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The Zionist entity had a covert plan in the early 1980s to assassinate Yasser Arafat and the rest of the Palestine Liberation Organization leadership by blowing up a Beirut stadium in a massive explosion, Haaretz Israeli daily reported, citing

a report published Thursday in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.

If the plot, planned for January of 1982, had been carried out, agents working on behalf of Israel were to have placed enough explosives under and around the stadium to cause damage that, according to a senior military officer at the time, would have been unprecedented, even in terms of Lebanon, the daily said.

Few knew of the plan, the report noted, with the actions of a clandestine unit carrying out guerrilla operations and assassinations being kept secret from much of the military general staff and intelligence corps.

The impetus for the plot, according to the newspaper, was the 1979 attack on Israelis by Samir Kuntar.

Kuntar was imprisoned in 1979 in the Zionist entity and sentenced to three life terms after he and three other Lebanese residents infiltrated the occupied territories from southern Lebanon and staged an attack in the northern coastal town of Nahariya, killing three Israelis, including a police officer.

The military chief of staff at the time, Rafael Eitan, made it clear afterward that any PLO figures in Lebanon were fair game, according to the report.

The plan was halted at the last minute, with then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin calling it off hours before it was to be carried out, said the newspaper.

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TEHRAN (IQNA) Niger is reportedly in secret discussions with Israel about normalizing their relations, months after the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Sudan signed agreements to establish full diplomatic ties with the Tel Aviv regime.

According to a report published by the Israeli Hebrew-language Yedioth Ahronoth daily newspaper on Friday, speculations are rife in the Israeli ministry of foreign affairs that Niger the largest Muslim country in West Africa is likely the next Arab country to normalize ties with Israel.

The news comes in light of Israeli media reports in recent weeks that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is encouraging Niger's officials to take the measure.

The Yedioth Ahronoth noted that the Israeli ministry of intelligence believed there would be a breakthrough in secret communications to conclude the normalization agreement between Israel and Niger if former interior minister and president of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya) Mohamed Bazoum won the December 27 presidential election.

The newspaper cited Israeli intelligence minister Eli Cohen as saying that the forthcoming election in Niger will be essential in terms of moving forward normalization between the Tel Aviv regime and Niamey.

US President Donald Trump announced on October 23 at the White House that Sudan and Israel had agreed to normalize relations.

Trump sealed the agreement in a phone call with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Sudanese counterpart Abdalla Hamdok and chairman of the Sovereignty Council Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan, senior US officials said.

Sudans acting Foreign Minister Omar Gamareldin, however, later said the accord would depend on approval from its yet-to-be formed legislative council.

It is unclear when the assembly will be formed under a power-sharing deal between the countrys military officers and civilians.

Earlier, Netanyahu signed US-brokered normalization deals with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani during a September 15 ceremony at the White House.

The normalization deals have drawn widespread condemnation from Palestinians, who seek an independent state in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital. They say the deals ignore their rights and do not serve the Palestinian cause.

