Middle East

Turkish President Announces Start of Military Operation in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced the start of Turkish military operation into Syria’s Idlib province. “There is a serious operation in Idlib at the moment, and this will continue,” Erdogan announced in a speech Saturday to his party members. The military offensive is aimed at ending the jihadist control of the Idlib area. […]

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Middle East

UNESCO to postpone vote on upcoming anti-Israel resolutions — Israeli envoy

For the first time in years, the United Nations cultural arm will likely not pass any anti-Israel resolutions at its major summit this week, in what would amount to a significant diplomatic victory for Jerusalem. As they have done a number of times annually in past years, several Arab nations in the UN’s Educational, Scientific

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International, Middle East

Rights groups urge UNESCO to reject Egypt’s nominee for new chief

CAIRO — Egyptian civil rights groups have urged UNESCO to reject the candidacy of Egypt’s nominee to head the agency, alleging she is complicit in state attacks on the values for which the UN agency stands for. A statement Friday from six groups said that Moushira Khattab was silent on the state’s closure of several

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International, Middle East

Tel Aviv Mayor supports theater that honored terrorists

Hundreds of people, including Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai, rallied at Jaffa’s Arab-Hebrew Theater Friday. The Arab-Hebrew Theater is facing a cut in the state subsidies it receives after it honored Dareen Tatour, an Israeli-Arab poet who was indicted in 2015 for incitement to violence and support of terrorism. “This is a theater that does

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Omaha schools nix Palestinian talk amid concern Jewish students bullied

OMAHA, Nebraska — Officials in a Nebraska school district have canceled scheduled talks at two high schools by a Palestinian Christian speaker due to concerns that Jewish students at one of the schools were being harassed ahead of her visit. Nora Carmi is a Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activist from Jerusalem who’s holding

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

U.S. Senate moves against Hizballah

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–AIPAC applauds the U.S. Senate for adopting the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017 (S. 1595), which seeks to cut off the flow of resources to the terrorist group. This bipartisan legislation was introduced by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). This measure is particularly important in light

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Middle East, USA

An Iranian piano prodigy. A big dream. And an arduous visa process.

When the Iranian pianist and composer, Amir Darabi, was accepted to Berklee College of Music this past summer, everything seemed to be going his way. He had already established himself as a piano prodigy in his home country, released a full-length debut album and performed in numerous prominent venues, including Tehran’s Roudaki Hall. He didn’t

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Trump meets military leaders on Iran, says announcement coming ‘shortly’

US President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted Iran has not acted in keeping with a deal to curb its nuclear program, days before he must decide on the future of the accord. “You will be hearing about Iran very shortly,” said Trump as he met military leaders to discuss the issue. Get The Times of

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Middle East, USA

Trump: Netanyahu is ‘a bigger problem’ than Abbas

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu touted their cordial relationship during and after the president”s May trip to the Jewish state – a welcome change from the often frigid relations between Jerusalem and Washington during the eight years of the Obama administration. According to a report by Haaretz this week, however, behind

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Middle East, USA