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Food Shoo Shoo Is The Latest Middle Eastern Restaurant To Open In New York
Nur, Dez, NishNush, Miss Ada, Timna, Shuka…. The more Middle-Eastern joints seem to open, the more New Yorkers seem to flock to them. And the latest to hang up a Mediterranean-flavored shingle is Shoo Shoo, which started serving its spin on staples like falafel, hummus, sabich, and shakshuka last week. A few things distinguish this…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Is First Israeli Head Of State To Visit Oman Since 1996
(JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the first visit to Oman by an Israeli head of state since 1996. Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, along with Mossad head Yossi Cohen and others, visited the Gulf state earlier this week and returned Friday, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. The trip to Oman, an Arab…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Dodges Saudi Murder Questions In Softball CNN Interview
Jared Kushner reiterated claims that the White House is still gathering details into the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in an interview with CNN on Monday morning, which heavily focused on his personal life. The president’s son-in-law and White House senior adviser sat down with CNN political commentator Van Jone to kick off…
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Fast Forward Trump Beefs Up Mideast Team In Anticipation Of Rolling Out Peace Plan
The Trump administration is increasing the Middle East policy team at the White House as it inches closer to unveiling its long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, the Associated Press reported Friday. The National Security Council last week began approaching other agencies for volunteers. The team will work for President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace advisors Jared Kushner…
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Fast Forward Ocasio-Cortez Promises To ‘Learn And Evolve’ On Israeli-Palestinian Issues
After drawing criticism during her primary campaign for her harsh statements about Israel, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told PBS on Friday that she’s beginning to look at issues like the Israel-Palestinian conflict differently. Ocasio-Cortez tweeted “This is a massacre…Democrats can’t be silent about this anymore” in May after Israel killed 60 Gazans on the border. But appearing…
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News Can Jared Kushner Survive White House War With John Kelly Over Security Clearance?
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump left behind another horrible week at the White House last weekend, trading Washington’s political swamp for the a sunny Caribbean vacation. But as he left, Kushner found that his unfettered access to intelligence material in the White House may soon be limited, with his temporary security clearance rendered invalid. Kushner,…
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Fast Forward US Calling Jerusalem Israel’s Capital Is ‘Naked Aggression,’ Muslim Nations Say
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would be a “naked aggression” that would cause the United States to lose “its mediating role and turn it into a biased party to the conflict,” the Organization of Islamic States said. The statement by the group, representing 57 countries, came as President Trump delayed a waiver…
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Opinion Jared Kushner Just Made A Huge Blunder On Peace In The Middle East
Last week, Jared Kushner and various other Trump administration officials met with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas reportedly urged the Americans to publicly endorse the two-state solution. The Americans refused. The reason, according to The Washington Post, is that Kushner and company believe “that it is down to the two sides, not them, to…
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