By Alon Ben-Meir Dear President Abbas, Last week I sent an open letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu, criticizing him in the strongest terms for pursuing policies that prolong the occupation of the West Bank rather than searching for ways to end it by resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a two-state solution. I must […]
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TEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) – A peaceful Friday evening was interrupted with the voice of the Shift Officer at MDA’s 101 dispatch center who announced a stabbing attack had taken place at the Nablus Gate in Jerusalem. Seconds earlier, three terrorists attacked a Border Police force patrolling the area. One of the terrorists, who
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education‘We do not interfere in this terrible conflict,’ says Netanyahu; only humanitarian assistance provided By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yaakov Litzman attend the opening of a radiotherapy department, the first of its kind in the north, at the Ziv Medical Center in Safed, Israel, on June 19, 2017.
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Middle EastPM accuses Palestinian leader of lying to the world, ‘poisoning’ minds of Palestinians youth, as Jenin square named after infamous terrorist By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset, May 29, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Amid resurgent US peacemaking efforts and the arrival of two top Washington
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Middle East, USABy David Anderson Reprinted from The Moderate Voice NEW YORK — Spats between Persian Gulf nations are commonplace: they’re similar countries with a shared language, religion, and culture. All walk the tightrope between conservative Islam and modern openness to various degrees. Conflicts are often in the differences of how each pursues modernity verses Islam. The Gulf
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Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump’s straight talk about veneration of violence in Palestinian society has had important consequences. It was the catalyst for Norway and Denmark to disassociate from the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) habit of naming public spaces for terrorists. UNRWA, the Red Crescent (UAE), and the U.N. secretary general have
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USAIsrael is secretly supporting Syrian rebels operating near its occupied Golan Heights territory, providing money, food, fuel and medical supplies, according to fighters who claim to receive the aid. Israel has previously treated wounded Syrian rebels in its hospitals but interviews with rebels conducted by the Wall Street Journal suggest that Israel is directly supporting
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took part on Sunday in the “Sheva Brachot” celebration following the wedding of Health Minister Yaakov Litzman”s (United Torah Judaism) grandson, which was held at the minister”s home in Jerusalem. The “Sheva Brachot” [“seven blessings”] celebration marks the first seven days of a newly-wed couple”s marriage, and is traditionally accompanied by
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Middle EastIRBIL, Iraq — A U.S. warplane shot down a Syrian jet on Sunday near the Islamic State-held city of Raqqah, officials said, marking the latest escalation between the U.S. and Syria since the blood-soaked civil war began six years ago. The Pentagon said the U.S.-led coalition took the unprecedented move after a Syrian Su-22 attack
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Some might prefer “Maneuvering between the bullets” for the title of this column. Whether bullets or raindrops, the concern is for the efforts of Israeli officials and others to avoid the pitfalls that appear at numerous places on our political and social landscapes. Recent examples involve the problem of reducing
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastIncarcerated former PM set to come before parole board, as state seeks to investigate his handling of sensitive info By Times of Israel staff Former prime minister Ehud Olmert at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on February 10, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL) Jailed former prime minister Ehud Olmert was attended his first parole board hearing Sunday, while
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Middle EastNetanyahu announces decision amid backlash from right-wing ministers over scheme to add 14,000 housing units to Qalqilya By Times of Israel staff A view of Qalqilya from the Israeli side of the security barrier (Yossi Zamir/Flash90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that the cabinet would hold another debate on whether to allow the Palestinian
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Middle EastNaomi Eytan seeks injunction that’ll let her play with her team at the ‘Jewish Olympics’ in Israel this summer By Stuart Winer Cricketer Naomi Eytan in action (courtesy) A teenage girl campaigning to keep her place in Israel’s otherwise all-boys national cricket team so that she can play in the upcoming Maccabiah Games took her
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Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsNews service admits it was inappropriate to ignore Israeli victim and focus on slain Palestinians who instigated the violence By Times of Israel staff Israeli security forces at the scene of a terror attack near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on June 16, 2017 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) The BBC on Sunday apologized for a headline it published
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