By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Neither the Jews nor the Palestinians have been masters of their fate. Both are small nations, subject to forces much more powerful. But the grandchildren of miserable Jews who came to Israel in the 1940s and 1950s as refugees from the Holocaust and Muslim persecution have created a vibrant democracy, ranked […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastIn a massive cyber attack, Twitter accounts belonging to organisations like Amnesty International and UNICEF have been hacked, apparently by supporters of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A swastika and the words ‘Nazi Germany’ and ‘Nazi Holland’ in Turkish feature on hijacked Twitter handles, alongside the message “See you on April 16”. That is when
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International, Middle EastBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Although Prime Minister Netanyahu is known for his focus on the Palestinian and Iranian threats to Israel’s national security, in recent months he has increasingly sounded the alarm over Iran in particular rather than the Palestinians. As the defeat of ISIS in both Iraq and Syria is all but
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle EastKremlin officials and Russian lawmakers are denying published reports that Moscow has deployed a team of special forces and drones to a military base in Egypt near the Libyan border. The denials came Tuesday, following multiple reports that Russian military activity had been spotted near the Mediterranean coastal town of Sidi Baranni, 100 kilometers from
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International, Middle EastVia conferences and hierarchies of Muslim Brotherhood, Gaza-based Islamist terror group building global infrastructure to challenge PLO’s standing as Palestinians’ sole legitimate representative By Avi Issacharoff At the end of February, in Istanbul, the Palestinians Abroad Conference convened with the purported goal of promoting global support for the Palestinians. Its actual purpose was to bolster
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International, Middle EastBy Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero, USA (ret) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A year ago, West Point graduate and combat veteran Taylor Force was stabbed to death by a young Palestinian who also wounded 12 others in an attack on tourists in Israel. It is tragic and ironic that Taylor risked his life serving the United States
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Middle East, USADelegation of North-African Arab journalists calls Israel ‘Western and free’ (JNS.org) Following an invitation from Hassan Kaabiya, Israel’s deputy spokesman for Arab media, a group of six North African journalists and bloggers is visiting Israel this week as guests of the Israeli Foreign Ministry. During their trip, the Algerian and Tunisian journalists are meeting with
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday evening fired back at Iran”s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, who a day earlier accused Netanyahu of “falsifying the Torah”. “Iran’s FM speaks of tolerance while the regime hangs gays, jails journalists and calls for Israel’s annihilation. Who are they kidding?” Netanyahu tweeted. [twittervideo:2025812] Zarif on Sunday took to
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Middle EastTel Aviv – Political circles in Israel are expecting Washington to take action on the resumption of negotiations on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Experts expect the Donald Trump administration to call for a regional peace conference which will launch new talks or lead to a summit bringing together the US president, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and
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Middle East, USACommentators on social media wondered why White House special envoy Jason Greenblat did not wear a kippah (a Jewish skullcap) during his meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Sunday. Orthodox Jewish men traditionally wear kippot. Greenblat studied at the Har Etzion yeshiva and attended Yeshiva University. He is a successful and respected lawyer and lives
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USABy Ahmed Bani Mustafa – Mar 13,2017 – Last updated at Mar 13,2017 AMMAN — Jordanians received the release of convicted soldier Ahmad Daqamseh with conflicting reactions as the public opinion regards him as either a national hero or a terrorist. Daqamseh was serving a life sentence since March 13, 1997, after shooting dead seven
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Middle EastA bust of a statue believed to depict one of Egypt’s most famous rulers has been lifted out of a Cairo slum. Local archaeologists and a team from Leipzig, Germany, think the quartzite figure could be a likeness of Pharaoh Ramses II, who led Egypt over 3,000 years ago. The discovery of parts of the
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Middle East, Travel and FoodSaying Arab politicians should not have Israeli citizenship, defense minister predicts any land-for-peace deal will fail if Arab towns not made Palestinian By Jacob Magid Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman attends a meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in Jerusalem on March 6, 2017 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman cautioned the US against
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Middle East, USABEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– A Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researcher has developed a new technique that could provide virtually 100 percent protection against cyberattacks launched through internet videos or images, which are a growing threat. “Any downloaded or streamed video or picture is a potential vehicle for a cyberattack,” says Professor Ofer Hadar,
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