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As a delegate to last months World Zionist Congress who participated along with more than 500 other elected delegates from around the world, I eagerly and longingly watched a livestream out of Israel from the comfort of my home in Cleveland, Ohio. Here we were, all alone, yet functioning as a group as the only democratically elected international body that decides the direction of world Jewry. And we were meant to be together in the Holy Land! Theodore Herzl would never had envisioned it this way in 1897. Yet the history of this election is perhaps less about the marvelous technological advances of 2020, and more about the new faces who now could have a seat, albeit virtually, at the Congress.Theres nothing like looking back at history to truly appreciate the present, and the livestream video I watched featuring pictures of decades of World Zionist Congresses made me appreciate my position as a delegate in the historic slate of Eretz HaKodesh so much more profoundly. Basel 1898. Zurich 1929. Jerusalem 1951. Images of men and women who cared so deeply about the land and statehood of Israel, who came together, sharing a mutual desire to strengthen the Jewish people. Pictures of men and women, many of whom were Holocaust survivors, who understood the urgency of having a homeland. People who were the ones responsible for settling the land, setting up the state, and bringing in others to immigrate and settle the land themselves.There were pictures of David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir and Menachem Begin over the years, speaking from the podium and speaking with delegates. My mind flashed to a photograph I know very well, taken in the 1950s of Menachem Begin, before he became prime minister, speaking with my maternal grandparents in their home. The story is that he begged them to leave South Africa and move to Israel. My grandparents are counted among the people who were invested in the growth of our Jewish homeland, even if they did not physically live there.Now Im one of those people, and Im a new kind of delegate in a new slate, Eretz HaKodesh. I am an observant Jew, unlike my grandparents. I try to live my life according to traditional Orthodox Judaism. I believe that while we Jews may differ passionately in our beliefs (and unfortunately the chasms are deep at times), we must be respectful of one another and practice the fine art of loving while disagreeing. We are family. We must choose to focus on what unites us: our shared values of the importance of a secure Jewish state, Jewish education, immigration, supporting Israel through tourism, fighting antisemitism, and the greatness of the Jewish people.I believe that Israel is our physical and spiritual homeland. I love Israel and am grateful for the State of Israel that creates the infrastructure necessary for our people to achieve nationhood in our land. I understand that haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties have never participated in the Congress before, and I am proud to have a seat at the table now, because we need to be represented. The Jewish people is diverse, and we all need to have a stake in our outcome. Its our right.It turns out I am not alone in my sentiments. The result of the American Zionist Movement elections in early 2020 won Eretz HaKodesh over 20,000 votes, making Eretz HaKodesh the third largest party, claiming more than 15% of the votes. We earned 25 seats at the World Zionist Congress. Its our time to join the leadership of the WZO.The election shifted the entire Congress toward religious and more right-leaning secular slates. The World Mizrachi slate, the Orthodox Israel Coalition (OIC), came in second place. The shift is significant, as five years ago liberal groups won a super-majority of delegates. Together with OIC and ZOA, the Zionist Organization of America, we make up the majority, and we are all Orthodox. Our coalition believes we are representing the needs and wants of a large rising segment of religious Diaspora Jews. This segment wants us to advocate for them as we work to benefit the global Jewish community while preserving traditional Jewish values and practices. And that is what we have come to do.

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Over the weekend, the news broke that on August 7, Mohammad al-Masrithe al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiris number twowas gunned-down on the streets of Tehran alongside Osama bin Ladens daughter-in-law. According to multiple unnamed U.S. officials, he was assassinated by Israeli agents operating at Washingtons behest. Masri had organized the 1998 attack on the American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, which left a total of 224 people dead; in 2002 he orchestrated a botched attack on Israeli targets in Mombasa, Kenya, that left thirteen dead. Yoav Limor seeks to explain both the reasons for the strike on Masri, and for the decision to leak the details:

Israels declared policy is that assassinations are only a means for preventing future attacks, not exacting vengeance. Although Israeli officials have claimed Masri was busy planning attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets across the globe, it isnt very likely considering the fact that al-Qaedawhich for years now has struggled to carry out high-profile attacksis focusing its efforts on fighting the Americans and moderate Sunni regimes in the region, not Israel.

Its more reasonable to assume that Israel lent a hand to its most important ally, despite concerns that doing so would make it a target of al-Qaeda. There is clear operational value in this, but also considerable deterrence value. Toward al-Qaeda, obviously, but mainly toward Iran, which understands it is again penetrated and is in the crosshairs of the Israelis and Americans. This message should not be underestimated: Iran is mulling its nuclear options.

Masris presence in Tehran also gives the lie to the Obama administrations claim that Shiite Iran could be a useful ally in the fight against Sunni extremist groups like al-Qaeda. Of course, such a demonstration is hardly necessary, seeing as Osama bin Laden noted in correspondence with his lieutenants that his organizations core facilitation pipeline ran through the Islamic Republic. Limor remarks:

Iran, which is fighting al-Qaida in Iraq and Syria, is hosting one of the organizations most senior figures because he serves its interest by fighting the Americans in Afghanistan. It will continue doing this as long as it serves its objectives.

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One of the leaders of the Proud Boys, the far-right group that President Donald Trump told to stand back and stand by during a presidential debate, is trying to rebrand the organization as explicitly white supremacist and antisemitic.Kyle Chapman, the founder of a tactical defense arm of the Proud Boys known for engaging in street violence, claimed in a message on the encrypted chat app Telegram that he has staged a coup against the current leader of the Proud Boys a Black man named Enrique Tarrio.

We will confront the Zionist criminals who wish to destroy our civilization, Chapman wrote after using other bigoted language. We recognize that the West was built by the White Race alone and we owe nothing to any other race.

Chapman also wrote that he has renamed the group the Proud Goys, referring to the Jewish term for non-Jews that neo-Nazis have tried to appropriate and use to symbolize their antisemitism.

