US asks UN to keep under wraps a ‘blacklist’ of companies that do business in Israeli settlements
Publication of the list reportedly has already been postponed once at the request of the United States.
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‘Adopt-a-Nazi’ campaign raises funds to counter a white nationalist rally in San Francisco
Donors are making pledges to the Southern Poverty Law Center for every person who shows up at a far-right "free speech" event.
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Billy Joel wears yellow Star of David during concert encore
Joel and singer Patty Smyth also sang her hit song "Goodbye to You" as photos of fired White House staffers flashed on a screen.
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Stephen Bannon reportedly ‘going to war’ against Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner
Bannon reportedly called Kushner "a dope" and lobbied President Trump “aggressively” to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.
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Arthur Finkelstein, political strategist who made ‘liberal’ a dirty word, dies
Finkelstein helped elected Ricahrd Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Benjamin Netanyahu, Republican senators including Orrin Hatch and Ariel Sharon as Israeli prime minister.
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Swastikas and anti-Semitic slurs found in Michigan park
Ann Arbor police increased patrols in and around city parks in response.
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Jerry Lewis, comedian and filmmaker, dies at 91
Lewis is best known for his work with singer-actor Dean Martin and his four decades of hosting the Muscular Dystrophy telethon, as well as his starring role in the 1963 film "The Nutty Professor."
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Michigan man sentenced to probation for threatening to kill children and Jews
The 29-year-old, convicted of malicious use of telecommunications for tweets but acquitted on two felonies, had spent four months in jail awaiting his trial.
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Teens who twisted menorah into a swastika sentenced to meet with Holocaust survivor
The three Arizona teens also must serve 30 hours of community service along with writing an apology letter to the victims and an essay about the Holocaust.
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Palestinian teen who attempted to stab police in West Bank said on Facebook he wanted to die a ‘martyr’
He asked his family not to cry during his funeral procession but to instead “utter trilling cries of joy.”
