Cairo (dpa) – Police in Cairo were taking no chances Monday that widespread anger about the Egyptian government’s decision to transfer two islands to Saudi Arabian control could result in planned public protests, with heightened deployments visible across the city. Anger about the transfer of the strategic Red Sea islands over to Saudi Arabia has […]
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Middle East
AFP — When saxophonist Eli Degibri left Israel at the age of 18 to study jazz at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, he knew he’d come back home one day. It took 15 years, which included playing with jazz greats like Herbie Hancock and Al Foster in New York, where he also
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsAs the world marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Monday tweeted that he too, is a fan of The Bard, and highlighted “The Merchant of Venice” — famous for its derogatory depiction of Jewish moneylender Shylock — as being in “accordance with Western values.” “I have read
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
A group of self-described “progressive” Jewish students at Harvard Law School has rallied behind Husam El-Qoulaq, a Students for Justice in Palestine activist who smeared former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni as “smelly”, during a panel discussion earlier this month. During the event, which included guest speakers Dennis Ross and MK Livni (Zionist Camp), El-Qoulaq
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
WASHINGTON, DC — On Tuesday, April 26, Maryland Democratic voters will choose between two hopefuls running to replace retiring US Senator Barbara Mikulski, the longest-serving female senator in American history. While Reps. Chris Van Hollen and Donna Edwards each hold similar, if not the same, positions on most issues, they differ dramatically on one particular
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Middle East, USA
It was only meant to last 40 years. But the aluminum core at the heart of Israel”s nuclear facility in Dimona, which was purchased from France in the late 1950s, has been operational since 1963, raising questions about the future of the facility. After using an ultrasound monitor to study the core, Israeli scientists discussed
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Middle EastIsrael’s Shin Bet foils Passover terrorist attack in Jerusalem (JNS.org) Three Palestinians believed to be planning a terrorist attack in Jerusalem were arrested early Tuesday, Israel’s Shin Bet security agency revealed. The suspects—ages 15, 16, and 23—are all residents of Nablus. There were arrested by a joint military, police, and Shin Bet task force in
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Middle East
The number of Palestinian youths held in Israeli prisons more than doubled during the recent outbreak of violence by Palestinians against Israeli citizens and security forces. According to new figures released by the Israel Prison Service, seen by Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Palestinian minors imprisoned for security-related crimes in Israeli cities and the West Bank increased
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Likud MK Nava Boker on Monday responded to a letter sent by 83 out of 100 senators, urging US President Barack Obama to increase the annual military aid package to Israel from $3 billion when the current agreement ends in 2018. “It would be better for all those babbling about international isolation to stop lying
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Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre pledges to rename a street and a park that honor a Nazi sympathizer who won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1912. Alexis Carrel, a pioneering research scientist, surgeon and biologist from France faced criticism toward the end of his life over his involvement with the Nazis. He died in 1944.
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International, Jewish History
Arab MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint List) has come out with a call, demanding that Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas be replaced for being a “bully” towards Arabs who have abandoned the “illusion” of peace with Israel. Zoabi has long been an open supporter of Hamas, and in February she paid a condolence visit to
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Middle EastIsrael responded Monday afternoon to recent claims made by the Jordanian government, according to which Israeli actions on the Temple Mount were threatening the Al-Aqsa Mosque and harming Arabs on the Mount. Earlier in April Jordan blasted Israel for allowing 400 Jews to ascend the Mount, accusing the group of plotting against the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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Middle EastThe Jewish community in Nigeria celebrated a very special Passover this year. Thanks to a unique collaboration between the local Chabad and the EMI SYSTEMS LTD, Nigerian Security Company owned by Israeli businessman Eyal Mesika, a kosher Passover seder was held for the first time in six major cities across the African nation, led by
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International, Jewish ReligionAn overwhelming majority of US senators signed a letter urging President Barack Obama to reach an agreement with Israel over a new defense aid package as soon as possible. “In light of Israel’s dramatically rising defense challenges, we stand ready to support a substantially enhanced new long-term agreement to help provide Israel the resources it
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Middle East, USA