David Friedman, Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump WASHINGTON – Attorney David Friedman was approved for a confirmation as the next U.S. ambassador to Israel Thursday morning by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a 12-9 bipartisan vote. The approval sends President Donald Trump’s nomination to the full Senate where Friedman is expected to be confirmed with […]
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Middle East, USABritish Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson warned Israel on a visit Wednesday that it had a stark choice to make in its dealings with the Palestinians: two states or an “apartheid system.” Britain’s top diplomat made the comments on a 24-hour stop to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem, Israeli
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International, Middle EastIn the West Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was widely regarded as a reformer. For many Iranians, he was the disciple of Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, and the one who took responsibility for its crimes. President of parliament since 1980, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Iranian armies in 1988 by Khomeini,
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Middle EastCINCINNATI, Ohio (Press Release) –Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center announce the formation of Xact Medical, a new company that will seek to commercialize the Fast Intelligent Needle Delivery (FIND) system. The FIND system uses robotics and ultrasound to guide and insert a needle into a patient’s body.
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USARussian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will convene on Thursday to discuss the “current situation in the Middle East, particularly in light of joint efforts to combat international terrorism,” the Kremlin said on Monday. The Israeli-Palestinian peace process will also be on the agenda, according to the Kremlin. At the start
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There is a tantalizing parallel between what the Jews did in the first century, and what the Palestinians did in the 20th century. We know of two violent confrontations between groups of Jews in ancient times. One led to the story of Hanukah, when Mattathias Maccabee killed a Jew who
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Jewish History, Middle EastA Jordanian soldier who murdered seven Israeli schoolgirls during a class trip in 1997 will be released after serving 20 years in prison, an official in Jordan’s government said on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. Mohammed Momani, a spokesman for the government in Amman, said that terrorist Ahmed Daqamseh is to be freed next
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Middle EastPresident Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nehama hosted at the Presidential residence on Wednesday a teacher named Jeehan Jaber from the Ibn Sina school in Taibe. The president and Jaber called on Arab citizens of Israel to study Hebrew and for Jewish citizens to study Arabic. Jaber was accompanied by Taibe mayor Shuea Masrawa Mantzur,
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsEight months after decision to airlift 1,300 from dwindling Jewish community, officials have not processed a single request; reasons cited include lack of air conditioning in Addis Ababa embassy By Raoul Wootliff and Melanie Lidman In October 2016, 63 Ethiopian immigrants touched down at Ben Gurion Airport to the joy and tears of eagerly waiting
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International, Middle EastRafael defense contractor lauds achievement as proof of remote-controlled boats’ potential for naval security By Judah Ari Gross An unmanned Israel Navy ship test fires missile off the coast of Ashkelon on March 7, 2017. (IDF spokesperson) For the first time, a missile has been fired from a remote-controlled, unmanned ship during an exercise, the
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Middle EastIDF says IEDs were meant to attack soldiers working near border; Palestinians say Gazan man injured by tank fire nearby By Judah Ari Gross One of two improvised explosive devices found and disarmed by the IDF near the northern Gaza security fence on March 7, 2017. (IDF Spokesperson’s Unit) Israeli soldiers located and disarmed two
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Middle EastDespite opposition, Trump’s nominee for envoy to Israel is expected to be confirmed by the Senate later this week By Jacob Magid In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 photo, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, right, talks with David Friedman, center, nominated to be US ambassador to Israel, accompanied by former Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman on Capitol
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Middle East, USAUS and Israeli media follow the proliferation of anti-Semitism in America the telephone threats to Jewish institutions, graffiti vandalism including Nazi symbols, and Jewish cemetery desecration are becoming a part of the routine in recent months. Arutz Sheva spoke about the phenomenon with Avi Berman, Executive Director of OU Israel, who stands in his capacity
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Middle East, USAMK Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint List party, on Monday defended naming a street in northern Israel after former Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat, after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed to remove it. The Arab Israeli town of Jatt inaugurated Yasser Arafat Street in honor of Arafat, who was responsible for the deaths of
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