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The Schmooze The 12 Funniest ‘King Of Israel’ Tweets, Because If We Don’t Laugh We’ll Cry
This morning, the American president indirectly called himself “the king of Israel.” This morning Sean Spicer, a man who once claimed that Hitler did not use gas chambers, announced that he would be going on a dance-based reality show. There also appears to be something going on with Greenland. Being alive and being Jewish right…
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Opinion Trump’s Bigotry Isn’t Accidental. We Must Unite To Fight It.
In a strike of incredible irony, Donald Trump engaged in horrific anti-Jewish bigotry while in the course of leveling false charges of anti-Semitism against two of his political opponents: Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. While attempting to make the false and baseless case for why these Congresswomen supposedly hate Jews, Trump stated that “any…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Trump Says Jews Who Vote Democrat Show ‘Great Disloyalty’
President Trump said Tuesday that American Jews who vote for the Democratic Party may be showing “great disloyalty.” Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office while meeting with the President of Romania, Trump was asked about his criticisms of Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who were barred from entering Israel last week due to…
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Fast Forward Tlaib’s Grandmother Curses Trump Over Cancelled West Bank Visit
(JTA) — Rashida Tlaib’s grandmother cursed President Donald Trump after he tweeted that she should be happy that her granddaughter was not coming to visit her in the West Bank. “Rep. Tlaib wrote a letter to Israeli officials desperately wanting to visit her grandmother. Permission was quickly granted, whereupon Tlaib obnoxiously turned the approval down,…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Ambassador Denies Trump Pressure Was Behind Decision To Ban Tlaib And Omar
(JTA) — Israel’s ambassador to the United States said the decision to ban Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering the country had nothing to do with President Donald Trump. In a conference call with Jewish groups Thursday afternoon, Ron Dermer said reports implying that Israel had caved into pressure from Trump were false….
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Opinion In Barring Omar And Tlaib, Netanyahu Showed His Contempt For Liberal Jews
For the first time in its history, Israel has officially denied entry to Members of the US Congress. Today, Israeli officials denied that they would not allow Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib to travel to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. The ostensible reason Israel gave for barring the Congresswomen was their their support…
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Opinion This Is How Israeli Democracy Ends
This morning, it was reported that Israel would be denying entry to two U.S. Congresswomen, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who sought to visit the West Bank and East Jerusalem. But Israel’s decision to block Representatives Tlaib and Omar, though shocking, is no surprise. Rather, it is part of a trend just as alarming as…
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The Schmooze Watch Bernie Sanders And Cardi B Debate Policy In A Nail Salon
This week, he ate a corn dog at the Iowa State Fair. She traveled on a private jet (though she often flies Delta.) He used to volunteer on an Israeli kibbutz. She’s a former stripper, who joked on Monday that she got breast implants because she can’t swim, and they help her float. Both are…
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