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According to the court, the three were merely attempting to draw attention to the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Soon-to-be ex-secretary of state John Kerry and old State Department hand Martin Indyk predict Palestinian mayhem if the embassy is indeed moved, as if such would be a reasonable response to the move.
In view of the complicated circumstances, why would the court not credit the exculpating evidence?
The innovative program not only featured classroom study but also group study, one-on one learning, and late night discussions.
It should have long ago become apparent to both Mr. Obama and Mr. Kerry that their approach to bringing about peace between Israel and the Palestinians was doomed to failure.
How one would determine that any e-mail meddling by the Russians had an impact on voters, and even more so the outcome of the election, eludes us.
It’s also worthy of note that J Street stands out as one of the few organizations supporting the UN’s censure of Israel.
Even more bewildering is that the resolution reflects a view of the conflict that is materially at odds even with recent statements from the Obama administration itself.
We are encouraged that Mr. Trump has signaled that he will have no truck with such legal legerdemain.
So when we hear Democrats wail over alleged outsider attempts to influence the presidential election, it’s important to maintain some perspective and recognize it as their latest attempt to chip away at the president-elect’s legitimacy.
So for the mayor of New York, concern for where Mr. Ellison will lead the Democratic Party on Middle East issues merited nary a mention.
They coyly credit the allegations by calling for an investigation without saying when such a probe should take place.
What’s commonly ignored is that Israel’s policies and practices respecting land occupied by Palestinians in Judea and Samaria are far more benign than those pursued by earlier generations of Americans in the interest of Manifest Destiny, although the goal is similar.
Secretary of State John Kerry’s somewhat incongruous comments at the Saban Forum in Washington last week did little to clarify matters.
Mr. Greenblatt’s initial inclination to support Rep. Ellison was almost, one might say, Obamaesque given the clear determination to ignore his troubling history.
Under federal mandatory-minimum sentencing guidelines for bank fraud, an offender’s sentence is directly linked to the loss incurred by the bank that was defrauded.
What rankles is that even the Clinton camp concedes there is no way a recount will negate President-elect Trump’s electoral majority.
You spread fear and we will spread love.... You try to pull us apart and we will stand stronger for each other....
In fact, because of the intricacies of Senate rules, the Democratic minority will have a lot to say about what gets passed in that body.
But it seems the president-elect is someone who would honor his word on this as both a matter of personal principle and a blow for equity and justice.
But again, there are those who simply refuse to concede the campaign is over. To them, the aftermath of the election is simply the continuation of politics as usual.
The issue has recently become even more acute with the emergence of a French proposal to convene an international peace conference before the end of the year.
An Interpol alert can serve as the basis for arrest in different jurisdictions around the world and eventually extradition to the country in which the alert originated.
Of course the very texts of the scrolls confirm a fundamental historical Jewish connection to the land.
It is inconceivable to us that the investigation would have been reopened so close to the election absent the discovery of evidence of serious wrongdoing.
Most recently, there was WikiLeaks material quoting her to the effect that she believes elected officials must often take two positions on issues, one for public consideration and one for private, serious consumption.
To even contemplate a factual demonstration proving otherwise would bespeak a profound level of Jewish national insecurity. But the issue must be addressed.
What is missing from this and most other analyses of the failure to negotiate a settlement is a full appreciation of Palestinian recalcitrance as the primary cause of that failure.
Our condolences to his wife, Lu-Shawn, children Kenny and Kennedy, and the entire family.
While we, too, cringed at his remarks, we nevertheless find the Clinton position to be somewhat curious.
Yet we have the president of the United States traveling to Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem to deliver a eulogy upon the death of a former president of Israel on behalf of the United States. Is that not a powerful statement in itself of recognition of Jerusalem as being part of Israel?
We certainly respect his and his family’s wishes for privacy at this difficult time.
Predictably, several senators are having second thoughts after being exposed to Mr. Obama’s legendary blandishments.
It is a sad commentary on our times that a party to a failed marriage would, out of animus or financial greed, willfully attempt to deny a spouse the ability to get on with life under the auspices of Jewish law.
Mr. Obama had already roiled the waters of any possible resolution by declaring it the U.S. position that a settlement must involve borders based on the 1967 armistice lines with minor land adjustments.
Obviously, we need to do everything we can to support our first responders, also pray for the victims.
(In retrospect, how could it have been otherwise? After all, it was immediately known that explosives were placed in a pressure cooker with shrapnel and that there had been an earlier bombing in New Jersey.)
She is the first Orthodox woman from a chassidic background to win a primary for a judicial position...
Let us not forget that Mrs. Clinton responded 39 times to the FBI that she could not answer their questions due to her concussion.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters on Monday that he anticipates the president will veto the legislation but that it hasn’t been presented to him yet.
Her soaring insight, creativity, and erudition drew untold numbers to her message.
A small turnout is expected this coming Tuesday, September 13. Therefore, your votes could very well make the difference.
The appeals court held, however, that American courts had no jurisdiction over the groups because there were insufficient connections to the U.S.
The scourge of Islamist extremism has already altered for the worse the way citizens of England, France, and Germany go about their daily lives.
The conflict calls to mind the now familiar differences between AIPAC and J Street that have emerged over the past few years.
Again, this story has dominated the news for days and is doubtlessly known to a wide audience. Yet, for all its potentially serious import, it has still to be fully explored.
He and his family have been key to the remarkable renaissance the borough has enjoyed in recent years.
In any event, Mr. Pollard seems unable to persuade federal judges to override the dictates of our prosecutorial bureaucracy and cut him some slack.
