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Sean Savage

The potential purchase of an outlet owned by a confidante of U.S. President Donald Trump comes amid Doha’s recruitment of high-profile Jewish visitors.
“Billions of dollars [have been] invested in the Gaza Strip. [The] result is all this money goes to Hamas leaders, rockets and to tunnels instead of creating greenhouses and factories,” said former IDF Southern Commander Maj. Gen. Yoav Galant.
Christians United for Israel’s founder and chairman Pastor John Hagee, who gave the benediction at the embassy ceremony, told JNS that he is “deeply proud” of his country and the president.
Moscow is seen by many observers as the key to defusing the situation between Israel and Iran, as it enjoys relations with both countries and is the major military power on the ground in Syria. However, it may be out for its own interests.
Mainstream Jewish organizations voiced both strong support and tepid approval for the decision.
“This was a horrible one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made,” announced U.S. President Donald Trump. “It didn’t bring calm, it didn’t bring peace, and it never will.”
“This is Israeli intelligence at its most extraordinary, changing history through the patient access of key information. I expect this trove of documents will lead to a fundamental change in dealings with Iran’s nuclear buildup,” said Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle East Forum.
Both Russia and China, which have strong ties with Iran and veto power in the U.N. Security Council, are unlikely to support any additional pressure on Iran.
The proposed resolution was put forward by MA Against HP—a coalition of pro-BDS groups that includes Jewish Voice for Peace, which called on the city not to renew its participation in a program to receive Hewlett-Packard products at a discount and to terminate their relationship with HP.
Most observers are pointing to corruption, political infighting and fear of a collapse of the Iranian nuclear deal as major factors in the rial’s fall.
Michel Kichka utilizes his skills as a cartoonist to delve into his own painful childhood memories of a father who was unable to tell his children about what he had been through during the Holocaust.
Without issuing a comment, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case, thereby leaving the lower court ruling standing.