Washington – The Trump administration again named Israelis along with Americans as deserving immunity from International Criminal Court prosecution. In a statement Friday, President Donald Trump declared victory after the ICC rejected a request to investigate U.S. personnel for actions in Afghanistan. “Since the creation of the ICC, the United States has consistently declined to [...]

 NYC Bus Driver Makes Anti-Semitic ‘Measles’ Remark Towards Hasidic Man in WilliamsburgAn MTA bus driver allegedly made anti-Semitic remarks towards a Hasidic man, regarding the measles outbreak in the community.
The United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg said the incident happened last week on a B57 bus.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz discusses the censorship of conservatives by big tech on ‘Fox News @ Night.’
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Eight years after being given months to live, Yeshiva University professor Benjamin Blech releases a new book on why people need not fear going gently into the good night

Lead actress on Fox network drama baptized in Jordan River during 'powerful and inspiring' pilgrimage to Holy Land

New York – Hembert Figueroa was surprised one day to find that the dollar bills in his pocket were no good at a Dos Toros Taqueria restaurant in Manhattan, where the ironworker was on a lunch break from a construction job. Dos Toros is among a small but growing number of establishments that have adopted [...]

German expressionist painter was once seen as victim of Hitler’s regime, but new show in Berlin revealed him to be an enthusiastic Nazi supporter

Washington – A man lit his jacket on fire in front of the White House on Friday, Fox News reported, as live news video showed police surrounding a man on the ground. The U.S. Secret Service said on Friday it was responding to a “a police/medical incident” along the north fence of the executive mansion.

Followers of Ger Hassidic dynasty's leader reportedly called Likud lawmakers to intervene after female polling officer refused to leave her post in Bnei Brak

Jerusalem – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party has won 36 of the 120 seats in Israel’s parliament, according to final results of Tuesday’s election, putting him in pole position in negotiations to form a right-wing coalition. Netanyahu is heading toward a record fifth term in office confident of being able to put together a [...]

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested in London, but is hacking his actual crime?
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Discussion with key administration officials comes as Jewish groups urge president to stop Netanyahu from annexing parts of West Bank

Dayton, Ohio – The president of a college Republican group in Ohio has apologized for a fundraising email that referred to Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a “domestic terrorist.” Tom Ferrall is chairman of the Ohio College Republican Federation and a senior at the University of Dayton. He says the email was sent Wednesday without [...]

Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday took a swipe at a Trump White House proposal to retaliate against political enemies by releasing detained migrants in “sanctuary cities” in Democratic strongholds, calling the half-hatched plan “disrespectful” and “unworthy” of the presidency.
One of the congressional districts identified by the Trump administration was Pelosi’s liberal San Francisco district, according to The Washington Post.
“I don’t know anything about it, but again it’s just another notion that is unworthy of the presidency of the United States and disrespectful of the challenges that we face as a county, as a people, to address who we are: a nation of immigrants,” Pelosi told reporters as House Democrats closed out their three-day policy retreat in Virginia.

Israel's Channel 12 claims 'readiness' for the idea in all three parties; Lapid immediately reiterates he is 'personally opposed' to coalition with Netanyahu

Jerusalem – The team behind the Israeli spacecraft that crashed into the moon has released a preliminary technical assessment of what went wrong. SpaceIL, the start-up that sought to make history with the first privately funded lunar landing, revealed Friday that the spacecraft’s engine malfunctioned Thursday just 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) above the moon, making [...]

Labour Party Says UK Should Oppose Assange Extradition To USKey figures in Britain’s opposition Labour Party said Friday the government should oppose the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States on charges of conspiring to break into a Pentagon computer.
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Georgetown University could become the first college in the nation to mandate a fee to benefit descendants of slaves sold by the university nearly 200 years ago after a student referendum passed by almost a 2-to-1 margin.
The school’s undergraduates voted Thursday on the referendum, which would increase tuition by $27.20 per semester to create a fund benefiting descendants of the 272 slaves sold to pay off the Georgetown Jesuits’ debt — a move that saved the university financially.
“The Jesuits sold my family and 40 other families so you could be here,” sophomore Melisande Short-Colomb, a Georgetown student, said during a town hall to discuss the issue last week.

Trump Says He May Send ‘Illegal Immigrants’ To Dem DistrictsPresident Donald Trump said Friday he is considering sending “Illegal Immigrants” to Democratic strongholds to punish congressional foes for inaction on border security— just hours after White House and Homeland Security officials insisted the idea had been rejected as fast as it had been brought up.

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