Middle East

22 ultra-Orthodox men arrested for sex assaults on women, minors

Police suspect community leaders were aware of alleged crimes against dozens of victims but preferred to deal with matter internally By Stuart Winer Police on Monday arrested 22 suspects from ultra-Orthodox communities on suspicion they carried out dozens of sex crimes against women and minors over the past two years, but were sheltered from the […]

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Middle East

AIPAC president a fan of JWRP

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s first woman president in a decade, Lillian Pinkus, told the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP) Sunday night that its work nurturing a new generation of women leaders is “transformative.” Pinkus, meeting with JWRP leaders at the annual AIPAC Policy Conference, recalled seeing a group of women

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Middle East, USA

Welfare minister reportedly target of IAI corruption probe

Police said to seek witnesses to turn against Haim Katz in investigation into Israel Aerospace Industries By Times of Israel staff Israeli Minister of Welfare and Social Affairs Haim Katz arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister office in Jerusalem on September 27, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL) Police are seeking witnesses to

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Pence at AIPAC: Trump still seriously considering moving embassy to Jerusalem

In passionate speech at annual confab, vice president celebrates Friedman as newly-confirmed envoy to Israel; vows admin will confront Iran, seek Israeli-Palestinian peace By Eric Cortellessa Vice President Mike Pence speaks at AIPAC’s annual Policy Conference on March 26, 2017 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC (screenshot) WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence delivered

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International, Middle East, USA

Iran hits back with sanctions on 15 US firms

Washington (dpa) – Iran has sanctioned 15 US companies, in retaliation over sanctions recently imposed on the Islamic Republic by Washington, state news agency IRNA reported Sunday. The companies were singled out for cooperating with Israel and “their blatant violation of human rights and international humanitarian rights,” the foreign ministry said in a statement. The

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Middle East, USA

PM Saad Eddine El-Othmani Forms Six-Party Government in Morocco

Morocco’s new Prime Minister Saad Eddine el-Othmani has succeeded in building a governing coalition, ending a five-month political deadlock after just eight days in office. El-Othmani, 61, of the Islamist Party for Justice and Development, or PJD, announced in a press conference in Rabat on Saturday that an “agreement has been reached” with six political

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Middle East

Abbas to propose new peace initiative at upcoming Arab summit

The secretary-general of the Arab League told the Palestinian daily Al-Watan that the PA chairman was expected to present a new initiative during the League conference on Wednesday in Jordan. He said the initiative would offer new solutions to the “Palestinian issue” in light of “settlement expansion” and international withdrawal from support for the two-state

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Middle East

‘If Iran was benign the Mideast’s problems would be solvable’

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for a new approach to Arab-Israeli peacemaking, and blamed the Ayatollahs’ regime in Iran for the intractability of the Middle East’s problems at the AIPAC annual policy conference Sunday. “If you had a benign regime in Iran, all of the problems in the Middle East would be resolvable,”

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International, Middle East, USA

‘For first time in years no daylight between Israel and US’

Israeli Ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer praised the unprecedented lack of “daylight” between Israel and the US under the administration of President Donald Trump. “When it comes to the great challenges facing Israel and the United States, for the first time in many years, perhaps in many decades, there is no daylight between our

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Middle East, USA

Rwanda’s President hails friendship with Israel

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame on Sunday became the first African leader to address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, hailing Israel as an inspiration for his own country’s rebirth after genocide. Kagame was commander of the rebel force that put an end to the 1994 slaughter of Rwandan Tutsis by Hutu extremists

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International, Middle East, USA