Lifta offers a unique insight into Jerusalem life as far back as the First Temple period. The city intends to transform it into a new luxury neighborhood. An improbable coalition of Jews and Arabs, with all manner of contradictory goals, is seeking to prevent this By Dov Lieber On a warm, sunny Friday afternoon in […]
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Middle EastAfter pop icon mobbed by fans at the Western Wall, PM’s meal with sick children goes ahead without her By Times of Israel staff American singer Britney Spears( c) visits at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, ahead of her concert tomorrow night in Tel Aviv. July 2, 2017. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90) American pop star
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Before we were disturbed by a dust-up among Jews about the Western Wall and conversion, we were befuddled by another delegation of ranking Americans prodding Israelis and Palestinians to sit around a table and make peace. What these worthies do not grasp is that there already is peace. It ain’t perfect,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastOn first trip to region since becoming secretary-general, Antonio Guterres to meet with Netanyahu and Abbas, visit Yad Vashem By Raphael Ahren Antonio Guterres (right), newly confirmed as incoming UN secretary-general, with Israel’s envoy to the UN Danny Danon, October 13, 2016 (Courtesy) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is due to visit Israel and the
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International, Middle EastNimitz-class USS George H.W. Bush arrives for 4-day visit, with crew set to tour the country and Netanyahu expected to hop on board By Times of Israel staff The USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Haifa, July 1, 2017 (Momi Gabay/Haifa Port Authority) The USS George H.W. Bush, docked outside Israel’s Haifa port
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Middle East, USAThe more Americans know about Israel, the less they like about it, according to a new survey. The Brand Israel group has commissioned regular surveys in its bid to promote the image of Israel as a key ally to America in the Middle East. While more Americans said they are more knowledgeable about `Israel than
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Middle EastNature and Parks Authority officials working to distance animals from zone affected by deluge of toxic waste By Times of Israel staff The muddy Ashalim stream flowing on Friday, June 30 2017 after acidic water leaked from a fertilizer plant nearby. (Environment Protection Ministry) Inspectors from the Israel Nature and Parks Authority were working Saturday
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Middle EastTOPSHOT – Young Israelis dive into a natural pool in the village of Lifta, which was abandoned during fighting in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and lies on the northwestern outskirts of Jerusalem, on June 28, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX JERUSALEM: Young Palestinian Faris Abu-Mayyaleh will soon find out how he did in
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Middle EastThe PA’s seat of power is surprisingly well-liked by reviewers, yet few are taking advantage of what the city has to offer By Dov Lieber The Palestinian city of Ramallah, just north of Jerusalem, is opening its arms to tourists, marking itself as a hip, energetic destination with accommodations and attractions matching anything Israel can
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Middle East, Travel and FoodRabbi Rick Jacobs welcomes conversion bill delay, hails ‘unprecedented’ US Jewish opposition to Israeli government decisions on conversion, Western Wall prayer By Amanda Borschel-Dan Reform leader Rabbi Rick Jacobs on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that the controversial conversion bill at the heart of two-pronged flare-up in Israel-Diaspora tensions would be frozen for
No one hurt and no damage reported; latest instance follows multiple Israeli strikes on Assad forces in response to previous fire By Times of Israel staff A picture taken from the Israeli side of the border shows smoke rising near the Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights during fights between the rebels and the Syrian
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Middle EastUS Navy Chaplain Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff led an unprecedented — and never repeated — ecumenical egalitarian worship service at the site in 1983 By Amanda Borschel-Dan Arnold Resnicoff’s first tour of duty was spent at a kibbutz in Israel for the Jewish Agency’s Sherut La’am (Service for the Nation) program. During that year — between
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Middle East, USAVisiting reporters covering Tel Aviv’s annual Cyber Week say they were asked to strip, and their equipment broken by guards By Tamar Pileggi Turkish journalist Seyma Eraz meets with Communications Minister Ayoub Kara at his office in the Knesset, in Jerusalem on June 27, 2017. (Communications ministry) Israeli officials apologized to a trio of Turkish
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Middle EastDavid Horowitz According to a recent study conducted by the “Brand Israel Group,” support for Israel among Jewish college students has dropped 27% in the last 6 years. This mirrors a smaller but still significant drop in support among Americans generally, from 76% to 62%. According to Fern Oppenheim, the founder of the Brand Israel
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