Micah Thau PRIDE: Posing at Jerusalem Pride in LGBTQ+ flag. A Haredi girl sits at her cracked window, her broken reflection peering back at her through the stained glass. From her perch she looks at the thousands marching on her street. They lay flowers at the site a young girl stabbed two years before at […]
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Middle East43-year-old Haifa resident dies in training accident at base in southern Israel; his family has been notified By Judah Ari Gross and Times of Israel staff Major David ‘Dudi’ Zohar, 43, of Haifa was killed in a helicopter crash at a base in southern Israel on August 7, 2017 (IDF spokesperson’s office) The pilot killed
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Middle EastBy JT – Aug 07,2017 – Last updated at Aug 07,2017 AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday discussed in Ramallah the latest developments in Palestine, according to a Royal Court statement. King Abdullah checked on the health of President Abbas, who has recently undergone a medical check-up. King
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Middle EastPolice rescue civilian security guards attacked with Molotov cocktails in the capital; 16 Palestinians arrested By Judah Ari Gross Three East Jerusalem residents suspected of firebombing an armored security car were arrested on Sunday night, police said. While on a patrol of the Arab neighborhood of Silwan in Jerusalem, the armored car was bombarded with
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Middle EastThree men and a woman suspected of studying itinerary of groups staying at Kibbutz Almog and then burglarizing their rooms when they were out By Stuart Winer A group of American birthright tourists visits the dead sea on July 10, 2015. (Matt Hechter/Flash90) Police on Monday said they had arrested a four people suspected of
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Middle East, USATurkey is building up military forces on the Syrian border, while Turkish President Recep Erdogan steps up his rhetoric suggesting an imminent military operation into Syria. Ankara is reportedly courting Moscow for its support for a possible operation into Syria’s Afrin enclave, which is now under the control of the Kurdish YPG militia. Ankara accuses
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Middle EastPalestinians, Moroccans and South Africans dismayed over Togo gathering, at which PM will seek to boost diplomatic and economic ties By Raphael Ahren Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé during the ECOWAS summit in Monrovia, Liberia, June 4, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90) Israel this week played down pro-Palestinian efforts to obstruct
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International, Middle EastReversing lower court decision, judges rule that PM’s discussions with billionaire owner of Israel Hayom daily a matter of public interest By Raoul Wootliff Jewish-American billionaire Sheldon Adelson is seen with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a ceremony at Ariel University in the West Bank on June 28, 2017. (Ben Dori/Flash90) The Supreme Court ruled
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Middle East, USAMexichem is scheduled to sign purchase accord on Monday for 80% of Netafim for $1.5 billion, according to Calcalist By Shoshanna Solomon A net greenhouse in Los Pinos, Mexico, the largest greenhouse tomato project in the country, developed with Israel’s Netafim drip irrigation and greenhouse technology (Photo credit: Courtesy Netafim) Mexican firm Mexichem, a producer
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International, Middle EastFishermen at a Tunisian port have prevented a ship carrying far-right activists from docking, dealing the latest blow to a controversial mission aimed at disrupting the flow of migrant boats from North Africa to Europe. Chartered by extremist group “Generation Identity”, and registered in Mongolia, the 40-metre (130ft) “C-Star” arrived over the weekend in an
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International, Middle EastLOS ANGELES (Press Release) — Former US President Barack Obama was recently interviewed for an upcoming documentary on the life of the late Israeli statesman, Shimon Peres, by Moriah Films, the two-time Academy Award™-winning film division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Barbra Streisand, a close personal friend of Peres, will also be interviewed for
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USALOS ANGELES (Press Release) — A new middle school curriculum, LINK — Discovering Your Israel Connection — is now available nationwide. The 6-lesson unit allows students to explore the historic Jewish roots to Israel while discovering their own personal, modern connection. Through a sophisticated, interactive, on-line application, LINK was developed by teachers, curriculum writers and
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The latest acts in the long running saga of Elor Azaria emphasize the deep divisions among Israeli Jews. There are also sharpening gaps between Israeli Jews and those of the Diaspora. Especially prominent are those separating us from the large Jewish community in the United States. The Azaria problem is
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – Israel has moved to revoke Al Jazeera journalists’ press credentials and remove the network’s broadcasts in Israel, Israeli Communications Minister Ayoub Kara said on Sunday. Kara said that he has demanded the Government Press Office rescind the reporters’ press cards and that he is working with cable and satellite providers to
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