Middle East

Sentiment in US Congress tending away from ‘two-state solution’

The Jerusalem Post today (Sunday) reports a growing tendency among key United States congressman to look beyond the accustomed two-state solution for a Middle East peace model. The US-Israel Education Association (USIEA), a pro-Israel Christian organization that among other activities sponsors tours of US Congressman to Israel, completed Saturday night a week-long fact-finding mission that […]

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Middle East, USA

That’s not kosher: Haredi soldiers fed non-kosher food

Haredi soldiers from the Netzach Yehuda Battalion, better known as the Nahal Haredi, were fed non-kosher food during an army education program last week, Radio Kol Hai reported. According to the report, a group of soldiers from the battalion were sent to participate in an educational program with the IDF”s Education and Youth Corps in

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Jordan wins anti-desertification policy award

By Hana Namrouqa – Aug 27,2017 – Last updated at Aug 27,2017 AMMAN — The World Future Council (WFC) has awarded Jordan the bronze Future Policy Award 2017 for its Updated Rangeland Strategy that enshrines the Middle East’s most widespread and longstanding indigenous traditional conservation institution “Hima” into law, according to its website. Hima is

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Middle East, The World We Share

Palestinian Bus Driver Finds $10,000 and Returns it to Jewish Owner

Despite the apparent cultural or religious differences, this Palestinian bus driver did not hesitate to return $10,000 in cash to the Jewish man who had lost it. The 35-year-old driver, Ramadan Jamjoum, was piloting the 422 line from Jerusalem to the Orthodox city of Bnei Brak when the incident occurred. Jamjoum told police officers that

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Middle East

NORTH KOREA – SYRIA – Toxic connection: North Korea’s chemical weapons link to Syria

This week’s revelation of two North Korean shipments suspected to be chemical weapons and intercepted on their way to Syria may be just the latest sign of Pyongyang’s hand in the Syrian regime’s chemical arsenal. According to a confidential United Nations report, first revealed by Reuters on Tuesday, the two shipments were intercepted at an

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International, Middle East

Mysterious Babylonian Tablet Could Hold Math Secrets

An ancient Babylonian tablet whose purpose has been a longstanding mystery reveals that the ancient Mesopotamian civilization beat the Greeks to the discovery of trigonometry by more than 1,000 years, researchers say—and their methodology might even hold lessons for modern-day mathematicians. The tablet, Plimpton 322, was discovered in the early 1900s in present-day Iraq, according

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Iran’s challenge should be addressed immediately

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — In his televised address on the future of American operations in Afghanistan, President Donald Trump took a sharp turn from his predecessors. I share [the American people’s] frustration over a foreign policy that has spent too much time, energy, money, and most importantly lives, trying to rebuild countries in our

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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA