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Poll: American Jews Support Iran Nuclear Deal

Among Jews under 40, the result was 59% in favor and 25% opposed, confirming a rising generation gap between younger and older Jews around questions concerning Israel.

Richard Silverstein
Par Richard Silverstein

The L.A. Jewish Journal commissioned Jewish communal pollster Steven Cohen to poll American Jews on their attitude toward the Iran nuclear deal.  The results are startling because they expose a huge divide between the positions of the Israel Lobby and Jewish leadership and the rest of the community.  While the Lobby is preparing to spend

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European Parliament Debates Letting Individual Countries Ban GMOs

Beekeepers were among the groups calling for a continent-wide ban, arguing “bees know no borders.”

MintPress News Desk
Par MintPress News Desk

BRUSSELS --- The European Parliament is debating a law which would allow individual countries in the European Union to ban genetically modified organisms, but opponents of GMOs and lawmakers both seem unhappy with the plan. GMOs already face a difficult time reaching European soil, due to regulations that require a favorable scientific

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Richard Silverstein On Israel’s Gag Orders And ‘The Middle East’s Only Democracy’

“Security, as the government defines it, trumps everything,” says Richard Silverstein, a veteran journalist who’s made a name for himself by exposing stories Israel’s domestic media are forbidden from touching.

Sean Nevins
Par Sean Nevins
Israeli journalists are seen during a press conference near a military defense missile system near Tel Aviv, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012.

WASHINGTON --- Though it describes itself as “the only democracy in the Middle East,” the Israeli government and military regularly impose gag orders to stop domestic media from reporting on sensitive information, including the detention of Israeli citizens by Hamas in Gaza, meetings between the Israeli Defense Forces and al-Qaida fighters, and the

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Despite ISIS Ascendancy, U.S. Public Wary Of War

Only 30 percent said the U.S. military campaign against Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria is going very well or fairly well, according to the poll conducted by the Pew Research Center.

Kitty Stapp
Par Kitty Stapp

NEW YORK - As the Islamic State, known variously as ISIS, ISIL and Daesh, consolidates its hold over parts of Iraq and Syria to the degree that it has in many ways become a functioning state, the U.S. public remains divided over any intervention involving ground troops, a new survey shows. Sixty-three percent said they approve of the U.S.

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UN Remains Barred From Visiting US Prisons Amid Abuse Charges

A recent visit to a federal penitentiary by President Obama has prompted the United Nations to give another shot at seeking permission to visit the U.S. prison system.

Thalif Deen
Par Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS - When U.S. President Barack Obama visited the El Reno Correctional Facility in Oklahoma last week to check on living conditions of prisoners incarcerated there, no one in authority could prevent him from visiting the prison. Obama, the first sitting president to visit a federal penitentiary, said “in too many places, black boys

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‘Fight For $15’ Tallies Giant Win In New York As Movement Marches On

Latest victory for low-wage workers, declared one McDonald’s worker, ‘has showed me what’s possible when people stick and work together.’

Jon Queally
Par Jon Queally

Fast Food workers and economic justice advocates across the country, but especially in New York, had much to celebrate on Wednesday as a state panel announced its recommendation that all employees at chain restaurants  should be paid at least $15 per hour by the year 2018. The announcement by the New York's Fast Food Wage Board followed an

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