Saudi 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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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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