Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak attacked this morning (Sunday) on his Twitter account Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, following reports in Haaretz this morning of a document about a regional peace initiative abandoned by Netanyahu. “Netanyahu’s ignominy. Israel’s future and the lives of soldiers are in the hands of a deceptive and cowardly Prime Minister. Topple […]
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Middle EastFatah spokesperson Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad on Sunday warned against relocating the United States embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, saying such a would “explode the situation” in the entire Middle East and North Africa region. His warning came as a delegation of American congressmen, led by Republican Congressman Ron DeSantis, arrived in Israel for
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Middle East, USAIsraeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke on Sunday about his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. At their upcoming meeting scheduled for Thursday, Netanyahu intends to speak with Putin about Israel’s opposition to the Iranian attempts to establish a permanent military and naval presence in Syria. “On Thursday I will meet with Russian President
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International, Middle EastDanny Dayan, the Israeli Consul General in New York, met with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo who is on a visit to Israel to discuss the recent spate of anti-Semitic incidents in the state. Dayan told Arutz Sheva that his visit with the Governor “had a dual purpose. First, to strengthen the economic ties between
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Middle East, USAIsraeli President Reuven “Ruby” Rivlin met with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday, accompanying him during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. The meeting between the two leaders comes amid a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across the United States, including the recent desecration of a Jewish cemetery in Rochester, New
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By Jerry Klinger LOS ANGELES — Pat Boone, world famous singer, movie actor and writer has been a lifelong friend of Israel. His active continuing career has spanned over 62 years, selling more than 46 million albums, 38 Platinum top forty singles, starring in 12 movies and a hit T.V. show. Yet, he will modestly
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Jerry Klinger, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — One of my correspondents provoked this column with the following response to what I had written previously. “I read your article about who is Donald Trump. and it leaves me confused , for once America has a president that is for Israel and you want to pick him apart? The American people
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy JT – Mar 05,2017 – Last updated at Mar 05,2017 AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday discussed with a delegation of US Jewish leaders efforts to push forward the Middle East peace process and the latest regional developments. During the meeting, held at the Basman Palace, King Abdullah stressed the importance of
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Middle EastCologne (dpa) – A series of cancelled campaign rallies planned by Turkish politicians on German soil has incurred the wrath of Ankara, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accusing Germany on Sunday of “Nazi practices.” Officials in various German localities have called off planned events this week at which Turkish ministers were scheduled to rally support
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International, Middle EastObama-era ambassador, Dan Shapiro, announced as visiting fellow at Institute for National Security Studies By Alexander Fulbright Then US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro seen at a fare-well session in the Knesset, on January 17, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) Former US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro will join the Institute for National Security studies as a
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Middle East, USAIn recording, woman heard calling on Jewish state to not abandon her kin, but Jewish Agency casts doubt on her claims By Times of Israel staff Syrians walk along a damaged street in Aleppo’s Tareeq al-Bab neighbourhood on January 18, 2017, a month after government forces retook the northern Syrian city from rebel fighters. (AFP
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Author and columnist Edwin Black is touring the United States, Australia, and other democracies to promote the creation of a Covenant of Democratic Nations to replace the United Nations, the latter of which he describes as being so heavily influenced by anti-democratic, authoritarian regimes as to have outlived
Attorney and former MK Taleb el-Sana, who also chairs the Committee for the Fight Against the Supreme Court’s Supervision of Israeli Arabs, claimed infighting and murders in the Arab community are a “clear and direct result” of the Israeli government’s policy of not involving itself in the Arab communities. El-Sana, who is a Bedouin, also
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (Press Release) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Saturday that he will work to remove a street sign in the northern Israeli-Arab village of Jatt that is named after Yasser Arafat, former Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization and President of the Palestinian Authority. The street name attracted public attention following the complaints of a group
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