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Omar, Tlaib Criticize Israel’s Travel Restrictions, Call for Aid to Be Used As Leverage
Jewish groups mobilize in Baton Rouge to aid flood victims
At midnight on Aug. 13, the floodwaters began to flow into Ellen Sager’s Baton Rouge home.
Nepal quake victims still stranded, PM says toll could be 10,000
People stranded in remote villages and towns across Nepal were still waiting for aid and relief to arrive on Tuesday, four days after a devastating earthquake destroyed buildings and roads and killed more than 4,600 people.
Egypt receives Arab billions, names prime minister
Egypt named an interim prime minister on Tuesday and rich Gulf states poured in $8 billion in aid, as the biggest Arab nation sought ways out of a crisis a day after troops killed dozens of Islamists.
U.S. to give Syrian rebels medical, food aid, not arms
The United States said on Thursday it will for the first time give non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels and more than double its aid to Syria\’s civilian opposition, disappointing opponents of President Bashar Assad clamoring for Western weapons.
Protestant churches’ letter on Israel straining ties with Jews
When 15 prominent American Protestant leaders sent a letter to Congress last week calling for an investigation and possible suspension of U.S. aid to Israel, at least one outcome was certain: The Jews wouldn’t like it.
Claims Conference steps up aid to Greek Holocaust survivors
The Claims Conference is tripling its aid to Greece’s Holocaust survivors in light of the country\’s economic crisis and funding an education program on anti-Semitism due to the recent rise of a neo-Nazi party.
Aid groups urge Israel to lift Gaza blockade
Fifty international aid groups and United Nations agencies issued a joint appeal on Thursday calling on Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by Hamas Islamists.