By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — A single page in the weekend edition of Yedioth Aharonoth captures the essence of where we are. One article on the page is a rational assessment of recent violence, its decline, and concludes with the point that there is no solution, other than the ceasing of incitement among the Palestinians, […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastCOGAT (Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, the IDF unit responsible for implementing government policy in Judea and Samaria) head Major General Yoav (Poli) Mordechai has decided to sanction the governor of Hebron, Kamel Hamid, and to ban him from entering sovereign Israeli territory. These sanctions are the result of the governor’s visit to
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Middle EastThe UK Labour Party has offered Israeli ambassador Mark Regev an apology after party head Jeremy Corbyn implicitly compared Israel and ISIS, Associated Press reports. Last week, Corbyn told an anti-Semitism conference that Jews are “no more responsible for the actions of Israel” than Muslims are for ISIS terrorists. Numerous prominent figures, including the UK’s
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International, Middle EastMajd Atwan, a 22-year-old Palestinian beautician and activist, sits on the front steps of her family house on May 24, enjoying her recently regained freedom. Less than a week earlier, she was behind bars after an Israeli military court sentenced her to 45 days in prison and gave her a $749 fine. Her crime: posting
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Middle EastFormer Donald Trump chief of staff Corey Lewandowski defended the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s use of an anti-Hillary Clinton graphic that used a six-point star over piles of cash, saying it looked like the star used by sheriff’s departments instead of the Star of David. Mr. Trump initially posted the graphic, which says Mrs. Clinton
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USAHatnua party leader MK Tzipi Livni was handed an invitation to report to police for questioning over “war crimes” when she landed in London last week, it has been revealed. Livni – who co-chairs the Zionist Union faction together with Labor Party and Opposition leader Yitzhak Herzog – has been similarly targeted by anti-Israel organizations
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International, Middle EastCould voters face an all-New Jersey ticket when voting for vice president this fall? Garden State Senator Cory Booker, a rumored Hillary Clinton vice presidential pick, stoked speculation on Sunday by not fully denying that he is being vetted for the job in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union.” On the Republican side,
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USAThe Islamic State took credit for a massive explosion in a Baghdad marketplace Saturday night that killed at least 125 people and wounded more than 150, celebrating a third deadly attack on civilians in a third country in the past few days. A car bomb exploded on a busy street in the heart of Baghdad
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Middle EastDHAKA, Bangladesh — The well-dressed young men entered the trendy restaurant armed with guns, crude bombs and blades. When the 10-hour siege was over, 28 people were dead — including at least one American — and Bangladesh’s attempts to underplay the threat posed by Islamist radicals lay in tatters. The hostage crisis and ensuing commando
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InternationalBritain’s Queen Elizabeth has urged political leaders to “stay calm and collected” amid the fallout from the Brexit vote. Addressing the opening of the fifth session of Scotland’s parliament, the Queen said now was a time for “hope and optimism.” “One hallmark of leadership in such a fast-moving world is allowing sufficient room for quiet
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InternationalThe Turkish ship Lady Leyla docked in Ashdod’s port shortly before 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, carrying the first shipment of humanitarian goods destined for Gaza since Israel and Turkey signed a reconciliation agreement. The 11-ton ship set out from the port of Mersin on Friday with food, medicine, toys and more. Tomorrow morning trucks will
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — We met more than once and even exchanged some letters in handwritten Hebrew. This was because he was eminently approachable and unimpressed with his fame. But it was our very first encounter that immediately came to mind when the news came of the death of Elie Wiesel—the poet
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International, Jewish HistoryPresident Barack Obama on Saturday night expressed his condolences over the passing of Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel, who was a close friend of Obama’s and who died earlier in the day at the age of 87. Wiesel, said Obama in a statement, “was one of the great moral voices of our time, and
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International, Jewish History, USA(AFP) Among the many tributes paid to Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, who passed away Saturday aged 87, those in Romania are particularly heartfelt. Thanks to Wiesel’s intervention, say Jewish groups, millions of Romanians discovered their country’s role in the Holocaust – and learning of this grim episode has helped sow seeds of tolerance. “We deeply
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