Middle East

Tel Aviv (dpa) – Israel must not yield to demands being made by more than 1,000 “shameless” Palestinian prisoners on an indefinite hunger strike, top Israeli lawmaker Tzachi Hanegbi said on Tuesday. “This is a gang of shameless guys, of merciless murderers,” Hanegbi told Israel Radio. Calling their demands baseless, Hanegbi argued that the strike

Prime minister says calling terrorist jailed for murder a ‘parliamentarian and leader’ is like calling ‘Assad a pediatrician’ By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend the Jewish Moroccan celebration of Mimouna, in Hadera on April 17, 2017. (Ido Erez/POOL) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday slammed The New

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) addressed this afternoon, Tuesday, the hunger strike being held by imprisoned terrorists. “In everything pertaining to the hunger-striking terrorists in Israeli prisons, I suggest adopting the approach of Margaret Thatcher,” Liberman said. A former Prime Minister of Britain, Thatcher had, during her tenure, taken a firm stance against hunger

UN: Allies knew of Jewish Holocaust years earlier than previously known (JNS.org) Newly released United Nations documents reveal that the Allied powers knew about the Jewish Holocaust carried out by Hitler’s Nazi regime at least two-and-a-half years earlier than previously thought. As early as December 1942, the United States, the United Kingdom and the former

By Karen McDonough/JNS.org When Mark Rosenblatt touched down at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv April 5 and powered on his cell phone, he got the surprise of his mobile technology life. Rosenblatt received a text message from his cell phone carrier, Verizon, reading, “Welcome to Palestine.” “I did a double take,” said Rosenblatt, a

Rabbi brutally attacked in Ukraine last fall has died of his injuries (JNS.org) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Deitsch, who was badly beaten in a vicious attack and robbery in Ukraine last October, died April 15 from his wounds, Chabad announced Sunday. He will be remembered for his efforts in strengthening Jewish life in France, Israel and

ALEPPO, Syria — She had already lost her eldest son, Jamal, a Syrian soldier killed in action three years ago. He was 25. Her family endured two years of shortages of food, water, medicine and other essentials — along with frequent shelling — in her hometown of Fuah, which has been the target of a

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in Sunday’s constitutional referendum granting him sweeping powers. But the opposition has challenged the razor thin poll victory. “Today, Turkey has taken a historic decision,” Erdogan told reporters at his official Istanbul residence, the Huber Palace. “With the people, we have realised the most important reform in our

Special boat, elite divers dispatched on fifth day of search for young men swept away from shore By Times of Israel staff Police search for three youths who went missing on the Sea of Galilee on April 16, 2017. (Police spokesperson) The navy sent a specialized search ship and an elite team of divers Sunday