Anti-Semitism Will Have Envoy, but Not Climate Change

The State Department will retain a special envoy to monitor anti-Semitism, but other roles dealing with high-profile topics such as climate change and the closure of Guantánamo Bay will be scrapped as standalone positions, as part of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s efforts to streamline department functions. Tillerson made his decisions public Monday in a […]

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International, The World We Share, USA

Sudanese minister praises Israel’s morals, says normalization would be ‘no big deal’

In TV interview, Mubarak Al-Fadil Al-Mahdi blames Palestinians for ‘holding back developmental progress in the Arab world’; Hamas denounces his comments By Times of Israel staff Mubarak Al-Fadil Al-Mahdi, Sudan’s minister for investment, is interviewed on Sudanese television. (Screen capture: YouTube) A Sudanese minister said any possible normalization of ties between Sudan and Israel would

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Middle East

JNF to UN Chief: I hope you put an end to UN’s hatred of Israel

UN Secretary-General H.E. Ant&oacutenio Guterres arrived on Monday to the the Grove of Nations in Jerusalem, as a guest of KKL-JNF World Chairman, Mr. Daniel Atar. Together with Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon and Atar, Guterres planted a tree in a formal ceremony. This marks the first visit of Secretary General Guterres

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International, Middle East

There are no ‘minor’ anti-Semitic acts

Sam Eskenasi On Friday, David J. Cape, Chair of the Board of Canada’s Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), published an article in the Canadian Jewish News advocating the need to find a balance between awareness and “outrage” when responding to anti-Semitism. Cape argues that the community should breakdown incidents into categories, differentiating between

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International

Justice Minister pans High Court for ‘degrading Israel’s Jewish character’

Ayelet Shaked says she plans to amend ruling preventing state from indefinitely detaining asylum seekers who refuse deportation By Times of Israel staff Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks at the Justice Conference of the Israeli Bar Association in Tel Aviv on August 29, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90) Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked accused the High Court of

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Middle East

Rabbis rebuke Rabbis for attacks on Trump

The Coalition for Jewish Values, a public policy institute representing hundreds of Orthodox Rabbis, today rebuked Jewish clergy who publicly announced their refusal to participate in an annual conference call with the President preceding the Jewish High Holy Days. Rabbis from four non-Orthodox Jewish organizations said last Wednesday they would not hold the annual call

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Middle East, USA

Struggling Macron hires journalist as spokesman in PR overhaul

French President Emmanuel Macron completed a shake-up of his communications team on Tuesday by appointing prominent columnist Bruno Roger-Petit as his spokesman in an effort to stem an alarming hemorrhage in support. An outspoken political commentator, Roger-Petit, 54, is expected to give the Élysée Palace’s media strategy a more combative edge amid a slide in

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International

Hamas official denies his group has upped demands in prisoner-swap talks

Israeli security establishment split over whether restricting privileges of inmates from Gaza could spark a new round of violence By Avi Issacharoff Oron Shaul, Hadar Goldin and Avraham Mengistu. (Flash90/The Times of Israel) A senior Hamas official has denied a report that the terror group is demanding the release of thousands of prisoners held by

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Middle East

Major dam overflows for first time as more rain dumps onto flood-weary Texas

HOUSTON — Tropical Storm Harvey continued to deluge southeastern Texas with rain and surging floodwater Tuesday, leaving at least 10 people dead and thousands in shelters as it slowly crept toward Louisiana. With historic flooding engulfing vast parts of the nation’s fourth-largest city as well as much of the Gulf Coast, federal officials have estimated

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USA

Classify AntiFa as Gang, Says Berkeley Mayor

Berkeley mayor Jesse Arreguin has called for authorities to tackle left-wing violence by classifying members of AntiFa, the loosely organized group of “anti-fascists” who believe that violence is acceptable in countering right-wing extremism, as a gang. A largely peaceful demonstration in Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Civic Center Park was disrupted Sunday by black-clad AntiFa counter-protesters,

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USA

US officials condemn North Korea’s missile launch over Japan

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday, demonstrating its commitment to advancing its missile program despite international sanctions and other pressure to halt it. The missile traveled hundreds of miles over Sea of Japan and Hokkaido, an island prefecture in northern Japan. President Donald Trump said the U.S.

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