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Daily Archives: November 14, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany in 2017. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Donald Trump’s Accelerating War on Truth and Justice

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For US President Donald Trump, policymaking by imposed chaos and deliberate incoherence has become the new normal. Again and again, we learn that this president’s seat-of-the-pants decisions are founded on contrivance; inevitably, these decisions...
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

An homage to Stan Lee

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By now, you’ve probably heard about the passing of Stan Lee, former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, at the age of 95. Born Stanley Martin Lieber to poor, working-class Jewish immigrants from Romania, he adopted...
Medals and awards presented to Abraham J. Baum

Jews of the U.S. military honored at Veterans Museum

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SAN DIEGO – A famous U.S. Navy admiral, two U.S. Air Force officers, and a U.S. Army major currently are being saluted in a display sponsored by the Jewish War Veterans of San Diego...
Anti-Semitic vandalism on the locker (pictured here) of former New York Police Department officer David Attali included swastikas, the words “dirty Jew,” pictures of ham or bacon (which are prohibited under Jewish dietary laws), and newspaper clippings that read: “Hail Hitler.” Credit: Courtesy.

Upsurge in anti-Semitic crimes in America in 2017

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The United States saw a significant upsurge in anti-Semitic crimes last year, and accounted for more than half of all religion-based hate crimes. According to data released by the FBI on Tuesday, 58 percent of all...
Supporters celebrate as Jerusalem mayoral candidate Moshe Lion arrives at his campaign headquarters as he leads the early counting in the municipal elections for Jerusalem on Oct. 30, 2018.

Moshe Lion elected Jerusalem mayor in a tight runoff

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Jerusalem City Councilman Moshe Lion narrowly defeated his opponent, fellow councilman Ofer Berkovitch, in the second round of municipal elections for the Jerusalem mayoralty on Tuesday. Lion won 51.5 percent of the votes against...
Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman announces his resignation at a press conference in the Israeli parliament on Nov. 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigns over opposition to Gaza ceasefire

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Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman abruptly resigned his post and removed his Yisrael Beytenu Party from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition less than a day after Israel reportedly agreed to a ceasefire...
Jewish Voice for Peace. Photo courtesy of NGO Monitor.

Jewish Voice for Peace anti-Israel narrative exposed in Canary Mission report

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Since 1996, Jewish Voice for Peace has been a prominent anti-Israel group nationwide, especially on college campuses, advocating for the BDS movement and collaborating with similar groups such as IfNotNow, according to a new report from...
Danny Danon, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, addresses the U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East. Credit: U.N. Photo/Loey Felipe.

Danon to UN: There are no ‘two sides’ concerning Gaza

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In advance of a closed emergency United Nations Security Council meeting, called by Kuwait and Bolivia, on the latest barrage of rockets fired by Hamas into Israel, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny...
The flag of Hezbollah flies in Syria, where Hezbollah has become an active element in a civil war that has claimed the lives of 80,000 people. Credit: Hezbollah Flag/Wikimedia Commons.

State Department to reward up to $5 million for key Hamas, Hezbollah leaders

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The U.S. Department of State announced on Tuesday rewards of up to $5 million each for information or identification leading to the capture of the following terrorist figures: Hamas leader Saleh al-Aruri, and Hezbollah...
U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Heather Nauert delivers remarks at the Save the Children event at the Washington Marriott Georgetown Hotel in Washington, D.C., on March 19, 2018. Credit: U.S. Department of State/Flickr.

State Department: Latest attacks from Gaza makes peace plan ‘more urgent‘

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Despite the latest barrage of rockets being launched by Hamas against Israel, the State Department said on Tuesday that it should not affect the highly anticipated rollout of the peace plan between Israel and...