By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Breaking the Silence is an Israeli NGO that collects testimonies from Israeli soldiers about their actions and experiences in the occupied territories. The accounts are at times less than complimentary to Israel’s military establishment. B’Tselem is another Israeli NGO that publishes documents about Israeli human rights violations in the
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International, Middle EastOnly humanitarian cases will be allowed in as nation mourns fallen soldiers and then celebrates its 69th year By Times of Israel staff Israeli security forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint near Ramallah, on November 22, 2016 (Flash90) Israel announced a closure of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip Saturday night ahead of Memorial Day
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Middle EastIsraeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) spoke on Friday on Channel 2’s “Meet the Israeli Press” program. In the interview, Shaked spoke about the US’ offer to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in exchange for a two-state solution. “I think it’s hopeless. It’s like banging your head against the wall,” Shaked said. “It’s a
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Middle EastManila (dpa) – An Islamist militant commander notorious for kidnapping foreigners was killed in a clash with government troops in the southern Philippines, the country’s military chief said Saturday. Alhabsi Misaya, a leader of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group, was killed in a firefight with soldiers in the town of Indanan on the island of
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InternationalTom Hanks has gifted coffee machines to the White House press corps three times since President George W. Bush took office, and the Academy Award-winning actor has a simple explanation why. “I’ve done that for Democrats and Republican administrations because those poor bastards need coffee,” Mr. Hanks told television host Stephen Colbert on Friday. “It’s
French far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen said on Saturday she would appoint nationalist Nicolas Dupont-Aignan as her prime minister, in a bid to attract more voters and defeat her centrist rival Emmanuel Macron. Dupont-Aignan, a Eurosceptic and former rival of of Le Pen, scored 4.7 percent of votes in the first round on April
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InternationalCAIRO — Pope Francis left Egypt charmed after a high-stakes, two-day visit during which he embraced Muslim leaders, challenged religious extremists and waved to fans from a blue Fiat instead of his armored popemobile. “Everyone was really touched with his sincerity,” said Vivian Gobran, 41, of Cairo, after attending a Mass that Francis celebrated at
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International, Middle EastCairo (dpa) – Pope Francis made an appeal against extremism during a Mass conducted amid tight security in Cairo on Saturday, the second and final day of his historic visit to Muslim-majority Egypt. The trip has been billed as a chance at promoting inter-faith dialogue and delivering a repudiation against religious violence. Nearly 25,000 people
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International, Middle EastA majority of White House reporters believe President Trump has already established himself as the most openly anti-media president in U.S. history, according to a report from Politico. Published on Mr. Trump’s 100th day in office, the report released Saturday indicates White House journalists overwhelmingly agree the current administration is the worst ever with respect
Ahead of the general elections Sadiq Khan encourages a vote for good local Labour candidates — almost despite the party’s leader By Jenni Frazer LONDON — In 2004, a young London Muslim lawyer named Sadiq Khan shared a platform with five political extremists at a meeting held by the Friends of Al-Aqsa, entitled “Palestine —
Back in 1967, Moscow shrugged when Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser closed the Straits of Tiran, cutting shipping routes to the Israeli port of Eilat—Israel’s only one in the Red Sea. Egyptian and Syrian troop movements on the Israeli border — coupled with Nasser’s fiery rhetoric threatening mass slaughter — paved the way for war.
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Middle EastNorth Korea test-fired a ballistic missile on Saturday, South Korea’s and US militaries said, defying intense pressure from the United States and the reclusive state’s main ally, China. North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile on Saturday, South Korea’s and U.S. militaries said, defying intense pressure from the United States and the reclusive state’s main ally,
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International, USABy Johanna Meckel Reprinted from Jweekly SAN FRANCISCO — My name is Marla Bennett, I was an exchange student from UC Berkeley studying at Hebrew University and the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies when a bomb went off in the university cafeteria and I was murdered along with nine others, four of whom were also Americans. Their
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Middle East, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Here is the text of a formal complaint to FIFA Disciplinary Committee about the exploitation of football for the promotion and glorification of terrorism by FIFA Delegate, Jibril Rajoub, the Palestinian Football Association and its officials. The Israel Institute for Strategic Studies researches and exposes important regional and global
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