Prime 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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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for saying Persians once tried to destroy the Jewish people, accusing the Israeli premier of distorting Jewish history. On a trip to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Netanyahu said Persians tried to destroy the Jewish people 2,500 years
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Jewish History, Middle EastThe war in Syria has left more than 465,000 people dead or missing, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported Monday. The U.K.-based monitoring group, which uses a network of sources on the ground in Syria, said that 321,000 people, including 96,000 civilians, had died as a result of the conflict since it began
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Middle East‘Alongside every great male fighter is a wonderful female fighter,’ president tells security forces at Ofer Checkpoint By Times of Israel staff President Reuven Rivlin gives Purim packages (Mishloach Manot) to members of the Israeli security forcesguarding at the Ofer checkpoint on March 12, 2017. (Mark Neyman/GPO) President Reuven Rivlin handed out treats to members
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Middle EastIsrael arrests members of Hamas terror cells in Judea and Samaria (JNS.org) Israel’s Shin Bet security agency Sunday announced the arrest of two Palestinian men who had planned to carry out terror attacks on behalf of Hamas in Judea and Samaria. A joint operation between the Shin Bet and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) led to
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Middle EastPalestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas held several meetings with terrorists and their families. According to MEMRI researchers, Abbas on March 5 held a meeting with the family of Muhammad al-Jaled, a terrorist who was was eliminated in February. Al-Jaled was shot while attempting to carry out a terror attack at the Huwara Checkpoint in November.
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Middle EastFriday’s first presidential phone call, in which the PA chief was invited to the White House, has the Palestinians extremely upbeat By Avi Issacharoff Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas greets his supporters following a trip to Washington DC, on March 20, 2014, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90) US President Donald Trump’s
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Middle East, USAMK Oren Hazan (Likud) demanded Jordanian authorities re-arrest freed terrorist Ahmed Daqamseh for incitement against Jews. Daqamseh killed seven Israeli schoolgirls in a terror attack in 1997, and was freed on Sunday – five years early. Upon his release, he said, “The Israelis are the human waste which the nations of the world vomited up
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