It is unclear how Chapmans call has been received by others in the group. Other Proud Boys channels on Telegram have not reflected the changes he wants to institute, and a message from the administrator of one said, No, we are not the Proud Goys. No, Kyle didnt stage a coup, and then referred to him with an ableist slur.

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The Proud Boys were founded in 2016 by Gavin McInnes, a far-right provocateur and misogynist who also co-founded the Vice media brand. The group has billed itself as a Western chauvinist fraternal organization but thus far has insisted that its preference for Western civilization was not built on racist or antisemitic views.

Members are known for wearing gold-and-black Fred Perry polo shirts, which the retailer has discontinued in opposition to the group, and engaging in street brawls with left-wing protesters.

In his post on Telegram, Chapman said he deposed Tarrio, whom he referred to with a racial slur. He wrote that the group will now focus on the issues of White Genocide, the failures of multiculturalism, and the right for White men and women to have their own countries where White interests are written into law and part of the body politic.

White genocide is a myth advanced by white supremacists that falsely claims that nonwhite immigration and interracial marriage are a conspiracy to destroy white people.

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Commander of the Galil Division in the Zionist army, General Shlomi Binder, stressed that all the military measures taken on border with Lebanon cant prevent Hezbollah from invading Galilee.

During the upcoming confrontation, the Israeli army will evacuate the border military sites and the close settlements, according to Binder who pointed out that all the measures taken to repel Hezbollah forces can be surpassed.

Binder noted that Hezbollah military experience in Syria indicates its invasion of Galilee will be set off above the ground, adding that the Israeli sites on border are not prepared to face well-sophisticated guerilla army,, like Hezbollah.

The Zionist general stressed that the Galilee Division will be tasked to face Hezbollah invasion, expecting that the partys forces takes control of at least one of the 22 border settlements.

Binder also expected that the battle would be so hard and that a large number of Israeli soldiers and settlers would be killed.

During his latest speech on Martyr Day, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah highlighted the advancement of the Resistance military capabilities which pushed the enemys army to conduct defensive drill for the first time in its history in anticipation of Hezbollah invasion of Galilee.

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NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and the Aspen Institute today announced the Class of 2020 and 2021 of the Civil Society Fellowship: A Partnership of ADL and the Aspen Institute. This Fellowship, part of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, aims to prepare and engage the next generation of community and civic leaders, activists and problem-solvers from across the political spectrum.

The Civil Society Fellowship, launched in 2019, is tripling its capacity after seeing significant interest in the program, and a heightened need to bring our nation's future leaders together from across the ideological spectrum to hone their leadership skills and build relationships. As we witnessed in the Presidential election, the country is seeing unprecedented division across political and ideological lines and civil discourse is needed now more than ever to bring our future leaders together to generate the broad-based solutions that our country needs.

The two new classes include 49 Fellows, selected from a pool of approximately 200 nominees from across the country. The Fellows reflect a diverse mosaic representing a broad geographical, political and ideological swath of the United States. The new Fellows include conservatives and liberals and include mayors, chiefs of police, professors and educators, entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, journalists, lawyers, poets, athletes and activists. All are proven leaders who have reached an inflection point in their lives where they are ready to apply their talent and skills to build a more civil society. Civil society requires the participation and mutual understanding of all, regardless of political affiliation. The Fellowship is intended to ground Fellows, all between the ages of 25 and 45, with a foundation to work toward a more civil society and discourse. They join 20 inaugural Fellows in the Civil Society Fellowship and the 3,000+ Fellows in the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

Civil Society Fellows will spend five weeks over the course of three years in structured retreat in the U.S. and abroad exploring their leadership, core values and visions for a more free, just and equitable society, as well as their desired legacies. Seminars created in text-based dialogue and experiential engagement will take place virtually until in-person seminars can safely resume. Each Fellow will launch a leadership venture tackling a societal problem of their choosing that will stretch them and make a positive impact on their communities, their country and the world.