Notwithstanding the media spin at the time, led by The New York Times, there were no two sides to the violence.
The candidates we have endorsed are capable, bright, personable, and enthusiastic, and have shown they work well with the Jewish community and all the many other ethnic and religious communities that comprise or will comprise their districts.
As a leader who understands that freedom and earned success are the pathways out of the ghetto, I’m disappointed, too, in any Republicans who feel they need to tiptoe around the patently obvious issue at hand...
Given the violent overthrow of the shah and the seizure of American hostages by militants loyal to Ayatollah Khomeini, the U.S. also refused to return the funds advanced.
The voters will ultimately have to decide how far she can reasonably rely on the competence issue.
Her election to the civil court would be an inspiration to all frum girls, from chassidic as well as non-chassidic
Mr. Trump insisted he had made “a lot of sacrifices,” elaborating that he had “created thousands and thousands of jobs” and “built great structures.”
Although many of the dictators in question were savage despots, they kept their countries together.
At bottom, J Street believes the Palestinians are fundamentally right in asserting entitlement to most of the land Israel conquered in 1967; that their cause is therefore a just one; and that they will not and cannot be expected to abandon their claims in any significant way.
What was particularly intriguing was a somewhat garbled discussion about using Mr. Sanders’s faith – or lack thereof – to dilute support for him.
She repeatedly condemned the growth of Jewish settlements over the green line, at one point calling for “a stop to settlements – not some settlements, not outposts, not natural-growth exceptions.”
So any cop, anywhere, becomes part of the problem being addressed and thus becomes a potential target of those pursuing violent retribution.
So the president had no real information here but was essentially giving Mrs. Clinton a pass.
He described the findings as “the most surprising result of my career.”
He seemed never able to resolve in his own mind whether the world had for a season been polluted by demons from a nether world or that humanity had simply run amok.
An inspiring writer, illuminating teacher, and revered pulpit rabbi. So many accomplishments in a life well lived.
“Know or should know” is classic legal language suggesting criminal responsibility.
A legendary and savvy networker, he enjoyed the confidence of many public officials over the years, working with them on many communal issues.
The 27 remaining members of the EU reportedly are already contemplating their own new strategies necessitated by the UK withdrawal.
How strongly will Turkey counter the anti-Israel sentiment that animates the Islamic world of which Turkey is such a prominent part?
Though he made friends easily, his casual manner masked a sharp business acumen.
He championed the right of Jews to live anywhere in the biblical land of Israel and inspired and called upon many to join with him in asserting this right.
But the height of absurdity was reached with the announcement by Attorney General Lynch, in response to requests by media outlets for the transcripts of Mr. Mateen’s remarks, that only redacted versions would be released.
What particularly rankles is that Mr. Nadler’s statement accompanying his declaration of support for the Iran deal actually made a better case for opposing it.
Clinton didn’t even hint at the notion that Islamic terrorism or radical Islam played a role in the Orlando attack.
To be sure, the Times in 2008 reported on a controversy at Harvard over its having set separate gym hours for Muslim women. But it did not editorialize about it.
The key is that in the first instance a judge will have discretion and “may” deny the request for a stay if he or she is not persuaded by the government’s case.
He has strongly criticized Israel’s settlement policy and characterized Israel’s responses to Palestinian terrorism as “disproportionate.”
As for the legislation passed by the Senate, if it becomes law it would carve out an exception to a 1976 law that largely immunizes foreign nations from being sued in U.S. courts.
Although these issues have been raised before, they were dismissed when prosecutors denied any purposeful efforts to deflate the selling price.
Significantly, though, there is precious little leverage the president has with Russia, North Korea, and China.
Actually, the public doesn’t appear to share the media’s obsession with the minutiae of a candidate’s tax returns...
We had hoped that Mr. Silver’s prodigious accomplishments on behalf of all New Yorkers would play a greater role in his sentencing than they apparently did.
The article was built around an interview Mr. Samuels conducted with Mr. Rhodes and clearly shows how the public and Congress were purposefully misled.
The strong likelihood that prosecutors violated the plea agreement didn’t matter.
This form of preachiness is unknown in the ordinary interactions of nations but has become quite de rigueur when American officials come down hard on their Israeli counterparts.
Where would the IDF direct its fire if not at the sites of the missile launchers?
It has long been clear that Mr. Obama feels frustrated for not having resolved the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Significantly, at the time of his detention Israel was under extreme international pressure to show that it was serious about responding to Jewish attacks against Palestinians.
“Have we lost our minds?” asked Bennett. “We are at war. War against vicious terrorism.”
The ability of relatively marginal groups bent on destruction to project their power is unprecedented.
The politics of the matter should have pushed him in a different direction.
Mrs. Clinton, on the other hand, was far more substantive and thus open to more scrutiny.
This is arrant sophistry. The “new” resolution “calls upon” Iran not to engage in ballistic missile activity while the earlier one declared “that Iran shall not engage in such activity.
President Obama, resigned to his failure to broker a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, is looking past his time in office and weighing a plan that would preserve at least the principle of a two-state solution for his successor to pursue.
Is “called upon not to” as legally binding as “shall not?”
President Obama was inclined to push Israel to take some unpleasant bargaining positions with the Palestinians, especially concerning settlements.
But underlying the current dispute is something of even broader moment than the establishment of a separate prayer space for non-Orthodox prayer in close proximity to the Kotel.
We were deeply concerned by some of Donald Trump’s comments on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during last Thursday’s Republican debate. Moderator Wolf Blitzer noted that Mr. Trump had recently said that as president he would try to bring peace between the two sides – but not by favoring one side or the other. Mr. Blitzer recounted […]
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