Iran: US will face 'heavy consequences' if it stops our supertanker
Iranian vessel with illicit oil sets sail despite US warrant, headed in the general direction of Greece. Tehran uses fiery language to warn against seizure.
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Women's rights activist Gloria Steinem: Netanyahu a 'bully'
Steinem takes PM Benjamin Netanyahu to task for complying with US President Donald Trump's urging that he deny entry to Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, both advocates of the BDS movement.
TV host Bill Maher slams Democrats who support BDS
On Friday's episode of "Real Time," Bill Maher calls support for a movement founded by someone who does not recognize Israel's right to exist a "bulls*** purity test by people who want to appear 'woke.'"
Republicans: 'Attention-grabbers' will not hijack bipartisan goodwill from Israel trip
Perhaps nothing cements support for Israel more than bringing members of Congress to visit Israel’s borders with Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, and to meet with decision-makers in the region.
'Shared Afghanistan interests could open channel for US-Iran talks'
Diplomatic courses say secret messages have been relayed between Washington and Tehran for months in an attempt to get Iran and the US to cooperate on boosting security in Afghanistan.
Gibraltar decides to release Iran supertanker US sought to seize
British territory decides to lift detention order after formal written assurances from Tehran that the ship would not discharge its 2.1 million barrels of oil in Syria. US State Department responds to the move by saying it would revoke US visas for crew members on the tanker.
California Board of Education scraps anti-Israel ethnic studies curriculum proposal
It stated that “the current draft model curriculum falls short and needs to be substantially redesigned.” Pro-Israel groups applauded the decision, though vowed to keep watch on the matter.
Merkel: European mission in Strait of Hormuz likely to be discussed in Finland
EU foreign and defense ministers are due to hold informal meetings in Helsinki in late August to discuss a possible naval mission in the strait.
Sanders pledges to 'leverage' US funding to 'end some of that racism' in Israel
“All that I have ever said on [the Israeli-Palestinian conflict], is that US foreign policy should be even-handed. That’s all – even-handed,” he said in response to a question at a New Hampshire town hall meeting from an activist affiliated with the anti-Israel group IfNotNow.
Trump official: Statue of Liberty poem is about Europeans
Acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services says Emma Lazarus poem emblazoned on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty refers to "people coming from Europe where they had class-based societies."