By Tony Klug The following is the transcript of a speech given earlier this year by the author to a meeting of J Street. I’m not sure I’m the best person to be making this presentation, as I’m still deeply in denial about recent developments in both your country, the US, and mine, the UK. […]
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Middle EastJosh Bacon Last week, Israeli authorities revealed that, once again, Hamas has been stealing international aid money intended for the general Gazan population, and using it for its own purposes. In this case, Muhammad Murtaja, the local coordinator of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA), has been charged with siphoning millions from Turkish aid
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Middle EastBy Mohammad Ghazal – Mar 30,2017 – Last updated at Mar 30,2017 DEAD SEA — Representatives of the UN and EU on Wednesday expressed support for Arab stand on the Middle East conflict, stressing that was no alternative to the two-state solution. At the 28th Arab summit, Arab leaders said a solution that ensures the
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International, Middle EastBy Mohammad Ghazal – Mar 30,2017 – Last updated at Mar 30,2017 DEAD SEA — Arab leaders on Wednesday urged all countries not to relocate their embassies in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem or even recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The Arab leaders also warned against unilateral measures by Israel that seek
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Politics is unlikely to be static, or even stable. Things change. The causes can be pressures from the economy, international events, domestic tragedies, or the maneuvers of political rivals. All this makes prediction risky, and usually foolish. Yet a snapshot is also helpful. Assuming that the description is reasonable, it
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastFormer Knesset Member Yoni Chetboun tells in an interview to Arutz Sheva about the purpose of his visit to the United States, where he is participating in the AIPAC conference. Asked whether his presence at the conference hints at political intentions, he replied that the goals of his visit and his participation have to do
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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM, March 29, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews gathered yesterday (Tuesday) to protest Israel’s Military Draft Law, resulting in the forced enlistment of many Orthodox Jews. The protestors also decried Israel’s brutal tactics to crack down peaceful protestors. The demonstration was organized by the Edah HaChareidis – a Rabbinic umbrella association
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastIsraeli President Reuven Rivlin and his wife, Nechama, held a state dinner Wednesday night for the President of the Slovak Republic, Andrei Kiske. President Kiske said, “When I was 27, I moved to the US. My wife stayed behind with the children, and when I did not find work as an engineer I found work
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International, Middle East, USAPrime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the Foreign Ministry to cut $ 2 million from Israel’s payments to the UN, in light of the hostile proposals adopted by the UN Human Rights Council last week. This amount will be used to deepen and expand Israeli projects in the field of international
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International, Middle EastBy JT – Mar 29,2017 – Last updated at Mar 29,2017 AMMAN — A joint communiqué was issued on Tuesday on the occasion of Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud’s state visit to the Kingdom, upon an invitation from His Majesty King Abdullah. The following is an unofficial translation of the full communiqué issued
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Middle EastAfter UK threatens to vote against all rights council resolutions unless it drops anti-Israel bias, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks against ‘profound absurdity’ of Golan Heights motion By Eric Cortellessa , Rebecca Shimoni Stoil and Times of Israel staff British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson meets with Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki in the West
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International, Middle East, USAIn crackdown on illegally manufactured weapons, army seizes machinery, gun parts in Hebron region; 6 Palestinians arrested overnight By Judah Ari Gross Israeli troops shut down three workshops believed to have been used to illegally manufacture guns in the Hebron region early Wednesday morning, as part of an ongoing crackdown on the weapons trade in
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Middle EastTamar Zandberg called ‘human trash’ and ‘filth’ over her participation in IfNotNow demonstration in Washington By Times of Israel staff Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg speaks at a rally in support of legalizing marijuana in Tel Aviv on February 4, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) A left-wing Israeli lawmaker invited to Washington by the pro-Israel lobby to participate
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Middle East, USABeirut says Jerusalem bid to legislate over area of sea with possible energy reserves is tantamount to a ‘declaration of war’ By Sue Surkes Buoys marking the border between Israel and Lebanon. CC BY Chadica, Flickr) Lebanon has appealed to the United Nations to intervene following moves by Israel to formalize a maritime border between
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