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From The Times of Israel
Sanders set to endorse Clinton at campaign rally Tuesday
Vermont senator will join Democratic rival at New Hampshire event
Bernie Sanders will join Hillary Clinton at a presidential campaign rally in New Hampshire on Tuesday at which he is expected to deliver his long-awaited endorsement.
Both campaigns said Monday that Sanders will join the former secretary of state at a high school in the town of Portsmouth “to discuss their commitment to building an America that is stronger together and an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top.”
They issued brief statements with that same language.
Sanders has yet to endorse his former rival for the Democratic nomination.
But The New York Times reported last week that Sanders would appear at a Clinton rally Tuesday in New Hampshire, and that he would formally endorse her.
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From The Times of Israel
Trump campaign: Sanders ‘officially part of rigged system’
Statement from top aide accuses ‘candidate who ran against special interests [of] endorsing the candidate who embodies special interests’
The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they unfold.
Report: Israeli who crossed into Gaza has mental health problems
The Bedouin Israeli who crossed into Gaza earlier today is a young man with mental health problems, Channel 2 reports.
Another one of the two Israelis believed to be captives in the Hamas-run Strip also has mental health problems, according to his family.
Egypt denies allowing Israeli drone strikes in Sinai
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Republicans’ platform reportedly may exclude ‘two-state’ language
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Republicans reportedly are considering removing from their party platform language calling for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The concept has long been a pillar of both Democratic and Republican policy in the region, and a stated policy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“The U.S. seeks to assist in the establishment of comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East, to be negotiated among those living in the region,” said draft language approved Monday by the national security subcommittee of the Platform Committee, according to CNN, Jewish Insider and the Forward, which obtained the copies of the proposed language.
“We oppose any measures intended to impose an agreement or to dictate borders or other terms, and call for the immediate termination of all U.S. funding of any entity that attempts to do so,” said the draft language, an apparent reference to Palestinian Authority efforts to seek statehood status outside the framework of negotiations.
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From The Times of Israel
Theresa May, Jews and Israel — 6 connections
Cameron’s successor, a vicar’s daughter, is a firm supporter of Israel, of the Jewish community… and of a celebrity Israeli chef
Britain’s new prime minister, like her trailblazing female predecessor Margaret Thatcher, is a firm supporter of Israel, and of the Jewish community… and of a celebrity Israeli chef. As Theresa May prepares to succeed David Cameron, here are six Jewish or Israeli links, ranging from her mother’s name to her cooking preferences.
Biblical echo: Thatcher was the famously driven daughter of a grocery store owner. May, too, comes from a relatively unprivileged background — both of her grandmothers were domestic servants. Her parents both died when she was in her mid-20s — her father in a car crash and her mother of multiple sclerosis. Her father was a vicar, the Rev. Hubert Brasier. Her mother’s first name was Zaidee, an unusual name reportedly chosen for its Old Testament echoes — Zaidee or the more common Sadie deriving from Sarah, wife of the biblical Abraham.
Israel trip: May visited Israel for the first in June 2014 — three months after Cameron had delivered an exceptionally supportive speech in the Knesset. Hers was a relatively low-profile trip, focused on her areas of responsibility as home secretary — policing, human trafficking, cyber-security — although she also visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and placed a wreath in memory of those killed in “the most terrible crime of history.” She later said of the visit that she was “delighted to see first-hand the flourishing partnership between the UK and Israel.” She also later lamented the murder of three Israeli teenagers at the time of her visit, and hailed the brave Israeli soldiers who have paid “the ultimate price” to defend Israel in wartime and against terrorism.
Elle est Juif: In the aftermath of last year’s Paris Hyper Cacher and Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks, May was photographed holding a “Je Suis Juif” placard, and she has spoken since of the importance of Anglo Jewry to Britain. Addressing the Bnei Akiva youth movement’s Israel Independence Day event this year, for instance, May bewailed the “tragic fact of history that the Jewish people have had to protect themselves against repeated attempts to obliterate them.”
From PressTV
Syria army foils raid to take Castello, kills 29 militants
Nearly 30 foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists have been killed in an offensive they had unsuccessfully launched to reopen a key supply route into the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, a monitoring group says.
The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced on Sunday that militants from the so-called Faylaq al-Sham and Nusra Front, the latter of which is the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, mounted an attack to recapture the strategic Castello Road on Thursday.
