Months after a deadly shooting incident adjacent to Israel”s embassy in Jordan, Israel is preparing to replace its ambassador to the Hashemite kingdom in a bid to placate its eastern neighbor and restore full diplomatic relations. An Israeli diplomat said Wednesday that Israel was looking to replace Einat Schlein, the Jewish state”s ambassador to Jordan, […]
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Middle EastControversy over Roger Waters’ support for an anti-Israel movement has led to German television executives pulling the plug on plans to televise the former Pink Floyd frontman’s rock concerts, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As of now, five TV and radio stations in the country have opted out of airing Mr. Waters concerts next summer,
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsIsraeli officials expect President Donald Trump to announce plans to relocate the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in the coming days, and to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state. According to a report by Channel 2, senior Israeli officials have claimed that the Israeli government expects an
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Middle East, USATen Democratic senators, among them four Jews, on Wednesday wrote Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu urging him not to demolish Palestinian Arab villages despite the fact that they are illegal and built without authorization. “We have long championed a two-state solution as a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” said the letter, initiated by Senators Dianne
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Middle East, USAFormer Israeli Ambassador to the US and current Kulanu MK Michael Oren made a rare public jab at a senior Obama administration official on Wednesday, accusing former Secretary of State and the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry of harboring an “obsessive” anti-Israel bias and antipathy towards the country”s Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyhau. In an
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Middle East, USAStatistics Canada’s release Tuesday of police-reported hate crimes for 2016 shows a 3% jump from 2015 due to increased targeting of specific groups, including the Jewish community. The Jewish community was the most targeted group in 2016, accounting for 16% of all hate crimes across Canada. The report reveals that 221 police-reported hate crimes –
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International, Middle EastA private research university in New York City held a panel discussion on anti-Semitism Tuesday, featuring five far-left activists, including anti-Zionist, Sharia advocate Linda Sarsour. The event, titled “Antisemitism and the Struggle for Justice”, was hosted by the New School on its Manhattan campus. While the panel was ostensibly charged with discussing the rise of
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Middle East, USAThe American Jewish Congress issued a statement encouraging the US administration to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as soon as possible. On Tuesday, US Vice President Mike Pence said US President Donald Trump and his administration will “always stand with Israel,” and that Trump was considering when to follow
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Middle East, USAArriving in New York for a series of meetings in the US, Labor party leader Avi Gabbay attacked Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The Zionist Union is a joint list made up of Labor, MK Tzipi Livni’s defunct Hatnuah party, and the Green Movement. “Israel’s crisis with US Jewry is mostly the result of a
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USAThe Trump administration is holding talks on providing nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia — a move that critics say could upend decades of U.S. policy and lead to an arms race in the Middle East. The Saudi government wants nuclear power to free up more oil for export, but current and former American officials suspect
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It may be early to prepare for a change at the top, either through resignations or a national election. However, there are increasing signs of stress in the strangeness of key officials’ behavior. The macro problem appears clear to all but those dependent on the continued rule of Benjamin Netanyahu:
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy TOI staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plane lifted off for Kenya Tuesday morning for an official visit that will include meetings with 11 African leaders. The purpose of the one-day trip to Nairobi, Netanyahu said before boarding the plane, “is to deepen [Israel’s] ties with Africa, including by establishing connections with nations with which
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International, Middle EastBy Judah Ari Gross With disarming honesty, passable Arabic and an eyebrow ring, self-described “proud pro-Israel American Jew” Michael Bassin set off for the United Arab Emirates as a junior for a study abroad program at the American university in the midst of the 2006 Second Lebanon War. His parents weren’t thrilled. So begins Bassin’s
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Middle EastThe Palestinian Authority (PA), it appears, has decided to cut off communication with the American government as a result of a series of American actions the Palestinians believe disqualify Washington from acting as an honest broker in what passes for a “peace process” with Israel. This includes the Taylor Force Act, but most specifically it