Anthony Bourdain: Serving Up Inclusion

Bourdain, 61, was found dead on Friday in France, where he'd been working on an episode of his show Parts Unknown which explores culinary traditions around the world. John Bazemore/AP hide caption Bourdain, 61, was found dead on Friday in France, where he'd been working on an episode of his show Parts Unknown which explores culinary traditions around the world.

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Iranian officials, in a first, have admitted to facilitating the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. by secretly aiding the free travel of al Qaeda operatives who eventually went on to fly commercial airliners into the Twin Towers in New York City, according to new remarks from a senior Iranian official. Mohammad-Javad Larijani, an international affairs assistant in the Iran's judiciary, disclosed in Farsi-language remarks broadcast on Iran's state-controlled television that Iranian intelligence officials secretly helped provide the al Qaeda attackers with passage and gave them refuge in the Islamic Republic, according to an English translation published by Al Arabiya.

Lapid: The world stands with the Golan

Opposition MK Yair Lapid called on US President Donald Trump and European leaders to recognize Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights. Speaking at a Knesset conference, Lapid said, "I turn from here to US President Donald Trump: After the courageous step you took for Israel, in recognizing Jerusalem as our capital and moving the Embassy - recognize Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights."

APNewsBreak: Secret Obama-era license let Iran tap dollars

In this April 16, 2018, file photo, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks during a news conference in Cincinnati. The Obama administration secretly sought to give Iran brief access to the U.S. financial system by sidestepping sanctions kept in place after the 2015 nuclear deal, despite repeatedly telling Congress and the public it had no plans to do so.

US Ambassador to Israel Tells Journalists Who Report Truth of Gaza Massacre: ‘Keep Your Mouths Shut’

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on stage during the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018 in Jerusalem, Israel. U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman has a message for journalists who dare to report the truth about Israel's ongoing massacre of nonviolent demonstrators in Gaza: " Keep your mouths shut ."

Axe-wielding Palestinian is shot dead while trying to breach Gaza border

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Burying the One-State Solution in Palestine/Israel

The one-state option is gaining traction, but media coverage consistently suggests that the only possible scenarios for Palestine/Israel are either the two-state solution or the continued regime of Israeli occupation, colonization and apartheid. The one-state solution is the idea of bringing justice and peace to Palestine/Israel by having all inhabitants of historic Palestine-the land that includes Israel, the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza-living in one, binational country, where everyone has equal rights and political matters are settled on the basis of one person, one vote.

Activists urge Booker, Menendez to speak on Gaza

Activists urge Cory Booker, Bob Menendez to speak out on Gaza killings Representatives from the senators' offices met with protesters, who hand-delivered a letter on the violence in Gaza. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2LN08zZ Bella August, of Montclair, Alice Golin, of Glen Ridge, and Jon Moscow, of Teaneck, participate in a rally protesting the violence inflicted on Palestinians by the Israeli Occupation Forces at the Gaza border in front of the offices of Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez in Newark, NJ on Wednesday, May 30, 2018.

Israeli Warplanes Target Gaza as Militants Fire Rockets, Mortars

Palestinian militants bombarded southern Israel with dozens of rockets and mortar shells Tuesday, while Israeli warplanes struck targets throughout the Gaza Strip in the largest flare-up of violence between the sides since a 2014 war. The Israeli military said most of the projectiles were intercepted, but three soldiers were wounded, raising the chances of further Israeli retaliation.

Iran denies any of its troops killed in suspected Israeli strike in Syria

Military official dismisses report that 9 Iranians among 21 killed in Thursday raid on alleged Hezbollah weapons depot as 'a sheer lie' Iran on Saturday denied any of its troops were killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike in Syria, after a report said nine Iranians were among the dead. Reports that Iranians were killed in Thursday's strike are "a sheer lie and quite baseless," the official IRNA news agency quoted an unnamed military official as saying.

“Miss Israel” and “Wonder Woman” Gal Gadot to …

On left: How Castro's media depicted Jews That's Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin depicted as a murderous little monkey.) "Gal Gadot is on board to produce and possibly star in a movie based on Peter Kornbluh's Politico article "'My Dearest Fidel': An ABC Journalist's Secret Liaison With Fidel Castro." "When I first read Peter's article, I was entranced by his thrilling account of a complicated, fascinating woman in the midst of a high-stakes, real-life drama," Gadot said.

Attorney General Primary Candidates Accuse Each Other Of False TV Ads

The primary campaign season in Oklahoma is getting heated with both candidates for attorney general accusing each other of lying. The campaigns for Mike Hunter and Gentner Drummond have sent Oklahoma TV stations letters demanding the other's ads be pulled.

“Skirmishes”: Israel’s Syria Blitz

A key 'mainstream' media theme in covering the Israeli army's repeated massacres of unarmed, non-violent Palestinian civilians protesting Israel's military occupation in Gaza - killing journalists, a paramedic, the elderly and children - has been the description of these crimes as 'clashes'. This has been a clear attempt to obfuscate the fact that while two groups of people are involved, only one group is being killed and wounded.

The princes, the president and the fortune seekers

In this May 20, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh. In emails obtained by The Associated Press, George Nader claims he later met with Mohammed bin Salman, who by then had been elevated to crown prince, and Abu Dhabi's crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in a lobbying effort to alter U.S. policy in the Middle East.

Syrian government declares capital fully under its control

In this file photo released on Sunday, April 22, 2018 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, smoke rises after Syrian government airstrikes and shelling hit in Hajar al-Aswad neighborhood held by Islamic State militants, southern Damascus, Syria. Syria's military said Monday, May 21, 2018, that it has liberated the last neighborhoods in southern Damascus held by the Islamic State and has declared the Syrian capital and its surroundings "completely safe" and free of any militant presence.

Brennan’s broyges

Among the several Yiddish words for "angry" is " broyges ." For the purposes of alliteration and anomaly, I want to apply it to the indignation reflected in former Communist Party voter and Obama administration CIA Director John Brennan's recent tweet on Hamas's terrorist assault on Israel last week.