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Why Palestinians Oppose Economic Prosperity
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Why Palestinians Oppose Economic Prosperity by Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute, May 17, 2019 Ashraf Jabari, a 45-year-old Palestinian businessman from the West Bank city of Hebron,...
Huawei hits back over Trump's national emergency on telecoms 'threat'
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Huawei has hit back at Donald Trump’s administration after it declared a national emergency to ban technology from “foreign adversaries” and subjected the Chinese telecommunications...
Is John Bolton the most dangerous man in the world?
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Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton wants the United States to go to war with Iran . We know this because he has been saying it for nearly two decades . And...
‘Unhinged, insensitive and lying’: Trump uses bogus bar graph to spread falsehood about Puerto Rico hurricane aid
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President Donald Trump spent the opening minutes of a campaign rally in Panama City Beach, Florida on Wednesday attacking hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico for not sufficiently appreciating his...
IRANIAN PLOT ON U.S. POSSIBLY THWARTED DUE TO ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE - REPORT
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IRANIAN PLOT ON U.S. POSSIBLY THWARTED DUE TO ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE - REPORT The information was handed to the US before National Security advisor John Bolton publicly said Iran will face...
On Muslim Brotherhood, Trump Weighs Siding With Autocrats and Roiling Middle East
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Mr. Trump’s hard-line national security adviser at the time, Michael T. Flynn, started a review of whether the United States should impose sweeping sanctions on millions of people across the...
China’s secret internment camps
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New large-scale construction has been popping up in the deserts of western China. From the sky, these buildings look much like factories or schools. But closer inspection reveals watchtowers...
Trump’s foolish Iran policy only makes war more likely
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I t is unclear what , if anything, Iran can do to induce the United States and its regional allies to halt their escalating war of attrition before it provokes all-out conflict. When...
Scheer says he will move Canadian Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv
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Scheer says he will move Canadian Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv By Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press, Reported by the Toronto Star, May 7, 2019 Conservative Leader...
ISLAMIC JIHAD ADMITS BABY, PREGNANT WOMAN KILLED BY THEIR OWN ROCKETS
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ISLAMIC JIHAD ADMITS BABY, PREGNANT WOMAN KILLED BY THEIR OWN ROCKETS The report was published in a Telegram account related to Hamas. BY ROSSELLA TERCATIN, Jerusalem Post, MAY 7, 2019...
US deploys aircraft carrier and bombers after 'troubling indications' from Iran
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The United States is deploying a carrier strike group and a bomber taskforce to the Middle East to send a clear message to Iran that any attack on US interests or its allies will be met with...
The Real Trump Foreign Policy: Stoking the G.O.P. Base
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Doug Chayka Americans can be forgiven if they struggle to find any coherence in the Trump administration’s foreign policy. It zigs and zags, with senior administration officials...
Sigal Samuel answers 8 key questions about the Chinese crackdown on Uighur Muslims
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Over the past year , Vox Future Perfect reporter Sigal Samuel has been investigating China’s campaign of repression against Uighur Muslims, 1 million of whom are being held in internment camps...
Don't tell us to halt the violence, tell the Americans, Afghan Taliban say
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Zalmay Khalilzad, an Afghan-born U.S. diplomat , entered a sixth round of talks with the hardline Islamist group in Qatar this week in a bid to end America’s longest war. “In our opening...
U.S. military stops tracking key metric on Afghan war as situation deteriorates
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The move comes as U.S. and Taliban officials have held several rounds of talks aimed at ensuring a safe exit for U.S. forces in return for a Taliban guarantee that Afghanistan will not be...
Uncovering Iran's sanctions-busting sale of fuel oil on the high seas
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The sources said it appeared that the supertanker was selling Iranian oil in violation of U.S. sanctions. If confirmed, the sale would shine a rare light on how traders and shippers were...
MAN STORMS GERMAN CHURCH YELLING 'ALLAHU AKBAR,' INJURES 9 PEOPLE
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MAN STORMS GERMAN CHURCH YELLING 'ALLAHU AKBAR,' INJURES 9 PEOPLE The attacker has been identified as a 36-year-old Somali man. BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAl , jerusalem post, APRIL...
More than 280 injured in Sri Lanka blasts that hit three churches and three hotels on Easter Sunday
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By Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lanka hospital spokesman says six Easter Sunday blasts killed at least 30 people and wounded 283 others. National Hospital spokesman Dr. Samindi...
On South America's largest solar farm, Chinese power radiates
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Local officials said they had sought help at home, the United States and Europe without success. Potential lenders and partners, they said, were spooked by the project’s size and the...
Fox News Found A Whole New Way To Freak Out About Barack Obama And Hillary Clinton
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World Fox News Found A Whole New Way To Freak Out About Barack Obama And Hillary Clinton Ed Mazza, HuffPost 3 hours ago Former President Barack Obama and former...
Rome's 'Holy Stairs' uncovered for first time in 300 years
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By Reuters ROME — Rome's "Holy Stairs," which some Catholics believe were climbed by Jesus in Jerusalem, have been uncovered from a protective wooden casing for the first time in nearly three...
Massive fire breaks out in Notre Dame cathedral in Paris
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A massive fire broke out at the famed Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on Monday afternoon, officials said. Black smoke could be seen from a distance billowing out from the top of the...
European Churches: Vandalized, Defecated On, and Torched "Every Day"
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European Churches: Vandalized, Defecated On, and Torched "Every Day" by Raymond Ibrahim , Gatestone Institute, April 14, 2019 In February, vandals desecrated and smashed crosses...
Secret Mossad files show underground Iran nuke facility older than admitted
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Secret Mossad files show underground Iran nuke facility older than admitted This discovery could be significant because it shows that Iran is still lying to the international community...