Israel is slamming Time magazine for publishing an article “ignoring the victims” of a Jerusalem terror attack and “humanizing the attacker,” and for then not responding to its complaints. The Government Press Office has issued a statement about an article titled “The desperation driving young Palestinians to violence.” The article spotlights Bahaa Allyan, one of…
WASHINGTON — Citing his campaign schedule, Bernie Sanders said he would not address AIPAC’s conference next week, making him the only presidential candidate that will not attend the large annual pro-Israel gathering this year. “I would very much have enjoyed speaking at the AIPAC conference,” Sanders said in a letter Friday to Robert Cohen, the…
Washington – Recovering from a tough fight over the Iranian nuclear deal, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee was hoping for a policy conference that would mend fences, heal wounds, and bridge the political chasm the Iran debate created within the Jewish community. “Come Together,” reads the slogan for this year’s AIPAC policy conference, opening…
Democrats and opposition Republicans complain that it’s all but doomsday if New York billionaire Donald Trump becomes president — but loyal daughter Ivanka says she still couldn’t be prouder. Ivanka Trump, who converted to Judaism when she married publisher and real estate scion Jared Kushner, gushed in a recent interview with , where she talked…
JERUSALEM – Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man who tried to stab them in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the military said. “An assailant, armed with a knife, exited his vehicle and charged at the soldiers guarding the junction. Forces responded to the threat and shot the attacker, resulting in his death,” the…
The Palestinian child whose brother and parents were killed in a July firebombing by Israeli Jewish extremists met soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo in Madrid. Ahmad Dawabshe, 5, arrived at the Real Madrid soccer club headquarters in Madrid Thursday accompanied by his grandfather, where he met a number of players including his idol, the Maan news…
One of Donald Trump’s closest Jewish associates said rabbis who plan to protest the Republican front-runner’s speech at the upcoming AIPAC conference should be ashamed of themselves. “Anyone who believes that @realDonaldTrump is a racist doesn’t know #Trump at all,” Michael Cohen, the Trump Organization’s executive vice president and Trump’s special counsel, said Thursday night…
Israel is the 11th happiest place in the world and happier than the United States, according to a new study. Among the 156 countries ranked in the World Happiness Report conducted by University of British Columbia researchers, Israel placed 11th, two spots ahead of the United States. Denmark was the happiest, followed by Switzerland, Iceland,…
WASHINGTON — The American Jewish Committee said “violence has no place in American politics” after Donald Trump warned that denying him the Republican presidential nomination could spark riots. “Violence and threat of violence have no place in American politics,” the AJC said in a statement released Thursday, which did not mention Trump by name and…
LOS ANGELES – The governing board of California’s flagship public university system is to vote next week on a statement condemning anti-Zionism as a form of anti-Jewish bigotry, a proposal sparking sharp faculty debate over the line between free speech and intolerance. The controversy playing out at the University of California reflects a broader clash…
WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, responding to reports President Barack Obama called on Democrats to rally around Hillary Clinton as the likely nominee, said on Thursday it was “absurd” to suggest he drop out of the race. Obama privately told a group of Democratic donors last Friday that Sanders was nearing the point…
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