Egypt has declared its intention to hold open elections for the position of president next year, but the fates of those who have thus far thrown their hats in the ring suggests that the competition might not be entirely free and fair. Take the case of former prime minister Ahmed Shaifq, who had been living […]
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Middle EastBy Judah Ari Gross Two Bedouin Israelis were arrested on Friday on suspicion that they had stabbed a soldier to death in southern Israel last week, the Shin Bet security service announced on Monday. On Thursday night, Sgt. Ron Kokia was stabbed to death at a bus stop in the city of Arad in what
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Middle EastBy TOI staff An ultra-Orthodox singer caused a stir when he covered his eyes with masking tape in the middle of a concert in order not to see women who were dancing in front of the stage. Yonatan Razel was playing his keyboard and singing at Jerusalem’s International Conference Center on Sunday night when he
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsSally Abrams Last week, we marked the 70th anniversary of the UN Partition Plan, which paved the way for Israel’s declaration of statehood six months later. We are going to be seeing the number 70 a lot between now and Yom HaAtzmaut next spring. There will be no shortage of words written and spoken about
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Middle EastLeaders Unveil LifeWay Research Study, Form Alliance to Educate the Church on Israel’s Critical Past and Future Roles WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — A new LifeWay Research study, sponsored by Chosen People Ministries and New York Times bestselling author Joel C. Rosenberg, released today reveals that the overall support of Evangelicals for Israel will
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Middle EastBy TOI staff A blind and mostly deaf British backpacker who seeks to visit every country on Earth can now check Israel off his list. Tony the Traveller, as 39-year-old Tony Giles calls himself, arrived in the Jewish state in November, his 124th country. Giles says he has already visited all seven continents and has
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International, Middle East, Travel and FoodMK Nissan Slomiansky (Jewish Home) sent a furious letter to Nitzan Lavi, director of the Super Pharm chain, under the heading “Discrimination in Services for Judea and Samaria Residents”. In his letter the MK says, “I learned today that Super Pharm provides a delivery service to the customer’s home.” However, continued Slomiansky, the company’s webpage
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Middle EastA November meeting between Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman included a discussion of a peace plan largely favoring Israel, The New York Times reported. According to the Times’ report, bin Salman’s plan offers the PA noncontiguous parts of Judea and Samaria, with limited sovereignty and without eastern
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Middle EastIsrael”s Foreign Ministry blasted the European Union Monday, after it was revealed that the representatives from the 28-member international body had accepted an invitation to an anti-Zionist exhibition organized by the radical left-wing B”Tselem organization. The B”Tselem exhibition being held in Jaffa, part of the city of Tel Aviv, condemns Israel”s liberation of Judea and
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International, Middle EastBy TOI staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said Iran forcing a wrestler to lose a bout in order to avoid competing against an Israeli perfectly summed up the regime’s hostility to the Jewish state. “Close your eyes and think about Alireza for a moment. He trained countless hours; he dreamed of becoming a
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsArab terrorists on Sunday night stoned at least ten vehicles, including a bus, driving on the Palestinian Authority town Husan’s bypass road near the entrance to the haredi Jewish town of Beitar Illit. Husan and Beitar Illit are located approximately 10 kilometers (6 miles) southwest of Jerusalem. The vehicles’ windshields and frames were damaged, and
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Middle East[youtube:2035697] Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) was the guest of honor at a salute to Beit El institutions held in New York Sunday night. Speaking in front of 1,300 guests, Shaked thanked the American Friends of the Bet El Yeshiva Center for their support of the Jewish people, the Torah, and the land of
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By Beth Sarafraz The Jewish Voice, November 20, 2017 BROOKLYN, New York — Racing thru the pages of R’ Yosef Mendelevich’s autobiography, “Unbroken Spirit: A Heroic Story of Faith, Courage, and Survival,” Rabbi Heshy Ceitlin kept having the same thought. “Chani,” he said to his wife, “We have got to bring this man to
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — About the Nazi Holocaust, one Christian historian has written: “The fact that it could take place in the heart of Europe, in the middle of the 20th Century, carried out in the name of what had seemed to be and in many ways was the most developed of nations,
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