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Did Carl Icahn Improperly Push Trump On Biofuels?
A government watchdog group, Public Citizen, said on Wednesday it will ask lawmakers to investigate whether billionaire investor Carl Icahn should have been subject to lobbying disclosure laws when he advised President Donald Trump to overhaul the U.S. biofuels program. Icahn, an unpaid adviser to Trump on regulation, submitted a proposal to Trump last month…
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AJC Joins Jewish Chorus Criticizing Israel’s Anti-BDS Ban
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Jewish Committee said it was “troubled” by a new Israeli law banning entry to foreigners who publicly call for boycotting the Jewish state or its settlements. “Every nation, of course, is entitled to regulate who can enter,” AJC CEO David Harris, said Tuesday. “But barring entry to otherwise qualified visitors…
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Purim Megillah Readings Set For 400 Sites Across Israel — Not Just Synagogues
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Purim megillah readings and activities will come to over 400 neutral locations throughout Israel this year. The Tzohar Rabbinical Organization, which works to bridge the gap between the religious and secular in Israel, and Ohr Torah Stone’s Yachad, or Together, Program, will hold the Megillah BaKehilla, or Megillah in the Community programs…
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Some Parents Pull Children Out Of JCC’s — Others Vow To Ignore Bomb Threats
(JTA) — When Cincinnati’s Mayerson Jewish Community Center was hit with a bomb threat on Jan. 18, Adam Bellows was satisfied with how the staff handled the preschool kids, including his two-year-old son. The kids, said Bellows, had no idea the threat had happened. They were evacuated and taken to a secure location where they watched…
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Liberman Urges Mattis To Keep American Military ‘Active’ In Middle East
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman told U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis that the United States needs to remain active in the Middle East to ensure security and stability. Liberman met Tuesday with Mattis at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. According to an Israeli Defense Ministry readout, the meeting was friendly and covered strategic…
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White House Condemns New Bomb Threats Against Jewish Sites
(JTA) — White House press secretary Sean Spicer condemned a new wave of bomb threats against Jewish sites, including Jewish community centers and Anti-Defamation League offices. “I want to acknowledge that there’s been an additional wave of threats to Jewish community centers and Anti-Defamation League offices,” Spicer told reporters at a press briefing on Tuesday….
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Parents Of IDF Lone Soldiers Get Discounted Flights To Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The parents of lone soldiers serving in the Israeli military are being offered subsidized airline tickets to the Jewish state. The tickets are being offered by El Al Israel Airlines and Nefesh B’Nefesh, which supports immigrants to Israel. They are available from any gateway city served by El Al to families who…
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Israel Prosecutors Appeal ‘Excessively Lenient’ Sentence For Soldier Who Killed Downed Palestinian
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli military prosecutors filed an appeal of the 18-month jail sentence of an Israeli soldier who shot a downed Palestinian terrorist. Elor Azaria, 20, who was convicted of manslaughter in January in an Israeli military court, was sentenced last month by a panel of three judges at the Israel Defense Forces headquarters…
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Israel Defuses Explosives Near Gaza Border
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli troops defused two explosives found near the security fence on the border with Gaza. The devices discovered on Tuesday “were planted in order to attack IDF troops on the border,” the Israel Defense Forces spokesman said. No one was injured in the incident. Earlier Tuesday, Palestinian media reported that Israeli troops and…
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OU Wants To Double Security Funds For Jewish And Muslim Instiutions
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Orthodox Union is backing a bipartisan letter circulating in the Senate that calls for doubling security funding for non-profits, citing threats to both Jewish and Muslim institutions. “At a time when children being evacuated from daycare centers in response to repeated bomb threats and mosques are deliberately being set on fire,…
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Why Ex-Ambassador Dan Shapiro Just Can’t Say Goodbye To Israel
RAANANA, Israel (JTA) – Dan Shapiro can’t seem to leave Israel. Before stepping down as the U.S. ambassador to the country in January, he said he would stay long enough for his daughters to finish the school year. On Sunday, he announced he would be sticking around even longer to join the Institute for National Security Studies, a…
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