Washington – An attempt by presidential senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner to win support for a White House immigration plan produced uncertain results Tuesday as Republican senators raised questions. After Kushner and others described the proposal at a Capitol Hill lunch with GOP lawmakers, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told reporters that White House officials [...]

Editor of Arab News tells Palestinians 'nothing to be gained from a refusal to come to the negotiating table'

Berlin says 'no concrete threat' against its forces in the region, but decision comes after State Department orders non-emergency US embassy staff to leave Baghdad and Erbil

Speakers suggest outbreak of measles in community is due to deliberate targeting by authorities; Rockland County executive denounces 'misinformation' as public safety threat

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner struggled to answer questions about his plan to overhaul the immigration system in a closed-door meeting with Republican senators Tuesday, according to GOP officials, winning little support for the proposal.
Publicly, senators emerged from their weekly Capitol Hill luncheon, applauding the White House senior adviser’s pitch to move U.S. immigration toward a merit-based system that prioritizes highly skilled workers, a task he undertook at Trump’s behest.

Oklahoma City – Two people, believed to be window washers, have been rescued from a scaffold near the top of an approximately 850-foot (259 meters) skyscraper in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma City Fire Department says on Twitter that the two were stranded shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday outside the 50-floor Devon Tower. Firefighters managed to [...]

Riyadh – The editor-in-chief of a Saudi newspaper is urging Palestinians to keep an open mind toward a Mideast plan being devised by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner. Faisal Abbas wrote in the Arab News on Wednesday that while the cards have been stacked against the Palestinians, Kushner’s plan just may [...]

Former Vice President Joe Biden lashed out at President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday over his threat to to travel to Ukraine in order to pressure authorities in that country to investigate he and his son, Hunter Biden.
Giuliani said he planned to travel to Ukraine to ask officials to investigate whether Joe Biden had once pressured the government there to dismiss a top prosecutor who was investigating a gas company at a time when Hunter Biden sat on the company’s board of directors.

Washington – The Trump administration plans to redirect Transportation Security Administration staff to the U.S. southern border to assist with immigration duties and migrant flows, the TSA said on Wednesday. A TSA spokesman said in a statement the bureau was looking for volunteers to support efforts at the U.S. border with Mexico, where the government [...]

Ira Zlotowitz, Eastern Union Founder, Launches Firm; The Ira Group; to Educate Public on the ‘Power of Lending’
HOWELL, NJ  – May 15, 2019:  The founder of one of America’s largest commercial real estate financing firms has launched a new, separate company that educates the public about the power of lending as a pathway for commercial real estate investment – and then helps individuals become actual lenders.

At least 60 said wounded as 10,000 march on Strip's border, with rioting and attacks on Israeli soldiers reported

Amid rising tensions, Amir Hatami tells Iranian military intelligence officials the country is at highest level of war preparedness, despite sanctions

Las Vegas – The daughter of a rabbi in Las Vegas found anti-Semitic and threatening notes left on her middle school desk. One note discovered earlier this week contained a large swastika and the words “You don’t belong here.” The second was a drawing of Adolf Hitler with his hand in the air, a Nazi [...]

President Donald Trump escalated his long-running attacks on the FBI Tuesday, calling recent remarks by Director Christopher Wray “ridiculous,” as officials said a senior prosecutor would examine the roles of the bureau and the CIA in the early stages of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible coordination with members of the Trump campaign.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Trump said Wray gave a “ridiculous answer” during congressional testimony last week when he declined to characterize an FBI investigation of Trump campaign advisers in 2016 as “spying.”

Joe Biden criticizes Trump’s policy on Iran; a friend to Israel, and to bigots: Viktor Orban’s ‘double game’ on anti-Semitism; why the WhatsApp spies may have eyes on Iran

Producing Hasidic leaders and renowned intellectuals, Jewish people have settled in what is now modern-day Ukraine since the 9th century -- but their lives weren't always easy

With both a Jewish president and PM in office at the same time that WWII-era Nazi collaborators are celebrated, the local community waits to see how society's attitude will pan out

Tel Aviv – Poland’s ambassador to Israel was spat at while sitting in his car in Tel Aviv, Israeli police said, and the Polish government condemned the incident, which coincided with rising tensions between the two countries. “I am very worried to hear of a racist attack on @PLinIsrael ambassador @mmagierowski. Poland strongly condemns this [...]

VC fund JVP and food behemoth Mars Inc. will work with Israeli startups and academia to find tech solutions to global food challenges

 Volunteers To Visit Inmatesby Mussi Sharfstein
Prison inmates are allotted a limited amount of visiting hours from family and friends. But for too many, visitors are rare. For some prisoners, years can pass before they receive a personal visit—whether it’s because they’re too far from family and friends for regular visitation or because their relationships have frayed.

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