In the first year of the Civil Society Fellowship, our inaugural Civil Society Fellows were on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, engaging in the effort to protect and support their communities. Joseph Kunkel,Executive Director, SNC Design Lab, MASS Design Group, architect and a citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, developed affordable housing solutions to fight COVID-19 within Indian Country. Blair Milo, Secretary of Career Connections and Talent, State of Indiana, assisted with supply chain management to rapidlyacquire desperately needed personal protective equipment for the state. Shawn Barney, Managing Director of real estate development firm CLB Porter, launched a series of virtual lunches with New Orleans public and private sector leaders to discuss a post-COVID #hardreset informed by lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina's uneven recovery. Lauren McCann, Vice President, Stand Together, helped launch #givetogethernow,an initiative in partnership with the Family Independence Initiative, which served to funnel funds directly to families and individuals affected by the COVID-19 crisis and raised over $14 million in commitments.These are just a few examples of how Fellows have led, and continue to lead, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the aftermath of the Presidential election, the Civil Society Fellows are hosting a Town Hall on Friday, November 20th at 12pm EST to engage in a national conversation about the state of the United States. Civil Society Fellows will serve as hosts of a series of short conversations with key community members and elected leaders from Appalachia to California; from the Southwest to Michigan; from Florida to New York. These discussions will engage Americans from across the political spectrum asking questions such as: "What is your dream for America?" "What is a good society?" and "What does America mean to you?" Registrationfor the Town Hall is free and open to the public.

"In this moment of crisis, we've seen that cooperation can be the difference between chaos and order, fear and calm," said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt. "We are proud to meet the challenge of this particularly divisive era by engaging twice the number of Fellows as last year, bringing people together across political, ideological and geographical divides to work toward developing innovative strategies and solutions to our country's most serious problems."

"Today, our nation confronts incredible challenges that can only be overcome through collaboration and unity. At the same time, our nation is more divided than ever, which is clearly visible in our political landscape," said Marc Rowan, philanthropist, co-founder of Apollo Global Management and the Fellowship's lead benefactor. "We believe that the next generation of leaders is our best hope for progress. The Civil Society Fellowship will provide the opportunity for Fellows from diverse backgrounds to come together, share insights, engage respectfully, and ultimately drive our nation's path forward."

"The Aspen Institute, along with ADL, ishonoredto welcome our 49 new Fellows,each of whom hasdemonstrated the capacity and potential todrive impact andunite our country,"said Dan Porterfield, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute. "ThisFellowshipcultivates the next generation ofpurpose-driven, values-based leadersexactly whatAmerica needsright now."

"2020 has blown away old norms, and given the urgent conditions in our country, we were inspired to increase our commitment to a healthy civil society by announcing two classes of stellar Civil Society Fellows," said Nike Irvin, Managing Director of the Civil Society Fellowship. "We are answering the heightened need for values-based leadership at this history-making time in our country and society."

"The leadership journey of a social entrepreneur can have periods of great challenge and tumultuous change," said Civil Society Fellowship Advisory Committee member Shamina Singh, President of the Center for Inclusive Growth and Executive Vice President of Sustainability at Mastercard. "As a Henry Crown Fellow, I'm delighted that ADL and Aspen collaboratively support emerging leaders from across the political, geographical, gender, and racial spectrum. At this period of intense reckoning and brinksmanship, we need to be supporting more and more inclusive and civil discourse."

The Civil Society Fellowship Class of 2020 is:

Samar Ali, Founding President & CEO, Millions of Conversations, Nashville, TNCaleb Cage, COVID-19 Response Director, Office of the Governor, State of Nevada Reno, NVTyler Deaton, President, Allegiance Strategies, Middleburg, VARudy Espinoza, Executive Director, Inclusive Action for the City, Los Angeles, CAYordanos Eyoel, Partner, New Profit, Malden, MAAmir Farokhi, Councilmember, City of Atlanta, Atlanta, GAAmber Fogarty, President, Mobile Loaves & Fishes, Austin, TXJoy Friedman, Director of Organizing, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Los Angeles, CADaveed Gartenstein-Ross, Chief Executive Officer, Valens Global, Raleigh, NCMia Garza McCord, President, Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute, Austin, TXDarius Graham, Program Director, Baltimore, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Baltimore, MDBrittany Hughes, U.S. Legislative and Regulatory Supervising Associate, Ernst & Young, Washington, DCDhani Jones, NFL Player (Retired)/Social Entrepreneur, Stand Together, Bloomfield Township, MI Vu Le, Founder, NonprofitAF.com, Seattle, WAJolene Loetscher, Owner, Mud Mile Communications, Sioux Falls, SDJulie McCarthy, Co-Director, Economic Justice Program, Open Society Foundations, Brooklyn, NYAeryn Palmer, Legal Counsel, Wikimedia Foundation, San Francisco, CAPatrick Robinson, Deputy Chief of Police, Sarasota Police Department, Sarasota, FLSadia Sindhu, Executive Director, Center for Effective Government, University of Chicago, Chicago, ILWilliam Snowden, New Orleans Director, Vera Institute of Justice, New Orleans, LARebekah Staples, President and Founder, Free State Strategies, LLC, Jackson, MSMichael Tubbs, Mayor, City of Stockton, Stockton, CAEdgar Villanueva, Founder and Principal, Decolonizing Wealth Project, Brooklyn, NYGloria Walton, President & CEO, Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education | SCOPE, Whittier, CAJames Woodall, State President, Georgia NAACP, Atlanta, GA

