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Fast Forward Ivanka Denies Being Force Behind Syria Strike
Ivanka Trump disputed claims that she was the main cheerleader in the White House for a strike against Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime after the dictator used chemical weapons on his own people. “That would be a flawed interpretation… It was informed at the highest levels of military and state. I of course shared my perspective…
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Fast Forward Syria Strike Gives Veteran Neocon Signs Of Hope For Trump
Neoconservatives die hard, and Paul Wolfowitz, one of the leaders of this school of thought, is no exception. The former deputy defense secretary during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars has reemerged in the spotlights, calling on the new administration to assert a bold American stance in the Middle East and expressing reserved optimism about President…
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Fast Forward Israeli Attack Kills 3 Syrian Pro-Government Soldiers
An Israeli attack against a military base for the Syrian pro-government National Defence Forces in southern Syria killed three NDF members on Sunday, the NDF militia and a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitoring group, said it remained unclear if the source of the bombardment in Quneitra province…
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Fast Forward Eric Trump ‘Sure’ Sister Ivanka Pushed For Syria Strike
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…
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Fast Forward Israel Minister Accepts Sean Spicer Apology For Hitler Remark
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…
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Fast Forward Jake Tapper Points Out Hypocrisy Behind Ivanka’s Sympathy For Syrians
Jake Tapper, the fire-spitting CNN reporter and anchor, directed his ire over the weekend at Ivanka Trump, asking the first daughter to square her father’s decision to launch an airstrike on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s air force while refusing to welcome refugees. @IvankaTrump How do you feel about his proposed ban on Syrian refugees from…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump Targeted By Breitbart In ‘Blame The Jews’ For Syria Story
The “alt-right” has been casting blame on Jews within the Trump White House for last week’s air strike against Syria. That narrative seemed to be popular Monday over at Breitbart, which reported the president ordered the strike at the behest of his daughter Ivanka Trump. Citing a story in Britain’s far-right Daily Express, Breitbart raised…
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Fast Forward Recalling Lessons Of Passover, Israelis Pray For Syrian Victims
TEL AVIV (JTA) – At a Shabbat service in Tel Aviv on Friday evening, congregants recited the mourner’s prayer for those killed in Syria’s civil war. Standing before a mural of the Tree of Life, the rabbi of Beit Daniel, the largest Reform synagogue in Israel, delivered a sermon on the Jewish obligation to condemn…
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