In May, 21-year-old Rotem Rabi was crowned Miss Israel 2017, making her Israel”s contestant for the Miss World beauty contest, to be held in China this December. A former Air Force medic and native Jerusalemite, Rabi now finds herself representing Israel in more ways than one since her arrival in China last week. Raised in
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International, Middle EastFormer Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal on Thursday vowed that the Palestinian Arabs will forcefully cancel the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which proclaimed Britain”s support for the establishment of a Jewish national home in then-Palestine. Speaking at a conference in Gaza, Mashaal attacked Britain for boasting of the “crime” of the Balfour Declaration instead of apologizing for
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International, Middle EastThe United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People on Thursday marked the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration with an event focusing on its “impact on the Palestinian people.” Speaking at the event, Professor Rashid Khalidi, a former adviser to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said, “For Palestinians,
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International, Middle EastA South Florida Jewish center’s planned celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration Thursday was canceled over a bomb threat from a local college student, the Miami Herald reported Thursday night. Police believe it was 21-year-old Florida International University student Oscar Aguayo who issued a threat against the Miami Beach-based Jewish Museum of
By Tamar Pileggi Hours after Israel allegedly struck Hezbollah targets in Syria, Lebanese President Michel Aoun warned that all the citizens of his country are willing to battle Israel in a future war. “All the Lebanese are prepared to fight against Israel,” Aoun told Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai on Thursday. “Yes, we are a small country,
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Middle EastBy Dov Lieber Israel on Thursday said that until there is progress toward releasing Israeli citizens and remains of IDF soldiers held in Gaza by Hamas, it will not allow the terror group to retrieve the bodies of terrorists thought to have been buried under rubble when the military destroyed a cross-border attack tunnel on
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Middle EastThe ‘From Tunis to Djerba’ conference was held this week at the Dahan Center at Bar-Ilan University. A new study was presented at the event which revealed that the number of Tunisian Jews who perished in the Holocaust is tens of percentage points higher than previously thought and stands at close to 700 people. “When
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Jewish History, Middle EastThe Netzach Yehuda (Nahal Haredi) battalion returned to guard the Binyamin region on Wednesday after two months of training exercises. The battalion is responsible for the villages that lie just outside of northern Jerusalem, including Bet El, Ofra, and Kochav Yaakov. A platoon commander said that the battalion has looked forward to being deployed in
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Middle EastBy TOI staff Perhaps the best-kept secret in Israel’s Christian community is the growing phenomenon of Israeli Arab Christians visiting Lebanon for religious pilgrimages coordinated by the Palestinian Authority. Israel considers Lebanon — along with Iran, Iraq and Syria — an enemy state and laws forbid citizens to trade with and travel to those countries.
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Middle EastBy TOI staff The Times of Israel was subjected to a particularly pernicious hacking attack on Thursday. We constantly work to improve security on the site, which is subjected to relentless attacks by hackers. On this occasion, they were able to breach our defenses. The attack was apparently carried out by Turkish hackers affiliated with
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Middle EastAgriculture Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) announced that he intends to take part in a rally in memory of late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on Saturday night in Tel Aviv. “This is a national event, the unity of the people is more important than ever, and there’s a huge attempt here to change the discourse
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Middle East[youtube:2034611] British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday ruled out the idea that Britain would apologize for the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which proclaimed Britain”s support for the establishment of a Jewish national home in then-Palestine. Speaking at a celebratory dinner to mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration in London, May said that that the
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International, Middle EastBy TOI staff Rabbi Yisrael Rosen, a pioneer in Jewish religious law and technology and the founder of the Chief Rabbinate’s office for conversion, died Thursday at the age of 76. He is survived by his wife Shlomit, five children and many grandchildren. Rosen was born in Tel Aviv in 1941. He studied in the
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Jewish Religion, Middle East[youtube:2034598] Hundreds of far-left South African demonstrators protested in front of the Israeli embassy in South Africa, demanding the South African government shut down the embassy and expel the Israeli delegation. The demonstration, held in the northern city of Pretoria, was organized by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, the third largest political party in
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