Middle East

Two Muslim states in Africa send first-ever envoys to Israel

Non-resident ambassadors from Senegal and Guinea, which recently upgraded diplomatic ties, to present credentials to the president next week By Raphael Ahren Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with Senegal’s President Macky Sall in Monrovia, Liberia, June 4, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO) Senegal and Guinea are sending their first-ever ambassadors to Israel next week, as Israel

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International, Middle East

At ruins of evacuated settlement, hundreds demand return

Amid picnics and inflatable castles, settlers call to implement legislation allowing Israelis to return to northern West Bank communities evacuated as part of Gaza disengagement By Jacob Magid Likud and Jewish Home lawmakers at a ceremony at the evacuated Sa-nur settlement in the northern West Bank. (Jacob Magid/The Times of Israel) SA-NUR, West Bank —

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Middle East

Israel breaks up alleged Hamas Turkey-Hebron money laundering ring

Terror 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 East

Iraq should be divided into Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish states

By 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, USA

‘Wonder Woman’ gives Time Warner earnings a boost

LOS 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, USA

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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Middle East

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