Businessman Bashar Masri believes the lure of Armani and Calvin Klein can help turn Rawabi into a West Bank ‘Silicon Valley’ By Dov Lieber RAWABI, West Bank — For the Palestinian city of the future to achieve its destiny, it needs to attract the right residents, and now it has a vital component — a
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Middle EastBEIJING — South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-in ordered a probe into the U.S.-backed THAAD missile defense system Tuesday, potentially jeopardizing a major military project designed to intercept North Korean missiles. In March, Washington and Seoul deployed the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, anti-ballistic missile system in the county of Seongju, about 180
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InternationalAs a native of Jerusalem, I am acutely aware that this year marks a half-century since the Six-Day War, but I do not wish to write another commemoration of that, or any, war. However, 2017 is a marker of multiple significant anniversaries in the connected history of Palestinians and Israelis: 120 years since the first
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Middle EastSecurity forces investigating why infiltrator broke through security fence in southern Golan Heights By Judah Ari Gross The Israeli-Syrian border on the Golan Heights (Moshe Shai/Flash90) IDF soldiers arrested a man who crossed into Israel from Syria on Tuesday afternoon, the army said. The man was unarmed when he breached the security fence in the
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Middle EastNew York City sculptor Alex Gardega has erected a statue of a dog lifting its leg on the famous “Fearless Girl” statue across from Wall Street’s iconic “Charging Bull” in an act of protest. Mr. Gardega’s “Pissing Pug” went up Monday next to the “Fearless Girl” bronze statue, which defiantly stares down Arturo Di Modica’s
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAThe federal investigation into possible collusion with Russia was extended to President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, ABC News reported Tuesday. Cohen was asked to “provide information and testimony” about any connections he had to Russian officials, he confirmed. “I declined the invitation to participate, as the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and
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International, USAAlmost every day at about 10:30 a.m., President Donald Trump sits with the heads of the intelligence community and a fresh Diet Coke to discuss some of the world’s most highly classified information in the Oval Office. He prefers “killer graphics,” from pictures to videos and charts, and often interrupts the meeting with questions and
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USAViolent clashes have once again erupted on the streets of Caracas during anti-government protests. One person is thought to have died and as many as 250 others injured . Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles was among those tear-gassed by soldiers who were trying to control the protest that blocked a highway. His bodyguards helped him
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International, USAAriana Grande left Manchester quickly after the deadly bombing that followed her concert there a week ago, and now she’s returning in similar haste for a show this Sunday to benefit victims and their families. The “One Love Manchester” show will feature Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Niall Horan and Pharrell Williams in
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court made it harder to sue police for barging into a home and provoking a shooting, setting aside a $4 million verdict against two Los Angeles County deputies on Tuesday. The unanimous ruling rejected the so-called provocation rule that some lower courts have used. Under that rule, police can be sued
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USAA Canadian Jewish News story explaining the addition of Yiddish to the languages in which Canada’s National Anthem may be sung may be accessed here. http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/oy-canada-national-anthem-gets-yiddishifed Mazal tov to San Diego Jewish World‘s Dan Bloom who helped put this project in motion.
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsFor all its charm, Beirut can be a difficult place to live. The roads are often clogged with traffic, the sidewalks are narrow and it seems as though there’s a construction site on every corner. Most cities have outdoor places where residents can escape the noise and the chaos. But in Beirut, they’re in short
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Middle East, Travel and FoodGasoline, bottles, funnel, cloth found in backpack of Jabel Mukaber residents who said they planned to attack cops By Judah Ari Gross Firebomb ingredients discovered in a backpack owned by two East Jerusalem teenagers who were arrested in the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood of the capital in May 2017. (Israel Police) Prosecutors were set to file
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Middle EastIsraAir passengers describe fear and confusion as masks came down with no explanations from crew; company insists landing was not an emergency By Times of Israel staff Illustrative photo of an Israir plane on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport, August 3, 2013 (Moshe Shai/Flash90) A chartered Israir flight from Warsaw to Tel Aviv was
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