Israel is often celebrated for LGBTQ rights, gender equality in its military and electing one of the world’s first female heads of state back in 1969. But women still lack equal representation in positions of power, especially in Israel’s religious realm. For these reasons, Hana Mansour-Khatib’s appointment as Israel’s first woman religious court judge is […]
Greenblatt said to have met with architects of 2014 Allen Plan, opposed by Netanyahu and Ya’alon, which was to address Israeli defense concerns over a Palestinian state By Times of Israel staff Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations, Jason Greenblatt (l) meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office
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Middle East, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — A recital devoted to three of Schubert’s last sonatas (D 845, 850 and 890) was too good to miss, so we cancelled our subscription tickets to the symphonic concert that happened to fall on the same date and bought tickets for that evening instead. Sometimes life or fate or the
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — One of the many things Israelis are being made aware of, if they honestly reflect on the effect of the Six Day War fifty years after the event, is the distinction between military and political victory. That it was a military victory is obvious. I still recall the euphoria
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Jewish History, Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the movie, the Allied commandos sneak through Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia to the bridge they were assigned to blow up. After the requisite setbacks, our heroes enter the internal machinery of a dam upstream of the bridge and detonate their explosives. Then… nothing. Unperturbed, the explosives expert says, “Wait. It is
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenThe Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has confirmed that it is considering a request by a pro-Palestinian group to have former Israeli Foreign Minister and Zionist Union MK tried for alleged war crimes for her role in Israel”s counter-terrorism “Operation Cast Lead.” According to Le Temps newspaper, Livni was named in a suit
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International, Middle EastZehut party chairman and former Likud MK Moshe Feiglin blasted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Thursday, blaming him for President Trump”s decision earlier Thursday to leave the US Embassy in Israel at its present location in Tel Aviv. While President Trump had pledged in 2016 to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to the Israeli
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Middle East, USAThe first “Shimon Peres Day” will be held as part of the annual Parade for the State of Israel on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan this coming Sunday, June 4. This year’s parade will be dedicated to the memory of the late Israeli President and Prime Minister. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo had announced that
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Middle East, USAIsrael’s finance minister promises more opening hours for checkpoints, new industrial zone near Hebron, fewer demolitions in Israeli-controlled areas By Sue Surkes From left: Head of of COGAT Maj- Gen Yoav Mordechai, Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein al-Sheik, Israel’s Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and Israel’s Ministry of Finance Director-General Shai Babad sign an agreement
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Middle EastSources say loyalty to current leader Aryeh Deri still strong, but graft probe leaves party heads preparing for the day after By Sue Surkes Yachad party leader Eli Yishai kisses the hand of Rabbi Meir Mazuz during press conference in Bnei Brak, December 25, 2014. (Photo by Yaakov Naumi/Flash90) Senior figures in the Shas Party
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Middle EastThousands of Moroccans are protesting in the north of the country—and it’s all because of one man: Nasser Zefzafi. Since police in the North African country arrested Zefzafi, 39, on Monday, demonstrations have been held on a nightly basis in the coastal city of Al-Hoceima in the northern Rif region, where Zefzafi has led a
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Middle EastPresident Trump has signed a waiver to keep the U.S. Embassy in Israel in Tel Aviv, the White House announced Thursday, backing off from a campaign pledge to move it to Jerusalem. White House officials have described the decision as a delay in Mr. Trump’s plans to move the embassy, which likely would provoke Palestinian
Danny Danon to start one-year term with opening of 72nd session of the UNGA in New York in September By Times of Israel staff Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon addresses the Security Council on October 19, 2016. (UN Photo) Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon announced that he was elected vice president of the
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky American media and officials are at full steam about secret or back channel talks between Trump personnel and Russian officials, both during the campaign and after the inauguration. One major appointee, Michael Flynn, who served briefly as the President’s national security adviser, has already paid with his appointment and may pay more
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