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Twitter Wars: Trump and Khameini exchange jabs following Iran protests
The ayatollah said in a tweet that "the villainous US govt repeatedly says that they are standing by the Iranian ppl. They lie."
By IDAN ZONSHINE \
1/18/2020 8:46:42 AM
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Macron: France will deploy aircraft carrier to the Middle East
The nuclear-powered ship is meant to assist French operations in Syria and Iraq.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/18/2020 1:30:20 AM
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For first time, Ukrainian Parliament marks int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day
"I am proud to stand here today and to affirm that I, Jonathan, carry on the name of my great-grandfather who was burned in this land just because he was a Jew!” Rabbi Markovich said in his address.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/18/2020 2:58:13 PM
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Hank Azaria will no longer voice Apu on 'The Simpsons'
"I won't be doing the voice anymore, unless there's someway to transition it or something," Azaria said in an interview with SlashFilm.
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 5:34:00 AM
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Iran's Khamenei stands by Guards after unrest over downed plane
US President Donald Trump hit back later on Twitter, writing that Khamenei should be careful what he says.
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 2:03:53 AM
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State dept. to investigate if ex-ambassador Yovanovitch was under threat
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 3:07:33 AM
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North Korea builds missiles ‘as fast as anyone’ says US Gen. Hyten
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/18/2020 3:33:04 AM
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Floods, road closures in Australia as storms lash bushfire-hit regions
Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, three of the states most hit by drought and bushfires, are now dealing with rain bucketing down in several areas.
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 8:07:32 AM
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Thousands evacuated from their homes in Fiji as cyclone strikes
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/18/2020 4:25:53 AM
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China reports four more cases in Wuhan virus outbreak
The four individuals were diagnosed with pneumonia on Thursday and are in stable condition.
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 12:40:25 PM
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Trump adds legal heavyweights Starr, Dershowitz to impeachment team
The White House also said Jane Raskin, one of Trump's private lawyers, and Eric Herschmann, another former independent counsel, would be on the president's legal team.
By REUTERS \
1/19/2020 8:27:02 PM
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Cyclone Tino reaches Category 3 as it approaches Tonga
Thousands had been evacuated from the Fiji islands that are in the cyclone's path.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/18/2020 9:23:23 AM
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Jury picked for Harvey Weinstein trial
The former Hollywood producer faces multiple charges, including rape and sexual assault, for which he could get life in prison.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/18/2020 1:01:52 PM
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Yemen's rival powers battle over banknotes
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 2:12:28 PM
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Jewish Democrats push to reverse Trump migration ban on Muslim countries
The letter sent Thursday was signed by 32 moderate Democrats, many who represent districts won by Trump in 2016. Trump’s restrictions on immigration impact migrants from a number of Muslim countries.
By RON KAMPEAS/JTA \
1/18/2020 7:11:12 AM
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Joe Biden mocks Donald Trump’s claim to speak against antisemitism
“This is the same guy who watched antisemites, their veins bulging, coming out of fields, literally carrying torches,” Biden said, referring to the deadly neo-Nazi protests in 2017.
By RON KAMPEAS/JTA \
1/18/2020 7:22:14 AM
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Dutch resistance hero wants to give Jewish fighters overdue recognition
Though Selma van de Perre is Jewish, the resistance had given her a false identity. Passing for Aryan was the only thing that kept her from the gas chamber.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
1/18/2020 7:47:45 AM
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How the Women’s March made itself irrelevant
There are plenty of reasons why I — and many other feminists — question the relevancy of the 2020 Women’s March that have nothing to do with antisemitism or anti-Zionism.
By EMILY SHIRE/JTA \
1/18/2020 7:59:32 AM
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A man was killed when his vehicle overturned near the Dead Sea
By ALON HACHMON \
1/18/2020 8:17:01 AM
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US to check Chinese travelers following disease outbreak
This is the first time the CDC has implemented enhanced screenings since the 2014 Ebola outbreak.
By RACHEL WOLF \
1/18/2020 12:15:17 PM
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Bernie Sanders backed a party that supported Iran during hostage crisis
Pulley often condemned “[US President Jimmy] Carter’s war drive against the Iranian people,” claiming the US “was on the brink of war with Iran.”
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/18/2020 9:59:36 PM
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Donald Trump says the 2nd Amendment is under 'serious attack' in Virginia
The Virginia Senate passed bills to require background checks on all firearms sales, limit handgun purchases to one a month, and restore local governments' right to ban weapons from public spaces.