The Civil Society Fellowship Class of 2021 is:

Jasmine Banks, Executive Director, UnKoch My Campus, Fayetteville, ARReginald Dwayne Betts, Director, Million Book Project, New Haven, CTRabia Chaudry, Attorney/Author/Advocate, Undisclosed, LLC, Washington, DCPercilla Frizzell, Founder, Sacred Generations, Yokuts Territory Sarah Haacke Byrd, Executive Director, Women Moving Millions, New York, NYTheon Hill, Associate Professor of Communication, Wheaton College, Wheaton, ILEvanna Hu, Co-Founder/CEO, Omelas, Inc., Washington, DCMelissa Hyatt, Chief of Police, Baltimore County Police Department, Towson, MDSaif Ishoof, Vice President for Engagement, Florida International University, Miami, FLJason Jenkins, SVP, Communications and Community Affairs, Miami Dolphins, Miami Gardens, FLLucas Johnson, Executive Director, Civil Conversations & Social Healing, The On Being Project, Minneapolis, MNKody Kinsley, Deputy Secretary, Behavioral Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, North Carolina Dept. of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, NCJorge A. Lima, VP Immigration, Stand Together, Washington, DC George McGraw, CEO, DigDeep Right to Water Project, Los Angeles, CAShaka Mitchell, Tennessee State Director, American Federation for Children, Nashville, TNAndrew Pappas, General Counsel, Arizona House of Representatives, Phoenix, AZEllen Ray, Chief Strategy and Solutions Officer, Chicago Cares, Chicago, ILLillian Singh, Vice President of Programs & Racial Wealth Equity, Prosperity Now, Washington, DCKelsey Skaggs, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Climate Defense Project, Berkeley, CAAarti Tandon, CEO, Citizen Eight LLC, New York, NYBatya Ungar-Sargon, Opinion Editor, The Forward, Brooklyn, NYTony Vargas, Nebraska State Senator, Nebraska State Legislature, Omaha, NEMartin Vitorino, Deputy Executive Director, InsightLA, Los Angeles, CALt. Col. Jerad Warren, Joint Staff, U.S. Air Force, Fairfax Station, VA

Photos and bios for the new Fellows are available here.

An Executive Committee is charged with oversight of the program; an Advisory Committee of national leaders representing diverse perspectives helped in sourcing nominees for the cohort. The combined approach of both committees ensures the non-partisan nature of the Fellowship in keeping with the Aspen Institute's tradition of values-based leadership development.

The Fellowship welcomes interest for future nominations at http://www.civilsocietyfellowship.org. We anticipate naming our next class in late 2021 / early 2022.

About the Civil Society Fellowship

The Civil Society Fellowship is a leadership development program preparing the next generation of community and civic leaders, activists and problem solvers from across the political spectrum. The Fellowship provides participants the opportunity to engage in experiential learning and text-based dialogue, build trust among a diverse cohort of leaders based on shared insights and mutual respect, and put ideas into action through a required leadership venture. The Fellowship is a partnership of ADL and the Aspen Institute. The Fellowship is now accepting nominations for future Fellows at civilsocietyfellowship.org.

About ADL

ADL is a leading anti-hate organization. Founded in 1913 in response to an escalating climate of antisemitism and bigotry, its timeless mission is to protect the Jewish peopleand to secure justice and fair treatment for all. Today, ADL continues to fight all forms of hate with the same vigor and passion. ADL is the first call when acts of antisemitism occur. A global leader in exposing extremism, delivering anti-bias education and fighting hate online, ADL'sultimate goal is a world in whichno group or individual suffers from bias, discrimination or hate. More at http://www.adl.org.

About the Aspen Institute

The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit organization committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society. Founded in 1949, the Institute drives change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the most important challenges facing the United States and the world. Headquartered in Washington, DC, the Institute has a campus in Aspen, Colorado, and an international network of partners. For more information, visit aspeninstitute.org.

