U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday there is now a “rare opportunity to bring security and stability and peace” to the Middle East, as he arrived in Israel for his first visit there as the U.S. leader. Speaking at a welcome ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Trump said the opportunity involved defeating terrorism
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Middle East, USAPerhaps Air Force One encountered some turbulence that shook Melania Trump to her core. Or, maybe she noticed a large fly on President Donald Trump’s hand after deplaning at an Israeli airport. Either way, the first lady wasn’t having it when Trump reached out his hand to hold hers Monday during their first international trip
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By Yoni Peres JERUSALEM — We are now celebrating 50 years for the “reunion” of west and east Jerusalem. In 1967, in response to the threast of Gamal Abdel Nasser, Israel commenced the Six Day War. Jordan and Syria joined Egypt and as a result, Israel conquered Sinai from Egypt, the Golan Heights from Syria, and the
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Editor’s Note: Yaakov and Toby Greenwald vividly remember what they were doing during the Six-Day War of June 1967. In these two articles, they relate their personal histories. Yaakov Greenwald is a veteran teacher of Talmud, History and Mathematics. They married in 1976, live in Efrat, and are the parents and grandparents of children
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Jewish History, Middle East, Toby Klein Greenwald, USAKehilat Yeshurun Rabbi Haskel Lookstein said on Sunday that he was not the rabbi who gave Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner permission to fly on Air Force One on Shabbat (Sabbath), calling the rumors “fake news”. Rabbi Lookstein is the rabbi who converted Ivanka in 2009, prior to her marriage to Jared Kushner. According to
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Middle East, USASpeaking at the US Capitol at a special event marking the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s liberation and unification, Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) spoke of her synagogue, Ner Tamid (Hebrew for eternal flame), and of Israel as a beacon of hope. Rosen was flanked by Martin Oliner, President of the Center for Unity and of Religious
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Middle East, USAIsrael”s Security Cabinet approved a package of goodwill gestures for the Palestinian Authority Sunday evening by a wide margin, despite objections by two senior Jewish Home ministers. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had proposed the gestures in the cabinet, hoping to have the measures approved prior to President Donald Trump”s arrival in Israel on Monday. President
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Middle EastRe-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a televised speech in Tehran, Iran on May 20, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua] TEHRAN – Iran’s incumbent moderate President Hassan Rouhani won the presidential election by garnering 57 percent of the votes, the Interior Ministry announced Saturday. Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said that out of 41,220,131 counted votes, which accounts
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Middle EastIvanka Trump told a group of Saudi women leaders on Sunday there was “more work to be done” to improve the lives of women in their respective countries. Speaking at Riyadh’s Tuwaiq Palace with a group of 15 women high up in Saudi business and society, Trump—a daughter of and an adviser to the American
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Middle East, USA. JERUSALEM — The Israeli love affair with President Donald Trump has soured as promises have gone unfulfilled. The Israeli public was very excited when Trump took office. They anticipated a fresh start after a fraught relationship with Barack Obama, who many thought was overly sympathetic to the Palestinians. But reality has set in as
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Some 40 years ago, I published a book entitled The United States: A Study of A Developing Country. The idea came from my home town. Fall River, Massachusetts, where 30 percent of my age group did not finish high school, and the average adult had 8 years of schooling. The idea
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USARIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Donald Trump Sunday dropped some of his harsh talk about Islam as he urged leaders of the Muslim world not to wait for the United States but to act on their own to root out terrorism. Notably, the speech did not include the words “radical Islamic terrorism,” a term he
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Photo essay by Donald H. Harrison * Harrison is editor of San Diego Jewish World. He may be contacted via donald.harrison@sdjewishworld.com
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, USAThings for President Donald Trump back home might be rocky—what with an investigation into his administrations ties to Russia and a controversy over his firing of former FBI Director James Comey—but that didn’t mean he couldn’t take a nice dance break Saturday during his first overseas trip as leader of the free world. Trump danced—or
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