It added that Syrian army soldiers launched a counter-offensive, killing 29 extremists and foiling their attack.
No immediate information was available about possible casualties among Syrian soldiers.
The Syrian army cut the only way into militant-held parts of Aleppo on Thursday, severing the militants’ only lifeline from the city to the outside world.
The capture of the Castello Road came in the wake of recent advances by the Syrian army in the al-Mallah Farms area northwest of Aleppo.
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From PressTV
US plays a ‘quiet but lethal role’ in lives of Yemeni civilians
Washington has been playing a “quiet but lethal role” in Yemen through its persisting weapons sales to the Saudi regime, including the globally-banned cluster bombs, a report says.
In an article published on Saturday, the Washington Post exposed the US support for the Al Saud royal family in its war on the ipoverished Yemeni neighbors.
“The United States is playing a quiet but lethal role in the killing and wounding of thousands of civilians in Yemen’s civil war,” it read.
Saudi Arabia has purchased billions of dollars worth American warplanes and other US-made weaponry, and the Pentagon has provided the Saudi-led Arab coalition with training, aerial refueling support and intelligence as it continues to attack targets in Yemen, it added.
While detailing the massive extent of civilian toll of the Saudi bombardment in Yemen, the daily cited White House press secretary Josh Earnest as defending the Obama administration’s continued support for Saudi Arabia and other members of its military coalition, describing them as “effective national security partners.”
The report further pointed to growing criticism of Washington over its involvement in the war crimes being committed in Yemen by the Persian Gulf kingdom, noting that human rights groups and a number of US lawmakers have called for a ban on weapons sales to the Saudi regime, arguing that the Saudi air campaign have had “a devastating impact on civilians and violated international laws.”
According to the article, however, the White House quietly blocked the transfer of more cluster bombs to Riyadh in late May “in apparent concern about the humanitarian toll.”
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Families of US citizens killed in Israel terror attacks sue Facebook for $1 billion
Masked members from the Ezzedine al-Qassam carrying a model of a rocket during a rally to commemorate the 27th anniversary of Hamas’ creation in Gaza, Dec. 12, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
(JTA) — The families of five American citizens killed in terror attacks in Israel are suing Facebook for $1 billion, accusing the social network of providing material support to Hamas for its incitement and violence.
Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center, an advocacy organization based in Israel, filed the lawsuit Sunday night in Manhattan federal court. The suit alleges that Facebook is violating the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act by assisting terror groups such as Hamas in “recruiting, radicalizing, and instructing terrorists, raising funds, creating fear and carrying out attacks.”
The lead plaintiffs have been identified as Stuart and Robbi Force, the parents of Taylor Force, a graduate student at Vanderbilt University and a U.S. Army veteran who was killed in March in a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv. Force had been on a school trip to Israel to study the tech industry.
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From Russia Today
No link between national origin & crime, new German study finds
Published time: 10 Jul, 2016 14:41
Migrants pray after the Iftar (breaking fast) meal at a refugee shelter in a former hotel in Berlin, Germany June 9, 2016. © Stefanie Loos / Reuters
Over a million refugees came to Europe in 2015, and when mass sexual assaults left many nations in shock, migrants were the first to be blamed. However, a new study suggests there is no direct link between national origin and crime.
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From The Times of Israel
French FM said set to meet Hezbollah officials in Lebanon
Jean-Marc Ayrault visits in bid to break political paralysis that has left Beirut without a president since 2014
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will reportedly meet with a political delegation of Hezbollah, whose military wing has been designated a terror group by the European Union, in Lebanon on Tuesday.
The Lebanese news site al-Joumhouria quoted “well-informed” sources who said the delegation would include lawmaker Ali Fayyad, from Hezbollah’s political party Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, as well as the head of Hezbollah’s international relations, Ammar al-Musawi.
Ayrault arrived in Lebanon Tuesday for a two-day trip in order to help the country move past the political paralysis that has prevented the election of a new Lebanese president since 2014.
Hezbollah has a strong presence in Lebanon’s parliament. The group is also openly committed to destroying Israel, and its armed wing has an estimated 100,000-plus rockets and missiles aimed at the Jewish state.
Members of Lebanon’s Shiite movement Hezbollah hold their flags during the funeral of a Hezbollah fighter, who was killed while fighting alongside Syrian government forces in Syria, March 1, 2016. (AFP/MAHMOUD ZAYYAT)
