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News Public Advocate Candidate Eric Ulrich Is Courting The Orthodox. Is It Enough To Win?
How does a Republican win a citywide race in Democrat-dominated New York City? Court the Orthodox Jews. At least, that’s the argument that supporters of New York City Council member Eric Ulrich are making in next week’s special election for Public Advocate, in which 17 candidates are vying in a nonpartisan election to spend the…
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Opinion Did Israel Just Lose American Jews?
A lot of ink has been spilled in efforts to explain exactly why Israel and American Jewry are drifting apart. This past December, Israeli MK Naftali Bennett put forward his own analysis: “There’s a terrible problem of assimilation and growing indifference of Jews overseas both to their Jewishness and to Israel,” he said. “That is…
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Opinion Netanyahu Isn’t The Problem. He’s The Symptom.
On Wednesday, it was reported that in the midst of a tense election cycle, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed the right-wing Jewish Home Party to join with the Jewish Power Party, which is populated by followers of the racist, banned leader Meir Kahane. So important was this merger to Netanyahu that he cancelled a…
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Opinion Israel’s Racist Campaigns Don’t Just Hurt Us Palestinians. They Hurt Israelis, Too.
It’s hard to describe the anger and fear that I feel as a Palestinian following the current Israeli election cycle. I was born in Gaza. I was molded by the blockade. I have survived three wars. Countless times, death was only a few steps away from me. “Collateral damage” is what we two million civilians…
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Fast Forward In Early 2020 Clash, Michael Bloomberg Compares Warren Tax Plan To Venezuela
At a press event in New Hampshire on Tuesday, billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg said that Senator Elizabeth Warren’s proposal to tax the ultra-rich was “probably unconstitutional,” and suggested it could lead to people “starving to death,” as in Venezuela. “We shouldn’t be embarrassed about our system,” Bloomberg said of the Warren proposal, according to a…
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Opinion Howard Schultz Could Spell The End Of Donald Trump
As soon as former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz tweeted his interest in running an independent, self-funded presidential campaign, the response was instantaneous — and bad. Schultz was dunked on by everyone from Bill Kristol to Julian Castro. I love our country, and I am seriously considering running for president as a centrist independent. — Howard…
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Opinion BDS Is A Trap For Democrats
On Monday night, the United States Senate voted to advance a bill that will quash free speech in the name of supporting Israel. It’s just one more sign that Israel-Palestine is being used as a potent weapon in today’s political arena. The bill is S. 1, aka the “Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East…
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Fast Forward Former Starbucks CEO Is ‘Seriously Thinking Of Running For President’
(JTA) — Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said he is “seriously thinking of running for president.” In an interview aired on CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday night, Schultz told correspondent Scott Pelley that he would run as a “centrist independent,” despite being a lifelong Democrat. Schultz said the reason he would run as an independent,…
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