Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Friday morning responded to the terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City. In the attack, three terrorists descended the Temple Mount armed with weapons, and fired at a group of Israeli police officers who were standing near the Lions Gate. Two of the officers were killed and a third was injured. […]
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was important that President Donald Trump open his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin by raising the point of Russian meddling in American elections. It was equally important that he accepted Mr. Putin’s response. Russia — whether as the USSR or the Russian Federation — has spent decades
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International, Middle East, USATwo police officers were murdered on Friday morning in a terrorist shooting attack on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, and a third was lightly wounded. The officers have been identified as Command Sergeant Major Hayil Satawi and Command Sergeant Major Kamil Shanaan. Satawi, 30, lives in the northern Druze town of Maghar, served his mandatory
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By Yoni Peres KFAR ZEITIM, Israel — Avraham Herzlich was born and raised in Brooklyn in a secular Jewish family. He worked with computers, motorcycles and race cars. He was injured in a motorcycle accident. Lying in bed at the hospital, he was reading magazines, and came across an article on Israel which triggered his
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Middle EastAs Saudi Arabia’s two-year-long war with Yemen continues, the Department of Defense announced a new $600 million contract for 40 Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters to be sold to Saudi Arabia. Sikorsky is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin. Both Saudi Arabia and Lockheed are represented by Howard “Buck” McKeon, a former GOP congressman turned
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Many years ago British police apprehended an aspiring terrorist who had on him a list of prominent Jews assumed to be potential targets for assassination. Rumor had it that some Jewish leaders were very upset when they found out that they weren’t on the list. Were they not considered
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastMIAMI — One of Miami’s leading Jewish organizations accused Pink Floyd star Roger Waters of anti-Semitism ahead of his concert Thursday at the AmericanAirlines Arena, as a long-running controversy over the singer’s anti-Israel views follows him to South Florida. “Anti-Semitism and Hatred are Not Welcome in Miami,” the Greater Miami Jewish Federation stated in an
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAPM said to be planning media blitz after damning comptroller report and as submarine affair deepens, with other probes ongoing By Stuart Winer and Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 10, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday summoned some
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Middle EastBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Tragic drama of nearly 70 years has coincided with make-believe drama via a fictitious Israeli mother worried about her son’s military service. The play To the End of the Land, adapted from the novel by David Grossman, has triggered the ire of a long list of American theater professionals
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USACrime allegedly occurred while members of the combat unit were on a social night out in Tel Aviv; trial to be held in military court By Judah Ari Gross Illustrative photo of handcuffed man (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) An IDF soldier was charged on Wednesday with raping and sexually assaulting last month a female soldier who served
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Bibi’s strong, politically, despite years of police inquiries, and reports suggesting that he might be on the edge of a criminal indictment. Recent polls indicate that he is usually the favorite as Prime Minister in the event of an election. Bibi’s lead over others has never been large, but Israeli
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSimon Coveney tells president that Ireland’s interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is due to a similarly violent past By Times of Israel staff President Reuven Rivlin (R) and Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney during a working meeting at the president’s residence in Jerusalem on July 12, 2017. (Mark Neiman/GPO) A day after being rebuked by
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International, Middle EastThe president of Turkey is asking a German appeals court to ban a controversial obscene poem about him that he says violates the country’s laws about offending foreign heads of state, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Attorneys for Recep Tayyip Erdogan are asking the court to revisit the ruling of a lower court from February
American ambassador David Friedman also takes part in meeting with PM, following sit-down with Palestinian officials Tuesday By Raphael Ahren and Dov Lieber L-R: US President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on July
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