Middle East

Ultra-Orthodox protest campaign compares IDF draft to Holocaust

Posters 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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Breaking silence, AIPAC announces support for Taylor Force Act

Day 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, USA

Palestinian suspected of murdering his pregnant Israeli lover

Nablus 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 East

One million Yemeni children at risk of cholera – charity

More 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, & Education

Cape Verde says it will no longer vote against Israel at the UN

Vague 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 East

New leak: Jared Kushner says there may be ‘no solution’ to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Forget the seven deadly sins. In the universe of President Donald Trump, there is but a single deed more grievous than all the others. It’s leaking. Talking out of school — so to speak — is strictly verboten within the Trump inner circle. But it keeps happening. This time, it was a talk by Jared

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Middle East, USA

First Israeli whiskey to be auctioned on Scottish site

Tel Aviv’s Milk & Honey Distillery plans to begin commercial sales of its aged liquor in 2019 By Jessica Steinberg The first 100 bottles of Israel’s first malt whiskey, made by Tel Aviv’s M&H Distillery, will be auctioned off on a Scottish whiskey site from August 11-21 (Courtesy M&H Distillery) Here’s a deal: The first

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International, Middle East, Travel and Food

Op-Ed: Europe is committing suicide

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — According to Wikipedia, “Eurabia” is a concept used to describe a “conspiracy theory” of globalist elements, coined by author Bat Ye’or in the early 2000s and described in her 2005 book titled “Eurabia: The Euro‐Arab Axis.” Unfortunately, it’s fact, not a conspiracy theory.  France and the other EEC

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International, Middle East, Steve Kramer

Knesset Ethics panel: MKs wrong to meet on university BDS

Committee rebukes lawmakers who alleged support for an Israel boycott at Ben-Gurion U, but rejects claim they were paid to hold the meeting By Marissa Newman Ben-Gurion University president Rivka Carmi. (Dani Machlis/Ben-Gurion University) The Knesset’s Ethics Committee last week reprimanded two lawmakers for convening a hearing in which they accused Ben-Gurion University of the

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Hezbollah to Trump: ‘We fight terrorism while the US supports it’

It’s a rare thing for a militant group often described as shadowy and secretive to bring dozens of foreign journalists to their mountain bases. But Hezbollah did just that on Saturday, eager to show off recent victories against jihadists on Lebanon’s frontier with Syria. The Lebanese Shiite movement, militant group and political party led a

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Middle East, USA

Elementary school teacher charged with molesting students

Court says Meir Zehnwirth inappropriately touched at least 2 girls he taught at the talmud Torah school in Tiberias By Times of Israel staff Meir Zehnwirth was charged with indecent assault on minors while he taught at the Talmud Torah elementary school in Tiberias on July 31, 2017. (Israel Police) An elementary school teacher at

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Amnesty International calls on Hamas to free Israeli hostages

In first, human rights organization publicly criticizes terror group, and campaigns for release of Avraham Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed By Times of Israel staff The parents of Avraham Abera Mengistu protest outside the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem, September 11, 2016. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel) In an unusual move, Amnesty International called on activists Monday

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