Middle East

UK follows US in imposing electronic device flight ban

Britain followed in US footsteps on Tuesday by banning larger electronic devices from cabin luggage on flights from several Middle Eastern and North African countries, amid fears they could be used in a terrorist attack. Direct inbound flights from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia are affected by the new restrictions, in which […]

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International, Middle East, USA

BDS founder Omar Barghouti arrested for tax evasion

Boycott activist suspected of stashing some $700,000 in a Ramallah account to avoid Israeli authorities By Jacob Magid BDS activist Omar Barghouti at a pro-boycott rally in Ramallah, February 2016. (YouTube screen capture) The co-founder of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel was arrested by tax authorities on Monday for failing to report

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Middle East

StandWithUs publishes modern Israel Haggadah

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — — A new Passover Haggadah is  being distributed by StandWithUs, an international Israel education organization, that emphasizes not only the themes of slavery and freedom but also underscores Jews’ 3,000-year-long connection to their ancestral homeland, Israel. The Haggadah, From Ancient Egypt to Modern Israel, is the brainchild of StandWithUs co-founder and COO, Jerry Rothstein. “According to a

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Insulin resistance may speed Alzheimer’s

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — A new Tel Aviv University study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease finds that insulin resistance, caused in part by obesity and physical inactivity, is also linked to a more rapid decline in cognitive performance. According to the research, both diabetic and non-diabetic subjects with insulin resistance experienced accelerated cognitive

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Syrian ally Russia summons Israeli ambassador over airstrikes

Moscow (dpa) – Russia, the main military backer of the Syrian government, has summoned Israeli Ambassador Gary Koren for questioning over recent Israeli airstrikes on Syrian state forces, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. Russia demands Israel more closely communicate its military plans in the region to avoid such incidents, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said

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International, Middle East

Prague synagogue gets two new Torah scrolls

Two new Torah scrolls donated to Prague’s Great Synagogue were inaugurated on Sunday during a festive ceremony. This is the first time since World War II that the Prague Jewish community received new Torah scrolls. During the Holocaust, Prague’s large Jewish community was almost completely wiped out: Prior to World War II, 125,000 Jews lived

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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Haley accuses UN of ‘anti-Israel bias’ and tensions rise over proposed US budget cuts

WASHINGTON — Trump administration tensions with the United Nations over Israel won’t help the world body as it tries to maintain some part of its funding from Washington. Those tensions flared again Monday when both the State Department and the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. sharply attacked an agenda item in a U.N. meeting in

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International, Middle East, USA

Israel will continue to defend its citizens, says UN envoy in response to Syria threats

Danon fires back at Syrian ambassador who called Friday’s raid on Hezbollah arms transfer a ‘terror operation,’ warned Syrian retaliatory missile launches were ‘game-changer’ By Times of Israel staff Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon at an anti-BDS conference held at the UN headquarters in New York on November 17, 2016. (Harel Rintzler) Israeli ambassador to

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International, Middle East

Israel said to strike Syria for second time in 24 hours, amid threats from Damascus

Unconfirmed reports indicate jets hit Hezbollah weapons convoy, military targets, hours after drone strike in Syrian Golan; Syria UN envoy says retaliatory missile launches during Friday raid a ‘game-changer’ By Times of Israel staff An Israeli F-15I fighter jet (photo credit: Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash 90) Israel is said to have struck Syria overnight Sunday-Monday, the second

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Middle East

Two states? One state? How about a federation?

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The so-called “two-state solution,” to subdivide the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea between independent Israel and independent Palestine, fails the tests of logic and history. And it ignores the Kingdom of Jordan – whose participation is required for any stable, long-term arrangement. There are presently three

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

Computers for Ethiopian Israeli students

By Steve Kramer ALFEI MENASHE, Israel — As we approach the Passover holiday, when helping others is customary, it’s instructive to see how a few volunteers are having a considerable impact on Netanya’s Ethiopian Israeli community… The Forgotten People Fund (FPF), a strictly volunteer organization in Netanya, Israel, was founded in 1998 by two couples, Anne

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Steve Kramer