Saudi Arabia on Sunday denied that any of its officials had visited Israel, several weeks after Israeli media reported that a senior prince had made a secret diplomatic trip to the Jewish state. Public radio station Kan Bet reported several weeks ago that a senior member of the Saudi royal family held high-level talks with […]
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Middle EastBy TOI staff A US company that offers sweet hummus spreads enjoyed a successful stint on ABC’s “Shark Tank” this week, with Jewish billionaire Mark Cuban agreeing to invest $600,000 in the venture. “Shark Tank” sees entrepeneurs pitch their business schemes to a panel of investors, who must choose whether to invest in the projects,
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and FoodBy Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Monday said four rockets fired from Syria that landed in the Golan Heights over the weekend were intentionally fired at Israel by the Hezbollah terror group and were not spillover from the fighting in Syria. “We are not talking about spillover. This is
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Middle EastIraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s media office expressed surprise on Monday at comments by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson regarding Iranian-backed Iraqi Popular Mobilisation paramilitary units. “No party has the right to interfere in Iraqi matters,” Abadi’s media office said in a statement citing a source close to the prime minister. Tillerson said on
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Middle East, USABy Raphael Ahren Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to travel to India in January, he announced Monday following the highly successful visit on the Indian leader to Israel earlier in the year Netanyahu would be the first Israeli prime minister to visit India since Ariel Sharon went to New Delhi in 2003. Sharon’s trip
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By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – We can thank a Sunday school teacher in Buffalo, New York, for the fact that Donald Chafetz of El Cajon is one of the best-known authorities in the United States on stamps and postal covers of Israel and environs. Chafetz, editor of The Israel Philatelist, an
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Travel and Food, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –Knesset member Yehuda Glick had this to say at the “Jordan is Palestine Conference” held at Menachem Begin Heritage Center on October 17: “The concept of a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria doesn’t exist anymore, and anyone who is genuine knows that. It is wrong, dangerous, and not
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Middle East, Steve KramerOne-month-old Sahar, her ribs protruding under translucent skin, breathed her last on Sunday in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, where a crushing regime siege has pushed hundreds of children to the brink of starvation. Only a trickle of humanitarian aid ever reaches this rebel-held region east of Damascus, under a tight blockade by Assad regime forces since
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Middle EastBy Stuart Winer Lord Roderick Balfour, a descendant of the UK foreign secretary who penned the 1917 Balfour Deceleration endorsing the establishment of Jewish state, said that Israel, by mistreating Palestinians, is failing to honor the terms of the document. Balfour, who has visited Israel several times in his capacity as a banker, spoke to
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International, Middle EastHamas has denied reports hinting that the Palestinian group is dissatisfied with the role of Qatar in the effort to reach econciliation with Fatah. Local news-media reports on the issue surfaced after Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar recently met youth groups in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, Hamas has said allegations of the rift are
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has decided to appoint Yaron Blum as the new coordinator for issues concerning missing and captive Israelis. Blum was appointed to replace Lior Lotan, who stepped down in August after three years in which he voluntarily held the position. Arutz Sheva spoke to Rami Igra, former head of the Prisoners and
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Middle EastBy Tamar Pileggi Reports that the rockets fired over the Syrian border over the weekend may have been deliberate and not spillover fire from the civil war largely dominate Israel’s print media on Sunday. IDF officials tell the Yedioth Ahronoth daily that the five rockets launched at Israel early Saturday morning were “not what spillover
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Middle EastThe Trump administration is preparing to unveil its much-anticipated Middle East peace plan, one which is expected to include a radically different approach from other plans promoted by world leaders seeking to broker a final status agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. According to a report by Channel 2 Sunday night which cited senior
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Middle East, USAInspectors from the Tel Aviv municipality ordered a Chabad rabbi to cease laying tefillin (phylacteries) on passersby and threatened to levy a fine if he would not consent. For many years, Chabad men have set up stands all over Israel, as well as in many other countries, offering to help Jewish men put on tefillin.
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