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Supporters of President Trump descended on Washington D.C. during rallies to protest the 2020 election. USA TODAY

WASHINGTON Tens of thousands of people clad in red, white and blue rallied and marchedin support of outgoing President Donald Trumpin Washington on Saturdayafternoon to protest supposed voter fraudin the 2020 presidential election. But as night fell, skirmishes between protesters and counterprotesters broke out across the city.

At least 20people had been arrested as of Saturday evening on a variety of charges, including assault and weapons possession,The Associated Press reported. One stabbing was reported, two police officers were injured and several firearms were also recovered by police.

The daytime rally advertised by several names including Million MAGA March, Stop the Steal and March for Trump started at Freedom Plaza, wherethe crowd'schants of "four more years"and "stop the steal" largely drowned out event speakers. Part of the group then marched to the Capitol.

The crowd was largely protesting"voter fraud,"to "show support for our President" and to "preserve the integrity of the vote," according to various event pages.Trump has refused to concede and leveled allegations of voter fraud to claim the election was stolen from him.

Most of the rally participants were not wearing face masks, which helpprevent the spread of COVID-19.The massive crowd, filled with red Make America Great Again hats and large flags with Trumps name, was an unusual site in the nations capital, aliberal city.Biden won D.C with 93% of the vote, according to The Associated Press.

Many in the crowd traveled from across the U.S. to attend the event.

Tracy Lavis, wearing a red Trump flag as a cape, waved a large American flag in the square with others who traveled with her from Michigan for the event.

"I needed to be here. We all need to show our president some support,"Lavis said, explaining she took an overnight bus to get to D.C. for the rally. "He needs it. He needs us. Hes been wrung through the wringer since day one."

Lavis, like other supporters, railed against the integrity of the election and the media declaring former Vice President Joe Biden the victor. "Its not fair. Every legal vote should be counted," she added.

Jeremy Cleary and his mother, Lois, drove from Pennsylvania to support the president. "This is far from over,"Jeremy Cleary said of Trump. "Hes still in it."

He noted that he hadn't seenany violence and said he hopes that continues.

"No matter what happens with the election, Im hoping we can all come together after," he said. "I have a lot of faith in the American people that we can do this."

Backstory: We investigated claims of voter fraud in the election. Here's what we found.

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Marcello Milone, who traveled with his family, including his 15-year-old son, from South Carolina, said they were there to "demand the truth."

"I dont understand how the country went to bed with Trump up by tons of votes on election night then days later Biden is called the winner, he said, waving an American flag. "It doesnt make any sense."

Biden made a comeback in several swing states after millions of absentee and mail-in ballots were counted. The delay was due to a significant rise in mail-in ballots amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Milone argued recounting votes in many states was needed and it would reassure the country of the results.

"If you can do this today, whether you like Biden or you like Trump, what happens when you dont like the next one,"he added. "We need the truth because this is a fundamental aspect of American democracy."

Fewcounterprotesters were spotted near theinitial rally, but several D.C. locals held up signs reading "TRUMP LOST."The small group attracted the attention of some Trump supporters, who laughed at the group and yelled things like "youre a joke"and "the election was rigged."

Jan Bisaga, 27, waved a black "TRUMP IS OVER"sign at Republicans marching around the Capitol. "Welcome to DC!" he screamed while waving at Trump supporters. "Trump lost! Woo!" Trump supporters threw things at him, tore his sign and yelled expletives and "brainwashed by the media!"

Bisaga, who lives in the D.C. area, said he decided to come out and antagonize Trumps supporters. "I wanted to celebrate Bidens great victory and to be honest, troll these Trump supporters,"he said, laughing. "Them marching isnt changing the outcome just like me being out here isnt doing anything."

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Later Saturday, Trump supporters faced off with a group of about two dozen counterprotesters near the Supreme Court, where some held up signs supporting Biden and Black Lives Matter. One poster said: "We made it great on Nov. 3! Go home!"

Dozens of officers several in riot gearand metal barricades separated the two groups as they screamed expletives at one another through megaphones. Policehad to move back counterprotesters several times as Trump supporters yelled threats and dared them to come face-to-face.

Near Union Station, Trump supporters and counterprotesters fought, and one man was left bloodied.The man, who was wearing an American flag mask, was punched multiple times in the face by at least two people wearing all black.Police and medics quickly offered aid to the man, who collapsed on the ground.

