Monday, May 20, 2024

Politics

WATCH: Interview With Rabbi Ken Spiro On The History Of Anti Semitism And Achieving World Peace

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — What people talk about all the time, and one of the most important goals that everyone hopes to achieve, is also what politicians campaigning promise to fix o...

Reports Of Spyware Use On Key Witness Roils Netanyahu Trial

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli police allegedly used sophisticated spyware against a key witness in the corruption trial of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israe...

Top Biden Aide Says Ukraine Invasion Could Come ‘Any Day’

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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday that Russia could invade Ukraine “any day," launching a conflict that would come at an “enor...

Meretz, Ra’am Warn Of ‘Painful’ Ramifications If Citizenship Law Preventing Palestinians From Citizenship Passes

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz issued a veiled warning to the Israeli government Saturday evening, stating that there would be a 'painful response' if the Citi...

On 70th Anniversary, Queen Elizabeth Announces That Prince Charle’s Wife Camilla Will Be ‘Queen Consort’

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LONDON (VINnews) — Britain's Queen Elizabeth used the occasion of the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne to announce that Camilla Parker-Bowles, the wife of Prince Cha...

Yeshivos Ready To Provide 4000 Blood Units But MDA Insist On Writing ‘Parent 1’ Instead Of ‘Father And Mother’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The recent dispute between MDA and the religious public over the blood donation documents has erupted afresh as Israel faces a massive shortage of blood units...

GoFundme Ends Fundraiser For Canada Convoy Protesters

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TORONTO (AP) — Ontario's Conservative premier called Friday for demonstrators to end the “occupation” of Ottawa, while the crowdfunding site GoFundMe said it would refund or redire...

Manhattan DA Clarifies Policies After A Month Of Criticism

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NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan's top prosecutor tried Friday to blunt questions about his commitment to trying cases of armed robbery and assaults on police, backing away from some cont...

Officials: Russia At 70 Percent Of Ukraine Military Buildup

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has assembled at least 70 percent of the military firepower it likely intends to have in place by mid-month to give President Vladimir Putin the option of ...

Meron Project Director: ‘Most Numbers Being Thrown Around Not Tied to Reality’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Tzviki Tessler, Project Director for the Lag B’Omer festival in Meron, discussed the upcoming plans for the event during an interview with Kikar Shabbos. M...

Pence: Trump Is ‘Wrong’ To Say Election Could Be Overturned

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Former Vice President Mike Pence has directly rebutted Donald Trump's false claims that he somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, saying that the former pr...

Protests Against COVID-19 Measures Spread Across Canada

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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Protesters opposed to vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions held rallies in cities across Canada on Saturday in a show of solidarity with a week-long de...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Apologizes For Using Racial Slur

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams apologized Friday after a 2019 video surfaced showing him using a racial slur for white people when talking about the New York Police...

US Jews Talk Identity, Holocaust After Goldberg’s Remarks

The uproar over Whoopi Goldberg's remarks about the Holocaust has catalyzed somber reflections by many American Jews about not only the legacy of the Holocaust but anti-Jewish disc...

Ottawa Police Expect COVID Protest To Ramp Up Again

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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Police in Canada's capital said Friday about 150 extra police officers will be deployed to the areas of Ottawa most affected by the protest against COVID-19 ...

Turkish Leader Woos A Skeptical Israel Burned By Experience

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is wooing Israel, but Israeli leaders note they’ve seen this movie before. Some argue that the Turkish leader’s overtures to Israel and the W...

Pro-Palestinian Influence At Center Of Congressional Bribery Allegations

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WASHINGTON (JTA) — An alleged bid to get a freshman congresswoman to adopt pro-Palestinian stances is at the center of a bribery scandal dating back to 2018. Rep. Marie Newman, ...

CNN Exec’s Ouster Rattles Prominent Staff At Pivotal Time

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NEW YORK (AP) — The abrupt ouster of CNN chief executive Jeff Zucker because of a workplace relationship has left some prominent employees feeling angry and uncertain about the dir...

Canada PM: Military Response Not In Cards For COVID Protests

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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday a military response to the ongoing Ottawa protest against COVID-19 measures is “not in the cards right n...

UN Panel Describes ‘Systematic’ Persecution Driving Jews Out Of Yemen; Says 7 Jews Remain

Systematic persecution of Jews in Yemen by Houthi rebels and a previous government has driven the ancient community almost entirely out of the country, with possibly just seven re...