By Marissa Newman and Alexander Fulbright Labor Party leader Avi Gabbay on Monday urged the government to call new elections for the sake of political stability. “In the past few weeks, we’ve been hearing about a conflict in the coalition: On the one hand the prime minister wants to call elections as soon as possible, […]
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu signaled Monday that Israel would take military action in Syria when it sees fit as it seeks to ensure Iran-backed forces stay away from its territory. Israel has long accused Iran, its main enemy, of taking advantage of Syria’s civil war to send its Revolutionary Guard and its Lebanese Shiite ally,
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Middle EastZionist Organization of America chief Morton Klein ridiculed claims that Israel has “occupied” Judea and Samaria, telling supporters at the ZOA annual gala Sunday night in New York that no Palestinian Arab nation ever existed. “This was never their sovereign land,” said Klein. “And if it was their sovereign land, how could it be that
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Middle East, USASteve Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart News and former chief strategist for President Donald Trump, has called upon American Jewish conservatives to join his effort to oust Republican leaders and upend what he has called the “GOP establishment”. On Sunday, Bannon delivered an address to the Zionist Organization of America”s annual awards dinner, urging
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Middle East, USAA strong earthquake that shook the Iran-Iraq border region on Sunday killed at least 66 people, authorities and state media in the two countries said. The Islamic Republic of Iran News Network quoted the head of the country’s emergency medical services, Pirhossein Koulivand, as saying at least 61 had been killed and 300 injured on
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Middle EastSaudi Arabia has denied reports that King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is planning to relinquish the throne in favor of his son, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. “There is no possibility whatsoever that the king will abdicate,” a senior Saudi official told Bloomberg news on condition of anonymity, noting that Saudi kings usually stay
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Middle EastBritish Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is facing mounting calls to be sacked following a week of controversy that saw the minister’s behavior pile yet more pressure on embattled Prime Minister Theresa May. The storm began after remarks made by Johnson about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British Iranian woman currently detained in Iran on charges of sedition.
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International, Middle EastBy Alexander Fulbright The United States, Russia and Jordan have reportedly reached an agreement on a ceasefire deal in southern Syria that would include the expulsion of Iranian-backed militias from the border with Israel in the Golan Heights. Under the agreement apparently inked Saturday, all non-Syrian fighters, including Iranian proxies fighting on behalf of Syrian
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International, Middle East, USABy Jessica Steinberg Israelis have long been likened to sabra fruit or prickly pears, thick-skinned fruits with sweet interiors, and now the cactus in question has become a sculpture marking the long friendship between Israel and the Czech Republic. This particular cactus, designed by Czech architect Martin Rajnis, is a wood-sculpted tower situated in the
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International, Middle EastAn Israeli general has warned Palestinian militants against carrying out attacks in revenge for the blowing up of a tunnel stretching from the Gaza Strip into the Jewish state last month. Major General Yoav Mordechai, head of a defence ministry unit responsible for activities in the Palestinian territories, made the comments in an Arabic-language video
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Middle EastThe Breslov hassidim who support the Israeli initiative to relocate the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov to Israel are renewing an advertising campaign calling to bring the Breslov leader’s remains to Israel. As part of the campaign, the hassidim have produced a shirt with the message: “Let my rabbi go” above the portrait of
By Sue Surkes Leaders of the the Jewish National Fund on Sunday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to torpedo a bill aimed at forcing the organization to transfer NIS 2 billion ($570 million) to the state to be spent on national infrastructure projects in return for keeping its tax-exempt status. The bill was approved
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International, Middle EastPavel Filip, the Prime Minister of Moldova, on Sunday visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The visit was part of Filip’s trip to Israel, and he was accompanied by a convoy of security guards, Moldovan and Israeli intelligence officials, and a delegation of government officials and other public figures. At the Western Wall, Filip met
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle EastThe heir to the British throne blamed Jewish immigration to Israel for turmoil in the Middle East, and called on the US to confront the “Jewish lobby”, The Daily Mail reported Sunday. Charles, Prince of Wales, the present heir apparent to the crown, blamed Jewish immigration to Israel for Middle Eastern turmoil, writing to a
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