At Black Lives Matter plaza, just a block from the White House, Trump supporters and counterprotesters faced off in a number of tense confrontations. Liberals chased conservatives from the plaza, some tearing flags from Trump supporters and screaming at them on megaphones to "get out"of the city.

Counterprotesterstore one red Trump flag from a Trump supporter and lit it on fire in the square.In another altercation, a Trump supporter used a long white PVC pipe and swung at counterprotesters after someone swiped his hat.Police increased their presence and were using bikes to make a protective line around Trump supporters trying to leave the area.

Saturday night, a group of several dozen people many wearing all black moved through the streets, targeting anyone in Trump attire. A group of Trump supporters were dining at P.J. Clarke's near the White House, and someone in the grouplaunched a firework at them, which exploded near a couple's table as they walked away. A man who was dining picked up a chair and threw it at some journalists.

Some people traded shoves, punches and slaps, as seen via videos on social media.A man with a bullhorn yelling Get out of here! was shoved and pushed to the street by a man who was then surrounded by several people and shoved and punched until he fell face first into the street. Bloody and dazed, he was picked up and walked to a police officer.

After several arrests, the groupand police clashed, and police used a chemical agent on the crowd.Several people vandalized with graffiti a truck with a MAGA hat on its dashboard outside The Capitol Hilton and slashed one of its tires. People who were hit by the chemical were crying as others washed out their eyes with water.

Although the rally wasnot considered an extremist event, it caused a buzz in right-wing circles on social media including Parler and Telegram, according to the Anti-Defamation League. Much like the social media site Gab, Parler has quickly attracted the extremist crowd in addition to self-proclaimed center-right conservatives.

Oren Segal, vice president for the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism, told USA TODAYhe doesn't believe the event would bea public safety threat. "I would say the D.C. march is kind of a physical manifestation of online platforms like Parler where people are introduced to more extreme concepts," Segal said. "That's the danger."

Background on today's rallies: Trump supporters plan rallies in Washington DC, experts warn extremists may attend

Among the crowd Saturday, there were several massive 20- or 30-foot flags that supporters held out to be spotted from above."TRUMP 2020 LAW AND ORDER"read one blue and black flag.

Merchandise carts were sprinkled on nearly every corner around the plaza, with merchants yelling "buy your stop the steal T-shirts!"Some passed out posters with Trump being depicted as Superman. One man was attempting to sell Trump face masks, screaming to the crowd, "keep your germs to yourself!"

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany claimed on Twitter that the crowd size was "more than one million marchers," and Trump said on Twitter that "hundreds of thousands of people" turned out. But reporters on the scene estimated that there were tens of thousandsof people at the rally.

"We will WIN!" Trump said in a series of tweets Saturday afternoon.

Trump indicated Friday that he may stop by the rally, but he left the White House early Saturday to go golfing. As the presidential motorcade headed out to Pennsylvania Avenue and did a circuit of Freedom Plaza, hundreds of Trump supporters liningboth sides of the streets applauded, cheered, wavedand whistled.

'Abuse of the rule of law': 1,000 ex-judges, attorneys slam Trump's false claims of voter fraud

Earlier in the week D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department said they were monitoring the eventsbut would not provide a crowd estimate. Police released an advisory noting some roads will be closed and parking will be restricted throughout downtown Washington and reminding the public that they are prohibited from carrying a firearm within 1,000 feet of any protest, including those who have a concealed carry permit.

Meanwhile,500 Trump supporters nearly all masklessconverged Saturday in Delray Beach, Florida, to insist the election was stolen and to encourage Trump to stay in power, no matter the results. The event was highlighted by a marchand speech by provocateur Roger Stone who was pardoned by Trump.

A week ago Saturday, after states spent days counting ballots, several news outlets projectedBiden to be the winner of the 2020 presidential election. USA TODAY has not found any evidence of widespread voter fraud. See more below:

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My ex is dating the Jewish equivalent of Becky with the good hair.

Let me explain.

The Jewish community invests in colorism, insofar as being a Jew of color isnt as desirable as being Ashkenazi, insofar as being thin and blonde is better than being a fat brunette, insofar as my fathers much lighter-skinned family members interpret my mother as a woman of color and shun her.

The terms Becky with the good hair and colorism originated within the Black community. Im borrowing them, not out of an attempt to denigrate or appropriate them, but because theyre all I have. Im not aware of Jewish scholarship that I can draw from about the way assimilation to whiteness has impacted how we collectively view beauty.

