Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday evening spoke at the award ceremony for the International Young Person’s Award (IYPA) – Israel. IYPA is a volunteering and young leadership project under the umbrella of the renowned Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme in the UK. The award ceremony was held at the residence of Britain’s Ambassador to […]
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International, Middle EastA building project planned for eastern Jerusalem was approved Wednesday, paving the way for the massive expansion of a Jewish neighborhood once in danger of being bought out by a wealthy Arab businessman. The Jerusalem housing committee approved an additional 176 homes for the Nof Tzion neighborhood, located next to the Arab neighborhood of Jabel
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Middle EastA Jewish member on the Board of Directors of the Students” Society of McGill University (SSMU) in Montreal, Quebec was removed from his position this week due to his involvement with the Jewish community. The decision was made at Monday night”s Fall General Assembly. According to those who attended the meeting, students voted against having
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israel Police can be soft and forgiving, or tough and relentless. It depends who you are. First requirement is to be a Jew. They play Arabs by a different game. Then there are preferences among the Jews. First up are the handicapped. The kid gloves used with them are sooooo
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastManal boils water on the stove in the besieged Syrian town of Hamouria, hoping to convince her four children that she is cooking, but she has no food. She puts the pot on the flame as a ruse, waiting for the children to fall asleep in the dilapidated house before they realise there is nothing
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Middle EastBy Judah Ari Gross The Friends of the IDF organization raised more than $35 million as part of a gala event in New York on Monday night, which it has pledged to causes supporting Israeli soldiers, the group said. Over 1,200 people attended the event at the Hilton Midtown hotel. Former Israeli Air Force commander
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Middle East, USASaudi Arabia on Tuesday announced the launch of an independent economic zone on the Red Sea, three times the size of Cyprus and with a half a trillion dollars in projected investments. The zone, dubbed NEOM, covers an uninterrupted coastline of nearly 470 kilometres (290 miles) in northwestern Saudi Arabia and will extend into territories
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Middle EastBy Melanie Lidman One hundred years ago, the sound of hoofbeats and war cries rolled across northern Israel, as soldiers from Australia and New Zealand, mounted on horseback, fought against German soldiers at one of history’s last great cavalry battles. Descendants of the Australian soldiers who fought in Palestine during WWI returned to the site
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International, Middle EastPowerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged a “moderate, open” Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, breaking with ultra-conservative clerics in favour of an image catering to foreign investors and Saudi youth. The Saudi strongman, 32, did not mince words in declaring a new reality for the kingdom, hours after announcing the launch of an independent $500
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Middle EastLior Krinsky When I was 11, I used to sit in Father Marek’s religion class and get called out for asking too many questions. “Why can’t women be priests?” “Why can’t priests get married?” “Why do we pray to saints?” My questions weren’t encouraged, but my silence certainly was. Many years later, one of the
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Raoul Wootliff Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Monday harshly criticized a controversial bill that would grant serving prime ministers immunity from criminal prosecution as “absurd,” “wrong and inappropriate.” At a Justice Ministry conference held at Tel Aviv University, Mandelblit raised concerns that such a law could significantly obstruct police investigations into a prime minister
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Middle EastEgypt”s Ministry of Antiquities reaffirmed on Monday that the Egyptian government has allocated EGP 100 million (more than $5 million) toward the restoration of the ancient synagogue in Alexandria. Yasmin El-Shazly, the General Supervisor of the Department of International Organizations for Cultural and the International Cooperation, also denied reports that the Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue has
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Marissa Newman It was supposed to be an upbeat and apolitical celebration of Jewish immigrants to Israel, lauding their accomplishments and numerous contributions. But the Knesset’s second-ever commemoration Tuesday of a new national holiday — Aliyah Day — devolved at times into a fracas, as coalition and opposition lawmakers criticized the government over its
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Middle EastBy TOI staff Israeli lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow the country’s rabbinical courts to impose sanctions on non-Israeli Jewish men who refuse to grant their wives a divorce. The bill enjoys support across the political spectrum, from the centrist, secular-leaning Yesh Atid party’s MK Aliza Lavie, who has championed a version of
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