Middle East

Bedouin soldier: You don’t know anything about Israel

As anti-Israel – and increasingly, anti-Semitic – elements on college campuses have become more vocal, more active, and more provocative on college campuses around the US, pro-Israel activists are working to combat the hatred and misinformation found at so many institutions across the country. One recently demobilized IDF soldier decided to join the fight on […]

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Middle East, USA

Middle East Roundup: March 28, 2017

30 pastors witness lifesaving Israeli volunteer EMS methods in Jerusalem (JNS.org) A special delegation from the U.S. organized by Christians United for Israel (CUFI) traveled to Jerusalem last week and visited the headquarters of United Hatzalah, an Israeli volunteer-based emergency medical services (EMS) organization. According to a statement released by Hatzalah’s international spokesperson, the CUFI

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Op-Ed: Israel is good, not perfect

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — George Steiner, the celebrated literary critic and exponent of contemporary thought, describes himself as a proud, though non-practicing, Jew: “The highest nobility is to have belonged to a people that has never humiliated another people.” That makes him, in words spoken to the French journalist Laure Adler, “fundamentally anti-Zionist.” In

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Muslim Brotherhood listing as terror group delayed by Donald Trump

President Trump has – for the time being – put on the back burner an executive order designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, according to U.S. officials close to a heated debate inside the administration over the status of the global Islamist movement. While the White House has declined to comment publicly, officials speaking

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President refuses pardon for convicted ex-prime minister Olmert

Rivlin says he can’t reconsider former premier’s jail term in light of his public standing as court already took that into account By Times of Israel staff Former prime minister Ehud Olmert leaves the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on February 10, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool) President Reuven Rivlin rejected a pardon request from former prime minister Ehud

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Sisi meets WJC leader

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi on Sunday met the head of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald Lauder, in Cairo. Presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef said, according to the Al-Ahram newspaper, that the meeting reflects Egypt”s keenness on communicating with all parts of American society on boosting bilateral understanding of the current challenges faced by the region. Sisi

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Pro-Israel Palestinian Arab confronts anti-Israel Jews

Anti-Israel demonstrators associated with the IfNotNow organization protested outside of the AIPAC conference in Washington DC on Sunday, blasting the Netanyahu government, Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, and AIPAC”s support for Israel. The protesters included a large contingent of far-left Jewish radicals, including IfNotNow founder Simone Zimmerman, who served as Jewish outreach coordinator for

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Palestinian Authority president meets senior EU figures in Brussels

The President of the Palestinian Authority has met senior EU representatives in Brussels. Mahmoud Abbas met Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker, parliament president Antonio Tajani and head of the diplomatic service, Federica Mogherini. The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at European Council headquarters in Brussels #Palestine #EU #Abbas pic.twitter.com/awHZqbUAsH— Wiktor Dabkowski (@Brussels_PJ) 27 mars 2017 For Mogherini,

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