By Jerry Klinger LONDON, England — The Royal Albert Hall in London is a magnificent concert and arts venue. The foundation stone of the great hall, capable of seating over 5,700, was laid by Queen Victoria in 1867. The Royal Albert Hall was built upon the land and home of William Wilberforce. Wilberforce, an […]
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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Middle EastBy TOI staff Israeli judoka Ori Sasson was booted from the Openweight World Championships in Marrakech, Morocco on Saturday after losing to Frenchman Cyrille Maret. But Sasson, a 2016 Olympic bronze medalist, was at least allowed to wear Israeli insignia — in contrast to the ban imposed on Israeli national symbols at a tournament last
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Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsLebanon’s president called on Riyadh Saturday to clarify the reasons why the country’s prime minister has not returned home since his resignation last week, which he announced from Saudi Arabia. This comes as the United States and France expressed their support the same day for Lebanon’s sovereignty and stability amid heightening tensions between Beirut and
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Middle EastAmr Moussa, longtime Secretary General of the Arab League and former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Egypt, took time out to chat with FRANCE 24 during the international MEDays Forum this week in Tangier, Morocco. A speaker at this year’s MEDays Forum — an annual talkfest billed as the “Davos of Africa” — Mr Moussa
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Middle EastBy TOI staff Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Saturday stressed that the State of Israel will respond with force to any violation of its sovereignty, after the IDFs’ Patriot missile defense system shot down a drone above the Golan Heights, near the border with Syria. “The Syrian regime is responsible for every attack and violation
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Middle EastBy TOI staff and Raoul Wootliff A former worker in the Prime Minister’s Residence, who filed an abuse lawsuit recently against Sara Netanyahu, said she feared for her safety while working for the prime minister’s wife. “I do not know what would have happened if I had stayed there another minute,” Shira Raban said in
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Middle EastPresident Reuven Rivlin departed on Saturday night for Los Angeles, where he will deliver on Monday night the keynote address at the annual General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), at the invitation of the organization”s leadership. Rivlin”s address at the General Assembly, to be held in Los Angeles on November 12-14,
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Middle East, USA35,000 Jews spent Shabbat (Sabbath) in Hevron, commemorating the Torah reading this Sabbath which relates how the Patriarch Avraham bought Me’arat Hamachpela (the Cave of the Patriarchs) from Ephron the Hittite for 400 coins. The streets of Kiryat Arba and Hevron filled with tents and portable caravans, and over 3,000 Jews enjoyed Shabbat meals at
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastHezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah raised the stakes in the growing war of words between Iran and Saudi Arabia on Friday, saying Riyadh efforts to upend the balance of power in Lebanon was effectively a declaration of war against the terror group and its Iranian backers. Mr. Nasrallah said Beirut did not recognize nor accept the
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Middle EastWASHINGTON — The U.S. is nearing agreement with Russia on establishing additional cease-fire zones in Syria, a key step to finally resolving that country’s brutal civil war. Some officials had suggested agreement could be announced in a meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of Friday’s Asia summit in
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Middle East, USABy TOI staff Israeli high schools will be closed on Sunday as teachers stage a one-day strike demanding higher salaries, the teachers’ union announced Friday. “The Union of Secondary School Teachers announces that due to the procrastination and lack of progress being made by the Finance and Education Ministries in the negotiations on the wage
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationYemen is dealing with famine and disease of biblical proportions, according to the United Nations. The World Food Programme estimates some 7 million people in Yemen are facing famine-like conditions and rely entirely on food aid to survive. In six weeks, the food supplies to feed them will be exhausted. More than 2 million children
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International, Middle EastSpecial counsel Robert Mueller has begun investigating an alleged plot by former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to kidnap a Turkish opposition leader living in the U.S. Multiple sources with knowledge of the investigation confirmed the direction of Mueller’s probe to The Wall Street Journal Friday. Four sources also confirmed it to NBC News. The
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Middle East, USAThis coming Sunday will be the 16th anniversary of the murder of Hadas Abutbul in a terrorist shooting attack while driving from her work at the Shaked nursery school to her home in the Mevo Dotan in Samaria. Her husband, Yitzhak, is preparing to hold the memorial ceremony for Hadas on the sidewalk opposite the
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