Middle East

Singer Noa lashes Tel Aviv official for bid to nix gig

Songstress tells Arnon Giladi to mind his own business, after council member says event should be canceled over views he calls anti-Zionist By Jessica Steinberg Singer Achinoam Nini performs during a memorial ceremony for the late Yossi Sarid, on January 12, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) Singer Achinoam Nini, known for her outspoken support for a two-state […]

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Proposed Israeli ethics code angers university faculties

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The slippery subject of academic freedom has moved into our headlines with a draft code of ethics for universities and their personnel. It is the work of Professor Asa Kasher, a philosophy professor at Tel Aviv University, and the author of the IDF’s code of ethics. He prepared this code at

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Israel rejects US claim Palestinians stopping payouts to terrorists

After US Secretary of State Tillerson said Ramallah intends to stop paying inmates and families, Jerusalem says it has seen no change By Raphael Ahren Security prisoners in the Ofer Prison facility near Ramallah, August 20, 2008. (Moshe Shai/Flash90) Jerusalem on Wednesday said the Palestinians were continuing to pay salaries to incarcerated terrorists, rejecting US

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Middle East, USA

Why does Israel tolerate terror incitement in soccer?

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel –This may come as a shock but intense terror incitement is happening in Jerusalem and nobody is taking a bit of notice. Noise is being made about stopping Mahmoud Abbas paying salaries to jailed terrorists but nobody is addressing the source of the incitement, even when it is taking place

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions

50 groups urge UC Irvine action against anti- Semitism

SANTA CRUZ, California  (Press Release) – Fifty Jewish, civil rights and education advocacy groups on Wednesday wrote to University of California Irvine (UCI) Chancellor Howard Gillman demanding he publicly address the latest in a slew of disruptions of pro-Israel events on campus within the framework of the UC Regents’ Statement of Principles Against Intolerance, which Chancellor Gillman had committed

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

AJC Welcomes Trump Administration Commitment to End PA payments to Terrorists

NEW YORK, June 13, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AJC welcomed Secretary of State Tillerson’s comments today that the Palestinian Authority, responding to U.S. pressure, will end its longstanding practice of financially rewarding terrorists and their families. “Creating monetary incentives for terrorists is a key factor impeding the peace process and nurturing a Palestinian culture of violence

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Middle East, USA

Israel and New Zealand restore ties after spat over UN resolution

Israeli ambassador to return to Wellington months after recall over anti-settlement Security Council vote By Stuart Winer and Raphael Ahren Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with Foreign Minister of New Zealand Murray McCully in Jerusalem, November 17, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO) Israel on Tuesday said it will restore its diplomatic relations with New Zealand,

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International, Middle East

Shunned anti-Semitism film shown for 24 hours only at Bild website

Germany’s biggest paper leaks pirate copy of controversial documentary that public TV channel has refused to broadcast By Marc Neugroschel Screenshot of BDS protesters in Paris, from the documentary ‘Chosen and Excluded — Jew Hatred in Europe.’ (Courtesy) COLOGNE, Germany — A new much discussed documentary on European anti-Semitism has been leaked on the website

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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Emily Robbins turns her experience living in Syria into a stunning first novel on love, loss and language

Getting Emily Robbins on the phone is not an easy task. The writer and anthropology scholar is currently living in Jordan, researching her second book. Her first book, “A Word for Love,” is set in Syria. She was inspired to write it after living in the country for multiple years in the early 2000s. Robbins’

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East

Settler rabbi who praised attacks on Arabs indicted for incitement

Charges cite a 2013 article in which Yosef Elitzur said so-called ‘price tag’ assailants are those ‘who take responsibility for the security of Jews’ By Jacob Magid Rabbi Yosef Elizur (c) speaks with his lawyer in the Rishon Lezion court. August 2010 (Roni Schutzer/Flash90) A settler rabbi who praised and encouraged attacks against Palestinians in

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

London mayor sought counter-terror advice from Israel after attacks

In an exclusive interview with Jewish News, the London Mayor says he’s been in contact with officials in Tel Aviv to ‘find new ways to protect ourselves’, after three terror outrages in a matter of months By Justin Cohen Sadiq Khan speaking at Jewish Care’s annual dinner London Mayor Sadiq Khan has sought advice from

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International, Middle East