By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – The paradox of the border between Israel and Jordan is that, on the one hand, the cold peace between the two countries has resulted in some laudable cooperative projects. On the other hand, the political situation in the Middle East is such that too much attention given
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Middle East, San Diego CountyAl-Azhar’s Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb cancelled a meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence after President Donald Trump’s move to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Al-Azhar said Friday. In a statement, Al-Azhar, Egypt’s highest Sunni institution, said Tayeb had reversed his previous decision to meet Pence, who is due to travel to Egypt
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Middle East, USABy Maha Nassar, Assistant Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona. When President Donald Trump on Dec. 5 recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, he not only effectively endorsed Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem, which Palestinians have also long claimed as their own – he also radically
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Middle East, USAWorld leaders rallied Friday behind Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, seeking to re-legitimize him on the international stage days after he rescinded what had been a shock resignation from office last month. The five permanent U.N. Security Council nations – Britain, China, France, Russia and the U.S. – voiced support for Mr. Hariri at a
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Middle EastGil Troy The Union for Reform Judaism is holding its Biennial in Boston this week. I know nothing about their governance procedures, but hope they pass — by acclamation — a resolution supporting President Donald Trump’s move recognizing “Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.” The resolution should affirm: Such a resolution, even if accompanied by
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USAOn a ridge above a shallow valley in southernmost Lebanon, Lt. Alejandro Colado Corzo looks out across the troublesome border that he is supposed to monitor. “Everything behind that little hill is Israel,” says the Spanish UN peacekeeper during a brief stop on an armed patrol. “We will wait and see if we can watch
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Middle EastThe anger and frustration in the Arab world, sparked by Washington’s controversial policy shift on Jerusalem’s status as the capital of Israel, could be a boon for Iranian-backed efforts to undermine the Jewish state and foment international support for Palestine. Tehran along with Lebanese proxy Hezbollah and Hamas, the Palestinian terror group backed by Iran,
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Middle East, USAHundreds of Muslims attended Friday prayers in front of the White House to protest President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Responding to the call of American Muslim organizations, worshippers laid out their prayer mats at a park in front of the president’s residence. Wearing traditional Palestinian keffiyeh scarves or
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Middle East, USALebanese singer Hiba Tawaji made history by becoming the first female musician to perform a public concert in Saudi Arabia. Thousands of young women attended the sold-out event on Wednesday, stripping off their abayas—the floor-length robes women in Saudi Arabia are obligated to wear in public—shaking out their hair and dancing to covers of songs
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Joshua Davidovich A day after Israeli papers red, white and blew their wad (it’s kosher, look it up) celebrating the United States’ recognition of Jerusalem as the capital, the news agenda shifts to accounts and predictions of the region red, white and blowing up in the wake of the move. Pictures of border police
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Middle East, USAPresident Donald Trump is scheduled to take a medical exam early next year as stated by White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders during a press briefing Thursday. This announcement came a day after the president slurred during a speech about recognizing Jerusalem the capital city of Israel and moving the American embassy from the city
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Middle East, USARachel Sharansky Danziger I was 4-years-old, and I struggled to spin my dreidel just so. I was 8-years-old, and my newest dreidel cast blue and green lights across the room. I was 10-years-old, and my sister and I spun dreidels as fast as we could. Who would get more of them to spin before the
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USAA rocket fired from the Palestinian Gaza Strip enclave hit the southern Israel town of Sderot on Friday night, the Israeli army said, but refused to comment on possible casualties. Public radio said the rocket failed to explode and caused no injuries. Israel’s national ambulance service said its paramedics treated a woman in her 50s
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Middle East, USAIsraeli police fired tear gas at Palestinian protesters in Bethlehem Friday as the “Day of Rage” called for by Palestinian factions got underway. Israeli police have called in extra security forces for Jerusalem following U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and the U.S. plans to move its embassy there.
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