phytoplankton (in dark green) off the coast of California in 2016. A mysterious, potentially deadly neurotoxin that poisons humans by way of shellfish has now been linked to warming ocean waters. The new findings could help fisheries predict spikes of this substance
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe chair of the Democratic National Committee said Tuesday that Sen. Jeff Sessions should be considered too extreme to win confirmation in the Senate as Donald Trump’s attorney general. Shortly before Mr. Sessions confirmation hearings were set to kickoff, interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile provided a likely preview of what’s to come from Democrats, saying
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USATokyo (dpa) – Japan’s biggest carmaker Toyota Motor Corporation will invest 10 billion dollars in the United States, company president Akio Toyoda said, days after US president-elect Donald Trump criticized its planned factory in Mexico, Japanese media reported Tuesday. Toyoda made the announcement during a news conference at the North American International Auto Show in
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USANEWARK — Phil Murphy, the Democratic front-runner in the 2017 race to replace Gov. Chris Christie, picked up the endorsements of New Jersey’s Democratic U.S. Senators on Monday and vowed to disobey orders from a President Donald Trump that would violate the constitution or are “un-American.” Murphy appeared at his campaign headquarters in downtown Newark
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USAThe countries that will attend the Middle East peace conference in Paris on Sunday are expected to call on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas to publicly renew their commitment to the two-state solution, and to renounce officials in their respective governments who oppose it, Haaretz reported on Monday. The
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International, Middle East, USACORRECTION BELOW: Schakowsky is a Democrat from Illinois, not from New York — SDJW editor With President Obama on his way out of office, the Democratic Party’s chilly relationship with Israel is showing signs of a thaw. More than 100 House and Senate Democrats have broken with the White House by signing onto resolutions disapproving
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Middle East, USAWashington (dpa) – US president-elect Donald Trump has appointed his son-in-law Jared Kushner to be one of his most influential White House counselors. Trump named the 36-year-old husband of his daughter Ivanka to be senior advisor to the president, the Trump transition team said Monday in a statement. “Kushner will work closely with chief of
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USATaipei (dpa) – Taiwanese officials have refuted news reports that President Tsai Ing-wen met with members of US president-elect Donald Trump’s transition team during a weekend stopover in Houston, state-run media reported Monday. Taiwan’s Liberty Times reported that Tsai met with Edwin Feulner and Walter Lohman from the conservative Heritage Foundation as she was passing
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International, USAAMMAN, Jordan — A team of Army Delta Force commandos carried out a raid in Islamic State-held territories of eastern Syria, killing at least two militants with the extremist group, U.S. officials said Monday. The officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly about the classified operation, said a special operations team carried out the
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Middle East, USALEXINGTON, Ky. — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a legal challenge Monday to a new law that requires women to have an ultrasound before receiving an abortion in Kentucky. The law, which took effect immediately after Gov. Matt Bevin signed it Monday, requires doctors to show women an image of the ultrasound, describe what
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USAJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — In Eric Greitens’ first official act as Missouri’s 56th governor, the Republican newcomer signed an order barring employees under his control from accepting freebies from lobbyists. It isn’t a new concept, or even one that may be judicially enforceable based on a 2002 court ruling. But it highlighted what the political
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USASenate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer pushed back Monday against charges Democrats are obstructing confirmation of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet, saying Republicans demanded the same thorough vetting of President Obama’s picks. Democrats have legitimate concerns, he said, that most of Mr. Trump’s nominees have not been properly vetted by the transition team and are being
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