Avichai Scher
By Avichai Scher
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Fast Forward Finnish-Palestinian Reporter Barred From Pence-Netanyahu Meeting After Refusing Strip Search
A Finnish journalist of Palestinian descent is claiming she asked to agree to a strip search Monday at Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office ahead of his visit with Vice President Pence, the Independent reported. The journalist claims she was asked to remove her bra after being taken behind a curtain for questioning, a pat-down and scanning…
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News Seeking Connection In A Strange Land, Young Russian Immigrants Find Opioids
Elga Khananyeva, 28, stole from her family to buy heroin. Vladimir, 32, started dealing drugs at age 14, two years after he arrived in the United States. Dmitry, 25, shot heroin five times a day before spending three years in rehabilitation. “I can’t get upset every time someone dies anymore,” Dmitry said. The words “opioid…
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