By Raphael Ahren Israel is banking on social media to win the hearts and minds of the Arab public, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday. Many governments in the region already cooperate closely with the Jewish state, but Jerusalem is increasingly taking to Facebook and Twitter in a bid to sway ordinary citizens, he said. […]
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Middle East[youtube:2035882] Dozens of Arabs began rioting this afternoon at the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem”s Old City, clashing with police forces stationed in the area. In addition, reports indicate that dozens of Palestinian Arabs are throwing stones at several locations along the Gaza border. IDF forces are responding with crowd dispersal means. Earlier, dozens of Palestinian
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Middle East, USAPalestinians have protested in fury after Donald Trump shattered decades of unwavering US neutrality on Jerusalem. In Ramallah they took to the streets of the West bank city denouncing the United States as being biased in favour of what they called the “oppressor” . “Right now what we are asking for, we are asking the
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Middle East, USASenate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) reportedly advised US President Donald Trump to go even farther in his declaration that the United States government recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel, The Weekly Standard reported. Trump announced that he was “acknowledging the obvious, that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital,” during a speech at
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Middle East, USAYesterday, President Donald J. Trump announced that the United States accepts the prevailing reality and officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel. He also issued a directive to the State Department to begin plans to move the Embassy of the United States from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. (This is a process
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Middle EastThe ‘Neturei Karta’ faction has threatened that its members may leave Israel as a result of US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state. Neturei Karta is a small, extremist haredi faction which opposes the existence of a Jewish state. The faction’s support for the government of Iran
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Middle EastRabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, one of the most respected decisors of Jewish law in the Lithuanian-haredi community, has be admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Bnei Brak’s Mayanei Hayeshua Hospital. According to medical staff, the decision was made because of a slight deterioration in Rabbi Shteinman’s condition. Rabbi Shteinman is conscious and in stable
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Middle EastDov Lipman I am thankful for the opportunity to explain the recent gathering honoring Righteous Gentiles in Poland, and my association with Jonny Daniels of the From The Depths foundation. I usually ignore attacks and name-calling and simply focus on my work for Israel, but since I was challenged in such a public and detailed
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International, Middle EastIsraeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netnayahu on Thursday morning spoke about US President Donald Trump’s recognition of the fact that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital city. Speaking at the Foreign Ministry’s second Conference on Digital Diplomacy, Netanyahu said, “We were all excited last night to hear President Trump’s historical announcement recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. This announcement,
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Middle East, USABy Raoul Wootliff and Sue Surkes Bolstered by US President Donald Trump’s declaration recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the government is reportedly planning to build around 14,000 units in the city, some 6,000 of them in East Jerusalem. As part of the plan, being advanced by Housing and Construction Minister Yoav Galant (Kulanu),
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — For many years and especially after we came to live in Jerusalem my rare moments of optimism about the Israeli-Palestinian situation were linked to the hope that the status quo would prevail. I couldn’t see any signs that pointed to an improvement of the situation but considerable evidence to
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Compared to selected other national leaders here and there, Bibi’s done well from public office. He and Sara have gotten used to demanding expensive gifts from individuals wanting his help. With respect to the two most prominent exchanges we know about, they weren’t all that serious. He helped an Israeli
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USATwo men were charged Tuesday in London with terror offenses over an alleged plot to kill British Prime Minister Theresa May, according to British government officials. Both will appear before a court Wednesday in the British capital in connection with what officials say was a conspiracy to launch a suicide-knife attack on Downing Street, the
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International, Middle EastThe US Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Donald Trump by allowing his latest travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries to go into full effect even as legal challenges continue in lower courts. The nine-member court, with two liberal justices dissenting, granted his administration’s request to lift two injunctions imposed
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