Poop emojis litter the press in homage to Yair Netanyahu, but papers see the real crud hitting the fan if the PM’s former aide Ari Harow turns canary By Joshua Davidovich Benjamin Netanyahu, left, rides on a camel with his sons Avner Netanyahu, center, and Yair Netanyahu on April 8, 2015. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO) There […]
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Middle EastDespite apparent support from the prime minister, army says policy is to follow precedents against execution By Times of Israel staff Friends and relatives mourn at the graves of Yosef Salomon, 70, his daughter Haya, 46, and son Elad, 36, after their funeral, attended by thousands at the Modiin Cemetery, on July 23, 2017. (Yonatan
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Middle EastAt ceremony for a new neighborhood in Beitar Illit, PM boasts of his efforts on behalf of Netiv Ha’avot and Amona residents By Jacob Magid Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony inaugurating a new neighborhood in the Beitar Illit settlement on August 3, 2017. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel) BEITAR ILLIT, West Bank —
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Middle EastTerror group brought some $200,000 into the West Bank to pay salaries of its command, operatives, Shin Bet says By Judah Ari Gross Clockwise from top left, Majd Jaaba, Muhammad Maher Bader, Haron Nasser al-Din, Muasseb Hashalmon, Taha Uthman, Yusri Hashalmon, Umar Qimri, identified by the Shin Bet security service as the leaders of a
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Middle EastBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Iraq, once the cradle of civilization, has and continues to experience one of the most horrific violent conflicts in modern history that defies any semblance of civilized humanity. It is hard to imagine the mammoth death and destruction that has been inflicted on the Iraqi people by foreign powers and
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USABy David Anderson, J.D. Themoderatevoice.com NEW YORK — The recent unprecedented blockade of Qatar by its neighbors Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has the Persian Gulf region in uproar. Citizens are being expelled, Qatar’s only land border and main food supply line is closed, and their airline must do bizarre aerial calisthenics to
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International, Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — “Wonder Woman” proved its mettle once again, boosting media company Time Warner Inc.’s earnings with its better-than-expected box-office performance. Time Warner’s second-quarter earnings, released early Wednesday, also benefited from increased subscriptions for the company’s premium television unit HBO, which recently began showing the seventh season of its acclaimed series “Game of Thrones.”
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAPosters show Haredi recruits walking into Auschwitz, claim IDF induction targets souls whereas Nazis went after bodies By Stuart Winer and Times of Israel staff Israeli police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an anti-draft protest in Jerusalem on March 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) A leaflet campaign against the recruitment of ultra-Orthodox Jews into
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Middle EastDay before powerful Senate panel scheduled to consider bill, powerful pro-Israel lobby says markups protecting humanitarian programs and security cooperation earn its backing By Eric Cortellessa Masked Hamas terrorists attend the funeral of Mazen Fuqha in Gaza City, March, 25 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90) WASHINGTON — A day before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will
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Middle East, USANablus resident Muhammad Harouf insists killing of Michal Halimi, who has been missing since May, was an act of terrorism By Alexander Fulbright and Jacob Magid Nablus resident Muhammad Harouf (left) attends a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on August 2, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) A Palestinian man has confessed to killing his pregnant Israeli
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Middle EastMore than one million malnourished young children in war-torn Yemen are at risk of cholera, the charity Save the Children warned on Wednesday as it began sending more health experts to the worst-hit areas. Cholera, which is spread by ingestion of contaminated food or water, can kill within hours if untreated. The epidemic has already
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationVague pledge comes two months after Netanyahu met with tiny West African island nation’s president Jorge Carlos Fonseca By Raphael Ahren Prime Minister Netanyahu meeting with Cape Verde President Jorge Carlos Fonseca during a summit in Monrovia, July 4, 2017 (screen grab YouTube) Cape Verde has announced that it will no longer vote against Israel
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not yet clear that the commotions surrounding the Temple Mount and the incident in Amman are behind us. An optimist’s view is that two weeks of demonstrations, nastiness from the pinnacle of the Jordanian government as well as the Palestine National Authority, a few deaths and perhaps a couple
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USADaniel Markind Yesterday Jewish National Fund of America CEO Russell Robinson and CFO Mitchel Rosenzweig agreed to repay personal loans they received from the JNF. These loans turned out to be illegal under New York State Law. This news is intriguing to some, but personal to me. I was one of eight National Executive Board
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