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 11:06:28 AM
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India sports ministry reports 35 sexual harassment complaints in 2011-2019
The ministry said 27 of the complaints were made by athletes against coaches at centers run by the Sports Authority of India (SAI).
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 11:19:42 AM
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Palestinian woman arrested for suspected stabbing attack in Jerusalem
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/18/2020 11:34:04 AM
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Erdogan calls on Europe to support Turkey's moves in Libya
Erdogan made his remarks in a column published on the Politico website on Saturday, ahead of a summit in Berlin on Sunday that will try to stabilize the country.
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 11:37:34 AM
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Demi Lovato will sing America’s national anthem at the Super Bowl
Lovato visited Israel this past October and went to the Shalva Center in Jerusalem, the Western Wall, the Jordan River and Yad Vashem, among other places in the country.
By RACHEL WOLF \
1/18/2020 7:39:51 PM
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Six wounded after car bomb hits Turkish contractors, police in Somalia
It was not known who carried out the attack but residents and police said al Shabaab fighters had tried to attack Afgoye, about 30 km from Mogadishu, late on Friday and were repulsed.
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 1:44:32 PM
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Czech Republic reports first H5N8 bird flu case in three years
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 12:41:03 PM
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Lawsuit against US government over climate change dismissed by court
In a 2-1 decision, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said the plaintiffs, who were between the ages of 8 and 19 when the lawsuit began in 2015, lacked legal standing to sue the United States.
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 12:57:44 PM
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UN Libya mission 'deeply concerned' over disruption in oil production
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 1:08:07 PM
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Amir Peretz: With us Hamas will not get a single dollar from Israel
Discussing the Middle East situation, Peretz said, “Precisely because of the Iranian threat, we will build the axis of moderate countries in the Middle East.”
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/18/2020 1:30:20 PM
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UN Libya envoy hopes eastern oil ports closure ends in few days
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 1:34:02 PM
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Bad weather forces delay of SpaceX simulated rocket failure test
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 2:10:03 PM
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North Korean foreign minister replaced - report
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 2:11:07 PM
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Four South Korean trekkers among seven missing in Nepal avalanche
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 2:21:09 PM
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Stabbing attempted at Cave of the Patriarchs
Tensions in the region have risen dramatically since Defense Minister Naftali Bennett announced the funding of a new Jewish neighborhood in Hebron.
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
1/18/2020 6:03:43 PM
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Iran denies decision to send Ukraine airliner black box to Ukraine
The Iranian authorities are also prepared for experts from France, Canada and the United States to examine the data from the boxes, the semi-official, IRGC-run, news agency said.
By REUTERS \
1/19/2020 12:56:41 PM
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Iran banned from hosting international soccer matches
The Asian Football Confederation sent a letter to the Iranian Football Federation on Friday announcing the ban, but the IFF has yet to specify their reasons for receiving it.
By IDAN ZONSHINE \
1/18/2020 5:23:16 PM
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Suspected incendiary balloons found in Sderot
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/18/2020 5:36:49 PM
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500 Bedouin school students have no running water
Hundreds of kids study in a building that has no running water.
By YASSER OKBI/MAARIV \
1/18/2020 6:24:56 PM
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Millennials: There will be a nuclear attack in the next decade
Most Israeli and Palestinian millennials believe that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will “never end."
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
1/19/2020 8:01:42 PM
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Dozens injured as security forces clash with protesters in Beirut
Witnesses said they saw young men hurling stones and flower pots towards riot police, while protesters tried to push through an entrance to a heavily barricaded district of Beirut, near parliament.
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 8:29:37 PM
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Palestinians launch anti-Israel dawn prayer protests
Palestinians have been strongly condemning visits to the Temple Mount by Jewish groups, claiming the tours are designed to pave the way for a Jewish takeover of the holy site.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
1/18/2020 7:14:45 PM
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Trump gives dramatic account of Soleimani's last minutes before death
"No emotion. 'Two minutes and 11 seconds to live, sir. They're in the car, they're in an armored vehicle. Sir, they have approximately one minute to live, sir. Thirty seconds. Ten, 9, 8 ...'"
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 7:02:29 PM
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Bennett to ban ‘left-wing anarchists’ from W. Bank
In its statement on the matter, Bennett’s office specifically mentioned the group Anarchists Against the Wall, which works to support Palestinian protests against the West Bank security barrier
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
1/18/2020 11:28:07 PM
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Saudi editor: US elimination of Soleimani was 'act of heroism'
Newspaper says there are “more Soleimani’s” in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
1/18/2020 9:34:42 PM
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Iran’s regime arrests famous Christian convert in Tehran
"The 21-year-old, who after her conversion now prefers to be known as Mary, was reportedly arrested on Sunday near Azadi Square."
