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Fast Forward Richard Spencer Glitter-Bombed At White House Protest Against Syria Strike
Richard Spencer’s Washington, D.C. protest against President Trump’s airstrike in Syria drew a crowd – including a heavy contingent of counter-protesters out to make the white nationalist’s day miserable. “We want walls, not war,” the Spencer group was said to have repeated, before it was encircled by a group of counter-protesters. The two sides traded…
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News The ‘Alt-Right’ Is Blaming The Jews For Trump’s Syria Airstrike
President Trump’s Thursday airstrike against Syria may strip him of the support and adoration of his “alt-right” and white nationalist fans — some of whom are describe the move as part of a “Jewish coup” of Trump’s White House. “I am ready to condemn Donald Trump,” white nationalist Richard Spencer who popularized the term “alt-right,”…
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Fast Forward Even Anti-Trump Jewish Groups Cheer Syria Strike
Mainstream Jewish groups are getting behind President Donald Trump’s strike on a Syrian airbase, launched from a warship late Thursday night. In a tweet Friday morning, the American Jewish Committee, a leading U.S. Jewish organization, openly backed the attack. .@POTUS did the right thing. Given #Syria’s horrific use of chemical weapons & after yrs of…
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Opinion Chemical Reaction: Trump Fires Off Missile Message To Assad, Putin
President Trump has at least temporarily reversed his policy toward Syria’s Assad regime. A few days ago the administration announced that regime change in Syria was not on its agenda, destroying the Islamic State group was. Then Trump watched gut-wrenching video clips of Syrian babies frothing at the mouth and dying from a chemical weapons…
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Fast Forward Israelis Respond To Chemical Attack In Syria With Wave Of Donations
TEL AVIV (JTA) – In response to the alleged chemical attack in Syria on Tuesday, Israelis have donated hundreds of thousands of shekels to help children and others caught in the conflict raging on their northern border. With Israel maintaining a policy of noninterference, giving money has been a way for people here to respond to the brutal six-year civil…
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Community Rabbis Urge President Trump To “Act Decisively” In Syria
Dear President Trump, We write to you with angst just days before the Passover holiday when the Jews escaped the oppressive tyranny of Pharaoh in Egypt. The Assad regime in Syria appears to have conducted a nerve gas attack against Syrian civilians yesterday. At least 58 civilians have been killed in the attack, marking the…
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Opinion There’s Nothing Funny About The Chico Marx Presidency
On trial in “Duck Soup” for stealing war plans from the wealthy Mrs. Teasdale, Chicolini, played by Chico Marx, hears Mrs. Teasdale say, “But I saw you with my own eyes!” As she has. “Well, who you gonna believe?” Chico shoots back. “Me or your own eyes?” There’s a reason that joke gets laughs more…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Lucy Aharish Says Arab Leaders Are ‘Traitors’ On Syria
Israeli Arab newscaster Lucy Aharish had harsh words for Arab world leaders in a new English language broadcast on Israel’s Channel 2 after gas attacks in Syria killed dozens. “The images that struck us yesterday are not fake news, but old news,” said Aharish, who gave a similar English-language speech castigating world leaders after attacks…
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