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US interior secretary to help light National Menorah on White House lawn

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U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt will help light the National Menorah on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, D.C., at 4 p.m. on Sunday—the first night of Hanukkah. The holiday begins on the evening of...
Lebanese protesters in Beirut on Oct. 18, 2019. Credit: Shahen Books via Wikimedia Commons.

Washington holding $100 million in aid to Lebanon, says State Department official

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The White House is holding up more than $100 million in security aid to Lebanon, a senior U.S. State Department official said, according to an AFP report on Tuesday. U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump at a White House press conference on Nov. 13, 2019. Photo by Jackson Richman/JNS.

In White House visit, Trump touts US alliance with Turkey; Erdoğan slams critics

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WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump, standing alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, touted at a White House press conference on Wednesday that the relationship between the United States and Turkey, a fellow NATO ally, has...
U.S. President Donald Trump, June 20, 2019. Credit: White House Photo.

Trump: ‘I don’t believe Israel is spying on US’

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he doesn’t believe that Israel is spying on the United States. “I don’t think the Israelis are spying on us. I really would find that hard to...
A political cartoon by Ben Garrison, who was invited to the White House social-media summit scheduled for July 11, 2019. Credit: Jake Tapper/Twitter.

Anti-Semitic cartoonist no longer to attend White House social-media summit

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Ben Garrison, a political cartoonist who has drawn anti-Semitic illustrations, will no longer be attending the White House’s social-media summit on Thursday, reported Politico. The invite sparked condemnation from the Jewish community, including the Anti-Defamation League and the Republican...
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a signed declaration of U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights on March 25, 2019 at the White House. Credit: CNN Screenshot.

Spearheaded by Trump, US officially recognizes Israeli sovereignty over the Golan

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On Monday, the United States officially recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, adding another accomplishment for an administration that has been lauded for its pro-Israel agenda that includes recognizing Jerusalem as the capital...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets in Jerusalem in June 2017 with (from left) U.S. President Donald Trump's international negotiations representative Jason Greenblatt, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, and Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner to discuss the peace process. Credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv.

White House to present Trump’s Mideast peace plan some time after August

The White House is unlikely to present its Middle ‎East peace plan before August, a source familiar ‎with the issue told Israel Hayom on Thursday. Jerusalem ‎officials confirmed they had no information ‎regarding an...

Kushner’s White House security clearance now downgraded

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President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and top adviser Jared Kushner had his security clearance downgraded on Friday due to alleged efforts by foreign countries to influence him, according to a report in The Washington Post. Kushner’s interim...