Trump’s Harvard visa threat could wipe out several of the school’s sports teams
Some of Harvard’s sports teams could be wiped out by a Trump administration decision that would make the school with the nation’s largest athletic program ineligible for international student visas.
Voice of America’s prospects appear grim after appeals court order
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Two Israeli embassy staffers killed amid a rise in antisemitism
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim worked for the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.
This weekend, they were slated to go to Jerusalem — Milgrim was to meet Lischinsky’s family for the first time. According to Israeli ambassador Yechiel Leiter, Lischinsky had bought a ring and was planning to propose.
Instead, they were gunned down outside an event at the Capitol Jewish Museum on Wednesday night.
The killing comes aside a rise in antisemitic incidents. Daniel Shapiro, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, reacts to the news.
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Two staff members of Israel’s embassy in Washington, D.C., were shot dead last night outside of a Jewish museum. And, House Republicans passed President Trump’s bill.
A South African journalist on Trump’s claim that white South Africans are victims
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Netanyahu says Israeli military will take full control of Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli military will take full control of the Gaza territory. The announcement came as a the new military offensive draws international rebukes.
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