Iran’s newly-appointed army chief on Monday warned the Islamic Republic would raze the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa if the “Zionist regime” makes “any wrong move.” In remarks delivered at an event in the holy city of Qom, General Abdolrahim Mousavi said previous warnings that Israel will not exist in 25 years did […]
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Middle EastIsraeli President Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nechama on Monday held a pre-Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) reception at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. Attending the event were various foreign ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps serving in Israel. “On this special occasion, it is important for all of us to remember that a
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International, Middle EastRamallah – Palestinian presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudainah said President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech before the United Nations General Assembly later this week will be extremely important. Abu Rudainah said Abbas will emphasize the need for a two-state solution for Palestine and Israel, based on the 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as the capital of
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Middle EastBy JT – Sep 18,2017 – Last updated at Sep 18,2017 AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday met with representatives of American Jewish organisations in New York, in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Rania. During the meeting His Majesty and the representatives outlined efforts to revive the peace process, as well as
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Middle East, USAIsrael’s Jewish population tops 6.5 million Israel”s Jewish population grew 2.3% percent from September 2016 to September 2017, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported Monday, rising to approximately 6,523,000. Out of a total population of 8,743,000 people, Jews make up 74.6% of Israel”s population – a slight decrease compared to 2016, when Israel”s 6,377,000 Jews
NEW YORK — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday afternoon met with eight senior leaders of the American Jewish community to talk about a broad range of issues including Israel-Diaspora relations, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran. The meeting took place on the backdrop of an ongoing crisis between the Israeli government and Diaspora Jewry over
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We should avoid predicting what’s gonna happen or international affairs. There are too many actors and systemic variables (e.g., economics, the choices made by greater powers) to allow any certainty beyond the next few minutes. However, that doesn’t mean that we should avoid consideration of prominent issues, capable of developing
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USATwo residents of the Druze village of Hurfeish in the Golan Heights were found guilty Sunday of involvement in an attack in 2015 on wounded Syrians being treated in Israel. The Haifa District Court convicted Kamal Amer, 24, and Yusuf Sharif, 55, of chasing a military ambulance transporting Syrian patients and blocking the road to
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Middle EastTEHRAN, Iran — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Sunday that Iran would respond strongly to “any wrong move” by the United States on the multilateral nuclear deal struck in 2015. President Donald Trump has threatened to declare Iran in violation of the landmark agreement next month, which could pave the way for additional U.S.
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International, Middle East, USABeginning November 1, cigarettes and other tobacco products will disappear from the shelves of stores in dozens of military bases around the country as the army steps up its fight against smoking, the Israel Defense Force’s manpower chief said Sunday. The ban on cigarette sales on those 55 bases — 65 stores, in total —
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationHamas said Sunday it had agreed to steps toward resolving a decade-long split with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah, announcing it would dissolve a body seen as a rival government and was ready to hold elections. The statement comes after Hamas leaders held talks with Egyptian officials last week, and with the Gaza Strip run
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Middle EastHundreds of thousands of Israeli Arabs from the Galilee in northern Israel will join their Jewish neighbors in enjoying a new fast train link to Tel Aviv, where jobs are in greater in supply, after a campaign by a civic equality group sought to ensure equal access for all. The 90-minute Karmiel-Tel Aviv line will
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Middle EastConvicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh will be deported from the US to Jordan this Tuesday, after being found guilty of immigration fraud. Odeh, 48, was convicted in 2013 for concealing her arrest, conviction, and imprisonment in her application for United States citizenship in 1995. Odeh had killed 2 Israelis in a 1969 supermarket bombing she carried
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Middle East, USAMitchell Flint, an American aviator who helped form the Israeli Air Force in 1948 and served in Israel’s first fighter squadron has died. He was 94. Flint, a former US Navy fighter pilot, died Saturday in Los Angeles of natural causes, said his son, Michael Flint, the former head of Paramount Pictures. Get The Times
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