International

Teen artist excels at Yemin Orde Youth Village

YEMIN ORDE, Israel (Press Release) — After immigrating with his family to Israel from France, Ethan Amram felt isolated at his Israeli school. Instead of listening to the teacher, he sketched drawings into his notebook. Classified as an at-risk teenager, Amram thereby was eligible to attend the school at Yemin Orde, a serene youth village […]

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education

Middle East Roundup: August 22, 2016

Most Israelis and Palestinians support a two-state solution (JNS.org) The majority of Israelis and Palestinians still support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a new survey by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research. The Palestinian-Israeli Pulse poll surveyed 1,270 Palestinians and 1,184 Israelis on

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Middle East

Trust- building required for Middle East peace

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The international conference that was convened by France on June 3rd in Paris to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process ended up without concretely establishing specific measures that would persuade both parties to resume negotiations in order to reach a peace agreement. The joint communiqué issued following the conference stated “The

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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USA

Egyptian president: Putin willing to host Netanyahu and Abbas

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin informed him that he is ready to host direct talks between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Speaking in an interview with Egyptian journalists and quoted by Yedioth Ahronoth, the Egyptian president said Israeli convictions of peace are

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International, Middle East

Turkey: ‘We will continue to support the Palestinian cause’

Just two days after the Turkish parliament ratified an agreement aimed at normalizing relations between Turkey and Israel, the Turkish Foreign Ministry strongly criticized Israel’s strikes on Gaza in response to yesterday’s attack on Sderot, when a rocket was shot into the city from Gaza. “Normalization of relations with Israel does not mean that we

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Middle East

In Seven Weeks, Philippine Cops Have Killed 712 People

Philippines police announced Monday that 1,800 people have died in drug-related killings since President Rodrigo Duterte took power on June 30. This figure, police said, includes 712 drug traffickers and users killed during various narcotics operations. The remaining deaths occurred outside normal police work. The announcement comes the day after Duterte held a news conference

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International

Jordan Gets $100M To Teach Syrian Refugee Children

Jordan signed a grant agreement on Monday with the U.S., Britain, Norway and Switzerland that will provide the Arab nation with $100 million to help place Syrian refugee children in school. The country, which is home to over 600,000 displaced Syrian refugees, accommodated 145,000 Syrian children in schools during the previous academic year. Even so,

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

UK: The Queen’s wardrobe on display

London’s Buckingham Palace opened a unique and unprecedented new exhibition celebrating 90 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s style. For museumlifestyle WWecker writes about three amazing exhibitions about the dresses and the style of The Queen https://t.co/HlSO2PrnZI— MusErMeKu Blog (@musermeku) August 19, 2016 British Couture Staged at the Summer Opening of the State Rooms at the

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International, Travel and Food

ROK’s Park wins gold medal in golf; China’s Feng takes bronze

From left, Lydia Ko of New Zealand holds her silver medal, Inbee Park of the ROK holds her gold medal and Feng Shanshan of China holds her bronze medal following women’s Olympic golf competition in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. [Photo/Agencies] RIO DE JANEIRO — Feng Shanshan clinched the first medal for Chinese golfers at

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International, Sports & Competitions