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Bitcoin Jumps After Musk Says Tesla Will Use When Mining Cleaner

Bitcoin jumped above $39,000 after Elon Musk said Tesla Inc. would resume transactions with the cryptocurrency when mining is done with more clean energy. The electric-car maker will allow Bitcoin transactions again “when there’s confirmation of reasonable (~50%) clean energy usage by miners with positive future trend,” Musk, Tesla’s chief executive officer, said in a […]

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Hamas criticizes Omar for comparing it to US, Israel

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s June 7 tweet comparing the “unspeakable atrocities” of the United States, Israel, Hamas, Afghanistan and the Taliban was “unacceptable” and “unfair,” says the terror group. (June 13, 2021 / JNS) The Hamas terrorist organization on Saturday criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for comparing it to the United States and Israel. “The remarks […]

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Biden to Reassure Allies of US Commitment to NATO Mutual Defense Clause

BRUSSELS – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is set to discuss revising its strategic concept when its leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden, gather Monday in Brussels. NATO last updated the document outlining its purpose in 2010. The security threats and challenges it faces have changed since then, according to the organization’s secretary-general, Jens […]

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Farewell to the best

In at least one field, Benjamin Netanyahu was the best prime minister Israel has ever had. Op Ed. By Gary Willig Today marks the end of an era, the end of the 12-year reign of Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving prime minister of Israel. Even if he returns to office, as he did in 2009, 10 […]

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Brooklyn Jewish community throws weight in Democratic primaries for New York mayor race

The leadership of the Satmar Chasidim in New York announced that they are backing of Brooklyn Borough president Eric Adams for mayor after previously endorsing his closest competitor former Democratic mayoral candidate Andrew Yang. BY FAYGIE HOLT In what some saw a shocking move, the leadership of the Satmar Chasidim in New York announced that […]

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AP source: Justice Dept secretly subpoenaed McGahn’s records

WASHINGTON (AP) — Apple informed former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife that the Justice Department had subpoenaed information about accounts belonging to them in 2018, a person familiar with the matter said Sunday, days after two House lawmakers disclosed they, too, had their information secretly subpoenaed. It’s not clear yet why […]

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‘Cause good trouble’: Anti-Israel speaker addresses Virginia high school graduation

“Israel kills Palestinians and desecrates the Holy Land,” tweeted Abrar Omeish. By Josh Plank, World Israel News Fairfax County school board member Abrar Omeish, who recently faced criticism for tweeting that Israel “desecrates the Holy Land,” encouraged students to “cause good trouble” and be on the “right side of history,” last week during her keynote […]

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Ra’am party leader promises to support new government, vows to ‘return’ lands to his people

Mansour Abbas skillfully navigates Israel’s political divide, secures billions for Negev Bedouin communities By Howard M. Riell, World Israel News United Arab List (Ra’am) party chairman Mansour Abbas told a special session of the Knesset Sunday that he will support the new national unity government led by Naftali Bennett (Yemina) and Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) […]

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As summit ends, G-7 urged to deliver on vaccines, climate

By JILL LAWLESS, SYLVIA HUI, DANICA KIRKA and JONATHAN LEMIRE CARBIS BAY, England (AP) — The Group of Seven leaders aim to end their first summit in two years with a punchy set of promises Sunday, including vaccinating the world against coronavirus, making huge corporations pay their fair share of taxes and tackling climate change […]

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