Levi Jonathan Shirley, an American Jew who volunteered to fight for the Kurdish militia in northern Syria, was killed in action on July 14th in the fierce ongoing battle to liberate the city of Manbij from ISIS hands. The Kurdish militia said in a statement that the Nevada-born Levi joined the militia in February of […]
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Middle East, USALess than two months after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu secured the support of Avigdor Liberman”s Yisrael Beytenu party, expanding his coalition from 61 to 67 seats, a new poll shows a dramatic shift in support – and the possibility of a Lapid-led government. The poll, conducted by Geocartographia for Kol HaZman, shows support for the
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Middle EastIsraeli Sports and Culture Minister Miri Regev (Likud) has said she will not attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Brazil this year, due to it falling too close to the Sabbath. The ceremony is due to take place on Friday, August 5, and would necessitate her traveling back after sundown – the
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Saturday became the first European leader to endorse Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling him a “better option” for the bloc than his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. “I am not a Donald Trump campaigner. I never thought it would occur to me that of the available options, he would
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International, USAThe far-left Hadash party has slammed the visit by a Saudi Arabian delegation to Israel, which recently met with senior Israeli officials including Foreign Ministry Secretary-General Dore Gold. In a statement, Hadash said the visit legitimized what it called Israel’s “refusal strategy” towards negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, and urged a total boycott of the
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Saturday night offered his condolences to Germany following the lethal shooting attack at a shopping center in Munich on Friday, in which nine people were murdered. “Israel sends condolences to Germany over the murder of innocent citizens in the tragic shooting attack that occurred in Munich on Friday and wishes
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International, Middle EastIsraeli government officials met with a former Saudi Arabian general with close ties to the government in Riyadh, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said Sunday. Foreign Ministry Director General Dore Gold met Anwar Eshki at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, during a rare visit by the Arab official to Israel. Eshki heads the Middle East
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Middle EastElor Azariya, the soldier charged with manslaughter over the shooting of a wounded terrorist in Hevron, took the witness stand on Sunday, testifying for the first time in a case that has divided Israelis and led to mass demonstrations on behalf of the accused. “My aspiration was to be the most combat [oriented position] possible,”
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Middle EastPHILADELPHIA — Democrats reached an agreement on Saturday that could sharply reduce the influence of superdelegates in the next presidential election, resolving an emotionally charged issue that threatened to boil over this week. The deal represents another way Bernie Sanders has left his mark on the Democratic Party despite being defeated by Hillary Clinton in
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USADemocratic nominee Hillary Clinton”s recent Vice Presidential pick of Tim Kaine has in many ways been regarded as a “safe choice”, nominally aiding her White House bid without the risk some more outspoken running-mates, like Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, could potentially have posed. A former governor and current senator for the swing-state of Virginia, Tim
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Middle East, USAOn the opera stage, he has led Attila’s Golden Horde into battle and seized the Russian throne from its hapless tsar. Now Paata Burchuladze prepares for a role he hopes will let him change his home country of Georgia for the better and quite a few of his countrymen are backing him. “I played so
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastNew Delhi (dpa) – There was still no sign on Sunday of the Indian Air Force transporter aircraft that went missing two days ago with 29 people on board, a spokesman for the air force said. A massive search for the aircraft entered its third day with 18 vessels from the navy and the coast
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InternationalBerlin (dpa) – German officials on Sunday called for the country’s gun laws to be reexamined, two days after a German-Iranian teenager armed with a semi-automatic pistol mowed down nine people before turning the gun on himself. “We must continue to do everything in our power to limit access to deadly weapons,” Sigmar Gabriel, Economics
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InternationalIt’s easy to believe, when you’re in Iraq’s southern marshes, that civilization really did begin there. Sunlight sparkles as herons dart from the reeds to spear fish, while women in long wooden boats glide through the water. The wetlands span thousands of square miles in the middle of desert. Some students of ancient history believe
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