Middle East

Netanyahu urges UN refugee agency for Palestinians be shut down

Day 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, USA

Egypt parliament debates disputed transfer of islands to Saudi Arabia

Cairo (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 East

Amazon should stop selling anti-Israel garments

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, USA

Liberman: Top Hamas operative in Lebanon, plotting attacks

Defense 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, USA

Nancy Pelosi looking into why Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia on first foreign trip

House 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, USA

In ancient mass graves, archaeologists find child slaves of biblical Egypt

New findings at Amarna, the capital of an eccentric ‘monotheistic’ king, indicate a disposable juvenile labor force. Could there be a connection to the Hebrews? By Amanda Borschel-Dan While the archaeological record may not shore up the biblical account of the Exodus from Egypt, in light of recent finds one could be forgiven for speculating

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Jewish History, Middle East

Qatar says won’t ‘surrender’ in row with fellow Gulf Arab states

Qatar on Thursday said that despite a move by fellow Arab states to isolate it in a row over alleged ties to terrorism it is not ready to change its foreign policy to settle the dispute and would never compromise or “surrender” to the pressure. Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani spoke as would-be

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Middle East

Jewish Nurse Breastfeeds Palestinian Baby While Mother is Hospitalized

This Jewish nurse wasn’t about to let religion get in the way of a baby boy’s livelihood. The baby’s mother was injured in a head-on car collision in Jerusalem on Friday, while the father was killed instantly. The boy, Yaman Abu Ramila, was then taken to the hospital by paramedics for his lighter injuries. style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px”

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