Israel’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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Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USABy Dov Lieber A Russian-born Israeli Jew walks into a mosque in Medina carrying his tefillin. It could be the start of a joke, but for some Muslims, this real-life incident is anything but funny. Ben Tzion, who has recently been traveling to visit holy sites across the Muslim world — from Tehran to Qom;
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Middle EastA small but picturesque village on Jerusalem’s hillside may soon be transformed forever. Lifta, an historic village in a bucolic spot at the entrance to Jerusalem, is at the center of a preservation fight over an Israeli plan to build villas there. The village, located on the outskirts of Jerusalem, is on a tentative list
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Middle EastThe Palestinians have severed all contacts with officials from the Trump administration after it decided to close their official representation in Washington, dealing a blow to any potential resurrection of peace talks with Israel. Last week, the State Department declined to renew the permit for the office operated by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in
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Middle East, USABenji Lovitt If an American holiday falls on the Jewish calendar, does it make a sound? That’s a question we American immigrants ask ourselves annually with the coming of Thanksgiving. Ahh, Thanksgiving. That special holiday, rich with delicious foods unknown to most of humankind, commemorating a story that none of us over here can seem
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Middle East, USASwastika found on campus one day after vote Audience members hold signs that read “Stop Silencing Us!” prior to the University of Michigan student government vote on BDS. Photo by Haley McLaughlin/Michigan Daily Every day Marissa Levey, a sophomore at the University of Michigan (UM) from North Caldwell, proudly wears two necklaces from Israel: one
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