Part of the of the roof of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher collapsed Friday as hundreds of worshippers visited the site. The church, one of the holiest locations in the Christian faith, had to be closed in the wake of the collapse while officials made sure it was safe for the congregation to return. […]
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Middle EastIsraeli security forces early Wednesday mapped the home of a terrorist who on Tuesday shot dead three Israeli guards at Har Adar ahead of its demolition. In addition to mapping Nimer Mahmoud Ahmad Jamal’s home in the Palestinian village of Bayt Surik, security forces dismantled a mourning tent for him, and also arrested a number
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Middle EastThe European Jewish Congress (EJC) decried the Palestinian Authority”s acceptances to membership in the Interpol international police organization, saying that the move “is likely to only exacerbate difficulties in international cooperation in the critical fight against terror.” “It is unconscionable that the Palestinian Authority, only a day after a major terrorist attack in Israel, is
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International, Middle EastMembers of a New York synagogue will visit the Arab country of Bahrain at the invitation of its monarch. The Hampton Synagogue on Long Island will stop in the Middle East island nation on the way to a congregational mission to Israel early next year, its rabbi, Marc Schneier, announced during High Holidays services. Get
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Middle East, USAHAR ADAR, Israel (Press Release) –The Muslim volunteer EMT who was the first responder at Tuesday’s terror attack in Har Adar recognized one of the slain as being someone whom he had treated for a stab wound at a different terror attack a year prior. Moshir Abu Katish is a father of three and lives
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Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Divisions between Jews are wide, as are divisions between many other groups of people all over the globe. In Israel, among the Jews there are four basic groupings: secular, traditional, religious, haredi (ultra-Orthodox). There is friction among them, especially between the Reform and Conservative movements and the haredi political
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USATen Years By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — When I made Aliya from the UK 10 years ago, Israel was far different from where it is today. It suffered from lack of water, few energy resources, a weak economy, high unemployment, low currency reserves, low tech and international isolation. Now Israel has built desalination plants,
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Michael Ordman, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Israelis who don’t share the concerns about the rupture between their government and United States Jewry, indeed the Diaspora in general – and, therefore, aren’t upset about Netanyahu’s ignoring the order of Israel’s Supreme Court to provide equal access to the Kotel for all streams of Judaism – may tell you
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International, Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — He flew bombing missions for the U.S. during World War II and then came back to America to study law. But the escalating conflict between the newly declared State of Israel and its Arab neighbors had already gotten under Mitchell Flint’s skin. “I’m Jewish, Israel desperately needed fighter pilots, so I thought
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Jewish History, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, USANimer Mahmoud Ahmed Aljamal, the terrorist who murdered three Israelis in an attack at the entrance to the Jewish town of Har Adar Tuesday morning, was praised as a ‘Martyr’ by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement on its official Facebook page. Fatah’s Facebook page featured a picture of Aljamal with a caption praising
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Middle EastTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned the Iraqi Kurdish leader against pushing for independence after holding a non-binding referendum, saying such a move risked sparking an “ethnic war” in the region. “If (Massud) Barzani and the Kurdish Regional Government do not go back on this mistake as soon as possible, they will go
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Middle EastA call to expel Jewish activists from Labour was greeted with cheers at a packed fringe meeting at the party’s conference in Brighton. Members of the Jewish Labour Movement and Labour Friends of Israel were targeted at the meeting today, held by the Free Speech on Israel group, and chaired by leading Jewish anti-Zionist Naomi
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International, Middle EastEducation Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (Shas) demanded at Tuesday’s coalition meeting that Prime Minister Netanyahu approve Jewish construction in the Hizkiyahu (Hezekiah) neighborhood of Hevron. The heads of the Jewish Home and Shas parties stressed that the land in the neighborhood meets all the necessary criteria, both legally and
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Middle EastThe three Israelis killed in a terror attack at the Har Adar settlement Tuesday were named as border policeman Solomon Gavriyah, 20, and civilian security guards Youssef Ottman, 25, from Abu Ghosh and Or Arish, 25, a resident of Har Adar. A third civilian — the head security officer of Har Adar — was seriously
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