The intelligence that President Donald Trump leaked to top Russian officials in an Oval Office meeting in May concerned a highly sensitive Israeli special forces mission, it has been revealed. The operation, which took place in February 2017, involved commandos infiltrating an area under the control of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), to place […]
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Middle East, USAIranian warships are set to leave the waters of the Persian Gulf to sail across the world and tour another gulf—the one that lies between the U.S. and Mexico. At a time when Iran is looking to expand and modernize its military in the face of what is seen as a growing U.S. threat, its
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International, Middle East, USAA Kuwaiti writer recently said that Israel was an independent and legitimate sovereign state and that there was no occupation, but rather “a people returning to its promised land.” The writer, Abdullah Al-Hadlaq, made the comments in an interview which was broadcast by the Kuwaiti Alrai TV channel on November 19 and translated by the
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Middle EastThe president of Rutgers University in New Jersey has come under fire after he publicly defended several professors accused of anti-Semitism, and appeared to disparage a Jewish media outlet which helped publicized the professors” behavior. Over the past few weeks, an American-Jewish media outlet, The Algemeiner, published a series of articles publicizing blatant examples of
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, refused a call from President Donald Trump’s senior adviser, Jared Kushner, this week, after the U.S. threatened to close the Palestine Liberation Organization’s office in Washington, D.C., according to Israeli media reports. Kushner had been working to broker peace talks between Palestine and Israel. Abbas’s move comes after he
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Middle East, USAIsrael’s deputy foreign minister, Tzipi Hotovely, said that Jews living in the United States live a “quite convenient life.” For that reason, that they would never “send their kids to fight for their country.” In an interview with Israeli news channel i24 this week, the minister tackled issues that have increased tensions between the U.S.
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Middle East, USAJewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett on Wednesday ruled out the possibility that his party would be part of a government headed by Labor party leader Avi Gabbay. In an interview with the Judea and Samaria-based Galey Yisrael radio station, Bennett said that he and Gabbay have a good personal relationship, but Jewish Home will not
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Middle EastRabbi Yitzhak Ibrahim Zada, the leader of Turkey’s Jewish community and highly respected by the Turkish government, opposes the appointment of Israeli Consul General Yossi Levi-Sfari, a Thursday morning report by Yediot Ahronot said. Levi-Sfari, 45, is openly gay, and lives with his male partner. He arrived in Istanbul with his partner, Roni Goldberg, one
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Middle EastPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is aware of the heavy pressure from US Jewry, has responded swiftly to the storm stirred up by Deputy Prime Minister Tzipi Hovotely. During an interview in English on the i24news program, Hovotely spoke extensively about Israel’s relations with US Jewry. She mentioned the event in which she had been
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — A long and checkered medical history has combined with more than a half century of political science to sharpen my sense that uncertainties are inherent in science, and are the most interesting elements of doing science. Some will already be chortling at the notion of political science. True, there are softer
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationPM attends Independence Day military parade BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Saad Al-Hariri yesterday shelved his decision to resign as prime minister at the request of President Michel Aoun, easing a crisis that had deepened tensions in the Middle East. Hariri made his announcement after returning to Beirut for the first time since he quit abruptly on Nov
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Middle EastBy TOI staff A military court sentenced 23-year-old Malek Ahmed Mousa Hamed of the Palestinian town of Silwad to two life sentences for the murder in April of IDF soldier Sgt. Elhai Teharlev. Hamed was convicted of Teharlev’s murder, three counts of attempted murder, one count of belonging to an illegal organization — the Hamas
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Middle EastBy Stuart Winer A group of some 40 Israelis were expelled from Cyprus on Tuesday after they were stopped on their way to hotels in the northern section of the island, which has been occupied by Turkey since 1974. The measure came as Cypriot authorities enforced a crackdown against visits to the area, a popular
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Middle EastBy Jon Marks PHILADELPHIA — A new team, new city, new culture — and best of all, a new baby. Life couldn’t be much better these days for Omri Casspi, the only native Israeli currently playing in the National Basketball Association. His time on the court may be limited, but that happens when you’re a
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