Abbe Lowell’s clients have included some of the country’s most prominent politicians, companies and celebrities. The latest addition to the lawyer’s list: Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump. In selecting Lowell to represent him in Russia-related investigations before Congress and special counsel Robert Mueller, Kushner has turned to one of the best-known trial lawyers in the nation’s capital and perhaps the country. Kushner has not been accused of any wrongdoing, and there’s no indication he’s at risk of being charged. But his pick of Lowell suggests he’s bracing for lengthy government probes and wants in his corner someone with decades worth of experience confronting thorny and contentious congressional and Justice Dep...
After the unfortunate incident of Moshe hitting the rock and discovering that he will not merit entering the Promised Land, Moshe nevertheless forges ahead in leading the nation up to Israel’s border so they may be poised to be handed over to Yehoshua’s able leadership. As the nation was now situated to the south of the Land of Israel, the first region they attempt to traverse, the most natural direct route due north, is through the territory of Edom, the descendants of Esav. Moshe sends a delegation to the king of Edom with an impassioned plea reflecting on their kinship of ‘brotherhood’, describing his nation’s sojourn through the travails of Egypt where they called out to G-d who heard their prayers and brought them out of the iron furnace. He then kindly ...
Baltimore, MD – June 28, 2017 - A Baltimore community member is in need of a kidney transplant. If you are 18 or older, you may be eligible to become a donor. Any blood type is compatible. For more information about the process and how to be tested, please contact kidneychessed@gmail.com. Please also forward this message to family members, friends and co-workers who might consider becoming a donor.  Absolute confidentiality is assured.
Iran says the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate parts of a travel ban applied to six Muslim-majority countries is “racist” and “unfair.” Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi was quoted by state TV Wednesday as saying it is “regrettable” that Washington “closes its eyes to the main perpetrators of terrorist acts in the U.S,” without elaborating. The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to forge ahead with a limited version of his ban on travelers from Iran, Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Libya and Somalia. The justices will hear full arguments in October in the case. Critics say the ban is intended to meet Trump’s campaign promise of keeping Muslims out of the country. The administration says the restrictio...
Susan Rice, the Obama national security adviser under fire over her alleged involvement in the “unmasking” of Trump associates during the 2016 presidential election, suggested in a fresh interview that race and gender might be playing a role in the scrutiny she’s faced. In an interview with journalist Michael Tomasky for New York Magazine, Rice reportedly questioned the criticism she’s faced dating back to the Benghazi controversy. “Why me? Why not Jay Carney, for example, who was then our press secretary, who stood up more?” she asked. Tomasky noted in the piece that Carney “isn’t an African-American woman, of course” and apparently asked Rice whether that is the key factor. Rice, in response, left the door open: “I...
Baltimore, MD – June 28 2017 – A vehicle accident on Park heights Ave at Bancroft Road has traffic at a major slowdown. Please avoid the area for the time being. (Photo Credit: Yacov Benzaquen)
Baltimore, MD - June 28, 2017 - On June 27, 2017, Baltimore Shomrim Safety Patrol (BSSP) dispatch received a call from a concerned home owner who observed several young men behaving suspiciously in their neighborhood. The individuals were lingering around several residences and walking onto various residence’s private property with no apparent purpose. The BSSP immediately dispatched units to observe the subjects to make sure that nothing nefarious was taking place. After surveilling the subjects for a short period of time their purpose became clearly apparent. The individuals were going behind homes and attempting to break into sheds to steal property. The units observed the individuals retrieve bicycles and leave the property. The responding units were in contact with Baltimore...
 The Israeli Supreme Court will hold a hearing in July on the status of the non-Orthodox section of the Western Wall. The court will convene July 30 to discuss a petition from last year calling on the Israeli government to implement the Western Wall compromise passed in January 2016, according to Anat Hoffman, chairwoman of Women of the Wall, one of the parties to the petition. In October, the court postponed a ruling on the petition to allow the government time to formulate a response. On Sunday, the government voted to suspend most of the compromise. The compromise would have expanded the non-Orthodox prayer section south of the main Western Wall plaza, created a shared entrance to all prayer areas and appointed an interdenominational council to over...
Gaza - Hamas has begun work on a buffer zone along Gaza’s border with Egypt, the Islamic militant group said Wednesday, as part of an effort to assure Cairo that it’s serious about preventing the cross-border flow of weapons and militants. Hamas officials hope the creation of the buffer will lead to an easing of the crippling decade-long blockade of the coastal territory. Earlier this month, Egypt invited a high-ranking Hamas delegation for rare negotiations in Cairo. The Hamas-run Interior Ministry said the creation of the 12-kilometer-long (7.5-mile), 100-meter-wide (330-foot) corridor was a result of these talks. It said construction will take about a month. There are no homes in the sandy area. Egypt has long accused Hamas of fueling unrest in North Sinai, where its army...
Jerusalem - Israeli airline companies Arkia and El Al were presented with a legal challenge this week after being sued by three female Arab-Israeli students who claim to have been brutally frisked without cause before boarding a flight from Serbia to Israel. The three students booked an organized tour in Serbia that was offered by Israeli airline Arkia. Upon their return to Israel they were asked to step away from other group members and frisked in a manner that they claim to be brutal and without due cause. El Al is jointly being sued as it provides all Israeli airlines with security services outside the country. The students are being represented by the lawyer Awni Banna. The students had been asked to remove their clothes and were thoroughly frisked by an all-female team...
