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Netanyahu Tells Voters: If you don’t vote Likud, Arabs Will ‘Annihilate Us All’…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming under fire again for anti-Arab comments made by his campaign, this time for a message on his official Facebook page telling voters “Arabs want to annihilate us all – women, children and men.” Israeli media reported that upon accessing Netanyahu’s official page, viewers are greeted with an automated […]
In Election Pitch, Netanyahu Vows to Annex the West Bank’s Jordan Valley…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Tuesday to quickly apply Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley if he is able to scrap together a new government after national elections next week. In a campaign speech billed by his Likud party as a “dramatic announcement,” Netanyahu also repeated his vow from before elections in April to extend […]
For Once, Sheldon Adelson Needs Donald Trump More Than Trump Needs Adelson…
Today in an unprecedented show of autonomy, Donald Trump fired the firebreathing national security adviser John Bolton. Bolton was gifted to the Trump administration in 2018 by Sheldon Adelson, Trump’s biggest donor, and Trump duly ended the Iran deal once Bolton came aboard. Now Trump has fired Bolton, thereby signalling that he is open to […]
Trump Grants Mercy with Little Input from Justice Department…
President Donald Trump asserted Monday that he has “the absolute right to PARDON myself,” though he said there’s no need to because “I have done nothing wrong.” It was the sort of Twitter pronouncement that drives Trump’s critics crazy while prompting supporters to cheer him on. The surprise is that some lawyerly types find themselves […]
President Trump Grants Clemency to Alice Johnson Following Advocacy by Kim Kardashian West…
President Donald Trump has granted clemency on Wednesday to Alice Marie Johnson, a first-time nonviolent drug offender who was given a life sentence without parole, Mic has learned. The 63-year-old great-grandmother — whose case has been spotlighted recently by Kim Kardashian West and Mic’s Opinion desk — will be released from federal prison in Aliceville, […]
President Trump’s Statement on Commuting Alice Marie Johnson’s Sentence…
U.S.-Trained Palestinian Security Forces Now Key to Peace…
Israel could face an “explosion” of protests and violence in the coming weeks, the chief of Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate (Aman) warned on March 25. As Jerusalem prepares for the country’s 70th anniversary, which Palestinians see as a “Nakba,” or “catastrophe,” a growing list of pressures could lead to new conflict. Washington is planning to […]
Deutsche Bank Says It Didn’t Flag Kushner Accounts as ‘Suspicious’…
German bank Deutsche Bank is pushing back on a report that it flagged an account tied to President Trump’s son-in-law and aide Jared Kushner for “suspicious transactions.” The bank said in a statement that the report was wrong and that it would take legal action against the reporting, according to Reuters. “It is wrong to […]
Trump Administration Waives Punishment For Convicted Banks, Including Deutsche — Which Trump Owes Millions…
The Trump administration has waived part of the punishment for five megabanks whose affiliates were convicted and fined for manipulating global interest rates. One of the Trump administration waivers was granted to Deutsche Bank — which is owed at least $130 million by President Donald Trump and his business empire, and has also been fined […]