Middle East

Fatah continues campaign against Balfour Declaration

The Fatah movement headed by Mahmoud Abbas, who also serves as Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman, on Wednesday condemned British Prime Minister Theresa May, who announced her intention to officially mark the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. Munib al-Jar’ub, the Fatah official in charge of public diplomacy, said that May’s remarks express a bias toward […]

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International, Middle East

Poll: Overwhelming majority of Israelis oppose ‘Immunity Law’

A new poll commissioned by Channel 10 found that an overwhelming majority of Israelis oppose a controversial bill that would bar police investigations into a sitting prime minister. According to the poll, fully 71% of Jewish Israelis said that that they oppose the law while 19% said they supported it. Ten percent said that they

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Middle East

Report: Haredi MKs to vote against ‘Greater Jerusalem’ bill

Haredi MKs from United Torah Judaism party are planning to vote against the “Greater Jerusalem” bill proposed by Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud), Kan reported Thursday. This coming Sunday, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation is set to vote on the “Greater Jerusalem” bill, potentially securing coalition support for the proposal. If passed by the committee, the

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Middle East

Greater Jerusalem bill to save Jewish majority faces first test

Nearly two decades after the first Netanyahu government abandoned plans to extend the municipal borders of Jerusalem to include Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria, a similar proposal is heading to a critical vote which could ensure its passage during the Knesset”s winter session. Dubbed the “Greater Jerusalem” law, the bill would annex several towns

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Middle East

Jewish Agency snubs Netanyahu ahead of upcoming board meeting

By Raphael Ahren The Jewish Agency did not reach out to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of its upcoming conference in Jerusalem, neither asking him to address the delegates nor to meet privately with the organization’s top leadership, The Times of Israel has learned. The Jewish Agency’s snub highlights the bitterness of the ongoing dispute

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International, Middle East, USA

IDF reservists tell of their outreach to Arabs, Jews

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Of course, Israeli Reserve soldiers Ilan and Iyyar can talk about war.  Israelis grow up with the threat of it.  After high school, young men and women alike are conscripted into the Army, where they learn how to defend their country against external threats.  Iyyar, in fact, has

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Police shutter PA conference in Jerusalem about land sales to Jews

By Dov Lieber Israeli police on Wednesday stormed a hotel in East Jerusalem to close down an event sponsored by the Palestinian Authority, which has been banned by Israeli authorities from holding political events in the city. The conference, which was to be held at the St. George Hotel, was entitled “The Muslim and Christian

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Middle East

Arab to finally receive Israeli honor as Holocaust hero

The first Arab recognised by Israel’s Holocaust memorial as a hero for risking his life to save Jews during World War II will finally be presented with the honour after a four-year delay. Egyptian doctor Mohammed Helmy will be presented posthumously with the “Righteous Among the Nations” medal and certificate at a ceremony on Thursday

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Rutgers professor says Judaism ‘most racist religion’

Rutgers University announced that it is reviewing the “matter” of a professor who posted a series of anti-Semitic posts on social media. Michael Chikindas, a microbiology professor at Rutgers” department of food science and director of the university”s Center for Digestive Health, posted dozens of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories blaming Jews and Israel for many of

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Theresa May vows to mark Balfour centennial ‘with pride’

By Raphael Ahren UK Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday that her country would celebrate “with pride” its role in the creation of the State of Israel and upcoming 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, which pledged London’s support for a Jewish homeland. Her comments came amid Palestinian demands that Britain retract and apologize for

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International, Middle East

New Zealand coalition augurs better relations with Israel

By John McCormick WAIPUKURAU, New Zealand — Now that the membership of New Zealand’s Coalition Cabinet is known, there is reason for optimism that there will be a turn for the better in relations between New Zealand and Israel, which were soured last year when New Zealand voted for a United Nations Security Council condemning

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International, John McCormick, Middle East