Minister of Health Yaakov Litzman’s decision not to take part in the government’s vote on freezing the Kosel’s status at the beginning of the week continues to stir up a storm. Kikar Shabbos reports he did not vote along with his colleauges. It is reported that Litzman had come to the cabinet meeting with the knowledge that the government was going to point to the cancellation of the outline – as demanded by the chareidi representatives of the prime minister sealed the deal with Aryeh Deri, that the government vote in favor of freezing the plan and not canceling it. “Litzman was furious,” relates a source who attended the meeting. “A confrontation developed between him and Aryeh Deri, who explained that everything was due to the legal advisers an...
International arrivals to the U.S. declined slightly in October 2016 compared with October 2015, continuing a downward trend in inbound tourism that began earlier in 2016. The U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C., said Monday that 6.6 million international visitors traveled to the U.S. last October, down 4,955 visits from the same month in 2015. Overall for the first 10 months of 2016, international visits declined 2 percent compared with the same period in 2015, the Commerce Department said. Experts have said that a strong U.S. dollar and lackluster economies elsewhere have made it more expensive for travelers to vacation here, leading some to choose destinations elsewhere. Some sectors of the travel industry have warned that anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies from the Tr...
The Clinton News Network is being exposed for what it really is – a fake news, anti-Trump propaganda, political smear machine
A key GOP senator weighing the pros and cons of U.S. foreign surveillance had the same question Tuesday as many Americans: Does the U.S. government sweep up their communications while monitoring targets abroad? Sen. Lindsey Graham didn’t get an answer. The South Carolina Republican said Tuesday he has reason to believe that a conversation he had with a foreign individual was intercepted and that someone in the U.S. government might have asked for Graham’s identity to be revealed. Graham wrote the CIA, FBI and the National Security Agency requesting information about whether his communications were intercepted. “Is it possible to find out if I, Lindsey Graham, was incidentally collected talking to a foreign leader abroad? Is that possible?” the senator questioned ...
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) says telco giant Verizon Wireless is scamming U.S. travelers to Israel with its TravelPass service. The plan, which promises big savings to customers who travel abroad with a flat rate of only $10 per day, has resulted in a bait-and-switch for many New Yorkers…including the Assemblyman himself. “When I travel abroad, I’m like everyone else—I want the best possible deals,” said Hikind. “Naturally, when I heard about Verizon’s TravelPass, I was interested. Who doesn’t want to save money and have the convenience of using their own phone?”“Now your wireless plan travels just like you do,” reads the online Verizon Wireless ad for TravelPass. “For just $5 a day per line in Mexico and Can...
Chareidi MKs are furious over the Bayit Yehudi party’s willingness to openly meet with heads of Reform Jewry in Israel following the decision to freeze the status quo at the Kosel. That decision, which was made by the cabinet on Sunday, 1 Tammuz, results in the de-facto halt to plans to establish an egalitarian prayer area near the Kosel. There was an exchange of words in a Knesset hallway between MK Yaakov Asher and Deputy Minister Eli Ben-Dahan, with the latter being one of the Bayit Yehudi officials who attended the meeting in question. Meanwhile, MK Moshe Gafni responded to the meeting of Bayit Yehudi and the Reform rabbis, and during a discussion in the Knesset Finance Committee, he questioned; “what if we, the chareidim, intended to meet with the Palestinians to di...
A Time magazine cover featuring Donald Trump hangs on the walls of at least four of the president’s golf clubs, in Florida, Virginia, Ireland and Scotland. But closer inspection reveals that the March 1, 2009, cover is false. The Washington Post investigated and reported Tuesday that Time had no magazine cover with that date, nor had the publication featured Trump on its cover at any time in 2009. Is the president who railed against “fake news” as recently as Tuesday decorating his clubs with phony magazine covers? A Time spokeswoman confirmed for the Post that the cover in question is not real. Representatives for the Trump Organization and the White House declined to comment. It was unclear who produced the phony magazine cover, or why.
Libertad, the Technological Innovation Fund of the Israel Security and Intelligence Service, was established to provide an innovative capability for maintaining and developing the Mossad’s technological superiority by connecting to civilian cutting-edge technological startup companies. The Israel Security and Intelligence Service (Mossad) contends with complex and dynamic challenges in many spheres of activity. In the current era, technology is one of the organization’s main growth engines, and is a basis for successes and intelligence and operational achievements. Libertad will be an additional arm of the Mossad’s technological force build-up, and will enable rapid research and development for technological build-up and for meeting the Mossad’s various goal...
Caracas, Venezuela - A police helicopter fired on Venezuela’s Supreme Court and Interior Ministry in what President Nicolas Maduro said was a thwarted “terrorist attack” aimed at ousting him from power. The confusing exchange, which is bound to ratchet up tensions in a country already paralyzed by months of deadly anti-government protests, took place as Maduro was speaking live on state television Tuesday. He later said the helicopter had fired on the pro-government court with grenades, one of which didn’t go off, helping avoid any loss of life. Adding to the intrigue, pictures of a blue police helicopter carrying an anti-government banner appeared on social media around the same time as a video in which an alleged police pilot, identified as Oscar Pe...
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