Hungary denied on Wednesday that a new education law was aimed at shutting down a university founded by U.S. financier George Soros, and suggested a possible compromise in a dispute that has drawn protests at home and criticism from Washington. Central European University (CEU) found itself in the eye of a political storm after Hungary’s…
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Wednesday he had let down President Donald Trump with his “inexcusable and reprehensible” comments comparing the use of poison gas by Syria’s president to the atrocities of Adolf Hitler. “I made a mistake. There’s no other way to say it. I got into a topic that I shouldn’t…
Ivanka Trump might have made the difference when it came to President Trump’s decision last week to attack a Syrian airbase following dictator Bashar al-Assad use of chemical weapons on thousands of civilians. “Ivanka is a mother of three kids and she has influence. I’m sure she said: ‘Listen, this is horrible stuff,’” first son…
(JTA) — Swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti were daubed on a Jewish center and a nearby church in suburban Washington, D.C. After the vandalism was discovered Tuesday, the Fairfax Country Police opened an investigation into the incidents at the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia and the Little River United Church of Christ in Annandale, Virginia….
Israel’s booming economy has made the shekel soar, local prices rise and travel fans compare what their money can buy and come to the conclusion – it’s time for a vacation abroad. A few years ago, the average Israeli family might have gone abroad once a year. But with the European Union now allowing budget…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Career diplomat Chris Cannan was named the new Australian ambassador to Israel. The Australian Foreign Ministry announced the appointment Wednesday. Cannan will in the coming months replace Dave Sharma, who is considered one of the most pro-Israel foreign ambassadors in Jerusalem. Sharma, who will officially complete his nearly four-year tenure in mid-June, asked on…
(JTA) — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad filed to run in Iran’s upcoming presidential election, defying the wishes of the country’s supreme leader that he not seek to return to the office. Associated Press journalists watched Wednesday as stunned election officials processed the former hardline president’s paperwork. When he was head of government from 2005 to 2013, Ahmadinejad repeatedly questioned…
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn’s oil refining company, CVR Energy, made a massive bet in 2016 that prices for U.S. government biofuels credits would fall – just before Icahn started advising President Trump on regulations driving that market. The size and specifics of the gamble – involving $186 million worth of biofuels credits the company said…
President Donald Trump was reluctant to voice public support for Steve Bannon, one his top aides, amid reports of a massive rift between him and fellow adviser Jared Kushner that also saw Bannon lose his position on the national security council. “I like Steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my…
A senior member of Israel’s government welcomed on Wednesday White House spokesman Sean Spicer’s apology for saying Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons, comments that overlooked the killing of millions of Jews in Nazi gas chambers. “Since he apologized and retracted his remarks, as far as (I) am concerned, the matter is over,” Intelligence…
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic invective against Jared Kushner has shot up recently, according to a report by the Anti-Defamation League. The ADL report documents a series of anti-Semitic tweets from white supremacists directed at Kushner, an Orthodox Jew and President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law. The tweets, sent by leading anti-Semites like David Duke and Richard…
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