Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman held a live chat with his supporters on his Facebook page Sunday, during which he was asked about his promise to have Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh killed within 48 hours of becoming Defense Minister. “The wisdom is to act responsibly and with determination,” Liberman replied. “Talk to me about Haniyeh at […]
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Middle EastThe incitement against haredi IDF soldiers and their recruiters continued, with death threats being made against the head of the IDF branch for yeshiva students Sunday. Leaflets calling for the death of Maj. Yaakov Roshi were strewn outside of his parents’ house in Petach Tikva, representing an escalation in the campaign of harassment and intimidation
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Middle EastIn Knesset first, lawmaker Merav Ben Ari opts for shared parenting without marriage By Stuart Winer Member of Knesset Merav Ben Ari attends a committee meeting in the Knesset, February 6, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) A lawmaker who conceived a child with a gay friend to whom she isn’t married gave birth Saturday to a baby
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Middle EastNir Barkat releases laconic statement after meeting Jason Greenblatt amid larger US-Israel talks over settlement construction By Times of Israel staff Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt during a meeting at the White House, March 25, 2017 (Courtesy of the Jerusalem Municipality) Jerusalem Mayor Nir
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Middle East, USAPro-Israel activists faced off against demonstrators protesting the annual AIPAC conference in Washington DC on Sunday. Anti-Israel radicals formed a human chain, blocking the entrance to the conference, while others gathered nearby, chanting anti-Zionist slogans and holding placards condemning Israel, Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, and AIPAC itself. Supporters of the Jewish state also
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Middle East, USACoalition crisis continues as prime minister and finance minister remain deeply divided, but agree to talk again By Stuart Winer and Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, March 26, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon held
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Middle EastThursday’s Israeli attack in Syria could be part of a rebalanced power dynamic in the region. During the Syrian crisis, Israel had launched several strikes against Syrian targets it claimed were Hizbollah convoys and personnel The recent attack is one of the few that Israel actually declared with sirens in Israel, possibly because of the
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International, Middle EastJordan’s Minister of State for Media Affairs, Mohammad Momani, said Saturday that a U.S. presidential envoy will attend the 28th Arab Summit to be held in Jordan starting on Wednesday. Momani said in a press conference that a French envoy will attend the summit as well. He added that contacts are currently being held through
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Middle EastHamas closed the crossing between Gaza and Israel on Sunday after blaming Israel for the assassination of one of its lead terrorists and officials. In addition, Hamas forbade fishing in the waters near Gaza. A statement from the Interior Ministry in Gaza, run by Islamist movement Hamas, said it was shutting the Erez crossing for
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Middle EastTEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) — A classroom exercise at Tel-Aviv’s historic Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium high school sparked controversy after it was reported last Thursday that students were forced to participate in a simulation of IDF activities at checkpoints in which “Palestinians” were abused by “IDF soldiers.” According to the report published by the Israeli news outlet Walla!, students
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Middle EastEx-lawmaker retired from politics in 1992 after becoming involved in a political scandal that sought to oust then-PM Itzhak Shamir By Times of Israel staff Former Likud minister and Israeli diplomat Avraham Sharir speaks during an August 2014 interview. (screen capture: YouTube) Former Likud minister Avraham Sharir died on Saturday at the age of 84,
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Middle EastSource say enough evidence accumulated for formal investigation of Nissan Slomiansky By Times of Israel staff Jewish Home MK Nissam Slomiansky seen during a vote on the so-called Regulation Bill, a controversial bill that seeks to legitimize illegal West Bank outposts, in the Israeli parliament on December 7, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Police are set to
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Middle EastLondon supports 2 of the votes, but slams bias and ‘selective focus’ on Israel, puts council ‘on notice’ that it had better change By Times of Israel staff The Human Rights Council during an interactive dialogue with the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip on June 29, 2015
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International, Middle East, USAJustin Welby plans to hold interfaith events, visit holy sites in his first tour of region in four years By Times of Israel staff Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Church of England Justin Welby, center, visits the Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem’s Old City, on June 27, 2013 (Sliman Khader/Flash90) The
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