Middle East

Muslim volunteer calls on others to join her in lifesaving

UMM AL-FAHM, Israel (Press Release) — On Wednesday morning, one of the more active emergency medical service (EMS) volunteers in Umm al-Fahm, an Arab town located in Wadi Ara, responded to a car accident that saw two people lightly injured. The volunteer EMT treated both of the injured parties after they were evacuated from their […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Turkey’s President: U.S. Is a ‘Partner in Bloodshed’

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan labeled the United States Monday a “partner in bloodshed” over President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Since his decision on Wednesday, protests and demonstrations broke out across the Arab world. Erdogan, whose nation only started to normalize relations with Israel last year, said Trump’s announcement would permanently

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Middle East, USA

Germany ‘ashamed’ over anti-Israel protests

The German government said Monday it was “ashamed” of weekend demonstrations against the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, which saw some protesters chant anti-Semitic slogans and torch Israeli flags. Government spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters that although Berlin opposed the move by US President Donald Trump last week, it strongly condemned protests

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International, Middle East, USA

PA resident accused of raping 10-year-old Jerusalem girl

Police are investigating a Palestinian Authority Arab on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old haredi girl, Kikar Hashabbat reported. The Arab was renovating the family’s Jerusalem home when he entered the girl’s room and raped her. The girl told her parents, who brought her to the police station to file a complaint. After the girl

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Middle East

India’s deafening silence after Trump’s Jerusalem shift

India’s two-sentence response to the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last week elicited mixed reactions after New Delhi for decades strongly backed the Palestinian cause. The static statement to a dynamic situation was described by some as muted, others as pragmatic, and still others alleging it imbibes the anti-Muslim right-wing consensus of the

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International, Middle East, USA

EU to Netanyahu: Jerusalem Must be Capital of Two States

European Union diplomats are set to tell to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that their position remains Israeli-Palestinian peace can only be obtained through negotiations and that Jerusalem is not the capital solely of Israel. “We Europeans believe that Jerusalem must be the capital of two states, the state of Israel and the state of

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International, Middle East, USA

Don’t worry about Trump’s motives. His actions count

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel  CHULA VISTA, California — The theme of brotherhood is central to the entire Book of Genesis. On Shabbat we chant the words, “Hinei ma tov uma na’im, shevet achim gam yachad.” (“Look how good and pleasurable it is for brothers to dwell together in unity.” Yet Genesis did not begin

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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USA

EU to Netanyahu: Jerusalem Must be Capital of Two States

European Union diplomats are set to tell to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that their position remains Israeli-Palestinian peace can only be obtained through negotiations and that Jerusalem is not the capital solely of Israel. “We Europeans believe that Jerusalem must be the capital of two states, the state of Israel and the state of

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Middle East, USA

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister urges US to restore impartiality in Middle East peace process

US Jerusalem decision detrimental to peace: Arab FMs CAIRO: Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah deplored the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel and move its embassy to the holy city. In his address to the emergency meeting of the Arab League Ministerial Council on

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Middle East, USA

Defense minister urges boycott of Arab Israelis in area that saw riots

By Stuart Winer Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Sunday called on Israelis to boycott Arab businesses in a northern Israeli district that saw rioting over the weekend, and asserted that its residents didn’t belong in the State of Israel. His comments drew sharp criticism from other lawmakers, including Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, who said

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Middle East

Security guard seriously wounded in Jerusalem terror stabbing

By Judah Ari Gross A Palestinian terrorist stabbed a security guard in the chest, seriously wounding him, at the entrance to the Jerusalem Central Bus Station on Sunday, before being tackled by police and a passerby, officials said, Graphic video footage from the scene showed the terrorist slowly handing his belongings to the security guard,

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