Another reason Im borrowing Beyoncs terminology is that the only thing keeping my broken heart beating is the feeling that somewhere out there, another woman understands what it feels like to be me at this moment in time.

Im angry at the way power works, that I internalized the idea that Im worth less because my mother is a woman of color. That my fathers family taught me to view her as a cultural other.

I dont believe Im good enough to be loved because white supremacy taught me to hate a part of myself.

Im angry that I look at Becky, who Ive never met, whos never done anything to me, and I want to tear off my own face like a mask. Like if I destroy myself, I can get to the beautiful white-assimilated girl inside of me. Im angry that I spent so many years destroying myself with eating disorders to make myself into that girl.

Im not that girl. Im my mothers daughter.

Relationships arent independent from power. Jewish women who look like her have access to Jewish professional organizations that, in my experience, say yes to women who look like me, but snigger behind our backs until we finally slink away, humiliated.

I look at Jewish women who have earned degrees from Stanford or Harvard, women who have become doctors or lawyers, and I see women who look like Becky. I look at Jewish women who speak and argue publicly on behalf of feminism or Palestinian rights, and I see women who look like me. The power we hold or dont hold changes us and carves the paths laid out for us in life.

We make decisions about who to treat with respect and how much of our time to give based on how we perceive the value of other people. That perception is related to the messages our media sends about what it means to be beautiful, powerful, and lovable.

For example, I used to watch The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Then I realized that almost all of the female Jewish characters on that show, including Mrs. Maisel herself, are played by non-Jewish actresses.

My Jewish community is impatient with my unwillingness to embrace the idea that assimilation to white hegemonic norms is what will ensure our communitys survival.

Im impatient with my communitys unwillingness to see just how many people are left behind in the rush to assimilate at all costs.

Ive been taught to view the world through a white supremacist lens, so Ive been led to believe that Becky with the good hair will love my ex better than me. That shell feel secure in his love where I didnt. That shell smile back when he smiles at her, and not suspiciously ask him why hes laughing at her. Countless cultural forces have teamed up to convince her and I both that shes more lovable than me. She may not believe that, but I do.

Self-love is important, but its not the only important thing. Other kinds of love matter, too. And so here I am, hoping someone from my community is listening. Assimilation left a lot of people behind, and Im one of those people.

The strategy of assimilation wasnt a choice I made it was a choice my parents made for me before I was born.

Now that Im all grown up, Id like to un-make that choice.

So Im borrowing Beyoncs language, and Im talking about colorism because these are the only words I have. And I hope I may be forgiven for doing so.

Without love, safety is worthless. Without truly seeing each other, my community cannot begin to learn how to love each other free from monstrous, white supremacist messages.

I need that. Someday, maybe I will see that man again, and if I do, I dont want a brain full of white supremacist ideas telling me what to think or feel or do. I dont want to look at him and see someone more assimilated to whiteness and therefore better than me. I just want to look at him and see a person a perfectly imperfect, beloved person staring back at me.

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Israels Prime Minister is said to be so concerned that Israelis might misbehave during trips to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that he is advocating a Code of Conduct in an attempt to avoid embarrassing incidents that could strain newly forged diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Only yesterday, the Dubai Police Force was forced to deny rumors two Israelis had been arrested for taking photos of sensitive high-security buildings in the emirate.

Benjamin Netanyahu has backed the idea of a Code of Conduct to educate Israelis about cultural differences that could lead to embarrassing incidents according to state broadcaster Kan.

Israels foreign minister Gabi Ashkenazi is also said to have backed the need to educate Israelis before they travel to the UAE, saying Emiratis are very sensitive and Israelis sometimes dont know how to behave.

A booklet is already been prepared with important dos and donts for Israeli travellers to the UAE according to the Times of Israel.

Israel and the UAE agreed to normalize diplomatic relations for the first time in the history of either country this August. Within days, there was talk of direct flights opening between the two countries and particular interest in Israelis visiting Dubai.

flydubai has already confirmed plans to start regular commercial flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv from November 26 with 14-weekly flights to Ben Gurion Airport. Etihad Airways announced on Monday that it would also launch flights between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv beginning March 28, 2021.

In preparation for a surge in Jewish visitors, Emirates Airlines is opening up the first dedicated Kosher food production facility in the UAE. The facility will not only produce airline meals but also supply hotels and restaurants across the emirates with Kosher certified food and drink.

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