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
1/18/2020 9:07:19 PM
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Facebook apologizes after vulgar translation of Chinese leader's name
A headline in a local news journal appeared as “Dinner honors president shithole”, while the Myanmar State Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi's posted an unintentionally vulgar post on her official page.
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 7:46:44 PM
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Knesset members to challenge candidacies of assassin's wife and Balad MK
"This stain cannot be allowed to infect the walls of the Knesset."
By GIL HOFFMAN \
1/18/2020 9:26:27 PM
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Keep up the fight
It is one thing to adopt a definition of antisemitism. It is another thing to start enforcing that definition and hinging state funding for organizations on their decisions to adopt it or not.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
1/18/2020 7:56:50 PM
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Remembering the horrors of Auschwitz 75 years after the liberation
More than fifty world leaders will arrive in Israel’s capital to commemorate 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz.
By ASHER FREDMAN \
1/19/2020 12:53:51 PM
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Trash burning in West Bank is polluting the environment
“The negligence of the environment in Judea and Samaria is causing tremendous damage to the residents. The only solution is increased enforcement and better future planning,” Gilad Ach of GEF said.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/19/2020 6:48:48 PM
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Making excuses for antisemitism, then and now
Sadly, some things never seem to change – including the excuses that some people make for antisemitic thugs.
By STEPHEN H. NORWOOD,RAFAEL MEDOFF \
1/18/2020 8:17:24 PM
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The radicalization of the Democratic Party
If Israel and its supporters are to begin challenging negative attitudes toward the country on the Left, they must begin to speak the language of the Left.
By NADAV LAWRENCE \
1/26/2020 12:43:04 PM
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Is it really the best school or is it just a good filter?
Where will you send your child to school next year?
By AKIVA HERZFELD \
1/18/2020 8:44:05 PM
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Yaffa Issachar lands in Israel, hopes Putin will release her daughter
Anticipation is high that Russian President Vladimir Putin during his Thursday visit to Israel will announce his intention to pardon and release the 26-year-old yoga teacher.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
1/19/2020 9:59:11 PM
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‘Black January’ became the starting point of Azerbaijan’s independence
Despite bloody events in Baku, the day of January 20, 1990, became a page of heroism in the history of the struggle for the independence and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
By ARYE GUT \
1/18/2020 8:50:19 PM
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Greece experiences antisemitism ahead of Greek Holocaust Remembrance Day
Greece will commemorate again this year the Memorial Day to the Greek Jewish Martyrs and Heroes of the Holocaust on January 27.
By ELIAS MESSINAS \
1/21/2020 9:40:51 AM
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Harry and Meghan to have royal titles revoked, lose public funding
The palace said Harry and Meghan will no longer receive public funds and they will repay the approx. 2.4 million pounds spent on the refurbishment of their cottage in Windsor.
By REUTERS \
1/19/2020 12:52:08 AM
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Don’t label us a periphery
The time has come for a genuine national plan that will offer those living in “the periphery” something more than just shortening the time they are stuck in traffic.
By JEHUDA HADDAD \
1/18/2020 9:03:56 PM
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Stepping up and stepping out
The motto of the Havana Club is ‘Grey Hair – we don’t care.’
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
1/18/2020 9:15:20 PM
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A Shabbat-friendly Vietnam
This was destined to be a journey that would either strengthen or destroy the bond we always had.
By KEN GRUBER \
1/18/2020 9:23:34 PM
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Sixty killed in Houthi attack on camp in Yemen's Marib
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 11:39:07 PM
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Bath the beautiful: An insider takes me around
Bath, a World Heritage Site, was “the place to be” in the 1700s when those in high society came here to take the waters, socialize, drink and gamble, often rather raucously.
By NORMA DAVIDOFF \
1/18/2020 9:29:18 PM
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US sanctions Iranian commander for shooting protesters
The U.S. State Department has said previously it had received videos of the Revolutionary Guards opening fire without warning on protesters in Mahshahr county in southwest Iran.
By REUTERS \
1/18/2020 10:21:30 PM
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Israel: Nations must follow UK and freeze Hezbollah’s political assets
“Hezbollah is a terror group, all its units serving the same purpose. We expect more countries to follow the UK,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry said.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF,REUTERS \
1/18/2020 10:47:57 PM
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IRGC brigadier general and family banned from US under Iran sanctions
The action comes after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned that the US would impose travel bans on prominent Iranian leaders as part of sanctions.
By DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS \
1/19/2020 8:48:29 AM