By Steve Kramer ALFEI MENASHE, Israel — The Middle East would require a bold American leader to jumpstart peace negotiations in Jerusalem, if such a process is even possible. Since the mid-1970s, many presidents have tried but all have failed. The only way to ensure that the Palestinian Arab leadership gets serious about negotiations is […]
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The 50 years since the Six Day war has brought forth an outpouring of memories and analyses of that event and what various individuals trace to it. Leaving aside the impossibility of summarizing and reaching a conclusion about all that is being remembered about that war, what preceded and what
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAA haredi man in his mid-30s was assaulted in the Old City of Jerusalem Sunday morning by a group of Christians as their procession passed through the Jewish Quarter. The man, a married father of six, claims he was riding on his bicycle near his home in the Jewish Quarter when he was assaulted by
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Middle EastDavid Breakstone Ares, Eros, and the eroticism of Zion She is so quintessentially Israeli. And it’s not just the accent, mannerisms, and facial expressions. There’s something far more profound about her than that. If only people all over the world who are falling in love with Wonder Woman as I have were to realize that
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastDov Lipman calls for new legislation to combat uptick in violence against servicemen, says it’s the ‘last gasp of extremism’ as Haredi enlistment grows By Judah Ari Gross Israeli police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox Jews during an operation to arrest the attackers of soldiers at the Mea Shearim in Jerusalem on June 4, 2017. (Yonatan
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Middle EastAhead of the Tony awards, the story of the historic Oslo peace accords and hit stage production — from Terje Rod-Larsen himself By George Alan Baumgarten NEW YORK — The iconic image is forever etched in the minds of those who remember it: Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat in that unlikeliest of handshakes, under the
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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAPolice believe two teenagers were behind paint attacks in Petah Tikva By Stuart Winer and Judah Ari Gross A swastika found on the wall of a synagogue in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva, June 3, 2017. (Police spokesperson) Police said Sunday that they had arrested two teenagers on suspicion of daubing swastikas on
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Middle EastDay after announcement Gaza tunnel was uncovered beneath school, PM reveals he told US envoy Nikki Haley the time may have come to close UNRWA By Raphael Ahren Palestinians receive aid at a United Nations distribution center (UNRWA) in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip on July 31, 2014 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
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International, Middle East, USACairo (dpa) – Egyptian lawmakers on Sunday began debating a controversial government plan to hand over two strategic islands to Saudi Arabia amid opposition, state-owned newspaper al-Ahram reported. The debate comes around five months after a top court banned the transfer related to a border agreement signed in April of last year by the Egyptian
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Middle East23-year-old streaker detained by police, to be sent for psychiatric evaluation By Times of Israel staff An Israeli woman streaks at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Sunday, June 11, 2017 (screen capture: YouTube) A woman stripped off her clothes at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Sunday and ran from the women’s section toward
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Micha “Mitch” Danzig SAN DIEGO — Recently it was discovered that Sears, Walmart and Amazon were selling on their respective websites “Free Palestine” shirts with clenched fists and similar hateful anti-Israel rhetoric. In response to concerns expressed by many in the Jewish and pro-Israel community, both Sears and Walmart agreed to stop selling the
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Middle East, USADefense minister urges visiting American UN ambassador to pressure Beirut to expel dangerous terrorist Saleh al-Arouri By Times of Israel staff US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley meets with Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman in Jerusalem on Friday, June 9, 2017 (Dana Shraga/Ministry of Defense) Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman warned Friday that a senior official
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Middle East, USAHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday she finds it “strange” that President Trump decided to make Saudi Arabia his first foreign trip, adding that she was looking into it. “I just think it was a very strange choice to go there,” Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, said on MSNBC. “Especially in light of having served
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International, Middle East, USABy the time Michael Flynn was fired as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser in February, he had made a lot of bad decisions. One was taking money from the Russians (and failing to disclose it); another was taking money under the table from the Turks. But an overlooked line in his financial disclosure form,
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