Jordan executed 15 people on Saturday, including 10 people convicted on terrorism charges in the largest mass execution in the country’s recent history, Reuters reports. Government spokesman Mohammad al Momani was quoted as having told state media those executed included one man who was convicted of an attack last year on an intelligence compound near […]
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Middle EastState media in Iran says the military has tested a Russian-made air defence system. Moscow suspended delivery of the system back in 2010 after objections from the US and Israel. But Russia ended up handing over the system last year, almost 10 years after the lucrative contract was first signed. Last year a landmark nuclear
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International, Middle EastAn official delegation from the United States Congress will arrive in Israel for a 24-hour visit on Saturday, in order to discuss the potential move of the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The delegation is on behalf of the Subcommittee on National Security of the House of Representatives, and it is expected to
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Middle East, USAIn preparation for the upcoming holiday of Purim, the rabbis of the stringent Eida Haharedit group which rejects Zionism and any connection with the state, including refraining from voting or accepting National Insurance payments, called on haredi parents not to allow their children to dress up as soldiers or police officers. In their letter, they
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Middle EastTwelve people, including women and children, are being treated for possible exposure to chemical weapons agents in Mosul, where the Islamic State group is fighting off an offensive by US-backed Iraqi forces, an United Nations agency said on Saturday. The UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) said all 12 patients had been received since March 1
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Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson ABU GHOSH, Israel — On a sunny Saturday morning, Israel’s official day of rest (the country has not yet officially adopted the two-day weekend) I got into my car and drove to the nearby Arab village of Abu Ghosh. For the village, which is situated some fifteen kilometers outside Jerusalem, well within
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastA teenager who attacked a Jewish teacher in France with a machete a year ago was sentenced to seven years in jail on Thursday by a French juvenile court, Reuters reported, citing judicial sources. The 17-year-old was convicted at a closed-doors trial for slightly wounding the teacher, who was wearing a kippah while walking to
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International, Middle EastSaddam Hussein Saddam saved from abortion – by Jews! March 4, 2003: They couldn’t have known it in 1937 when they generously took the pregnant woman into their home and talked her out of having an abortion, but an Iraqi Jewish family that now lives in Israel saved the life of the man who would
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Middle EastWASHINGTON — The United States has stepped up its campaign against al- Qaida targets in Yemen, launching more than 30 airstrikes in the past two days, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday. More than 20 airstrikes were conducted Thursday morning, targeting al-Qaida militants, equipment and infrastructure in Bayda, Shabwa and Abyan provinces. Those attacks were followed
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Middle East, USALt. Gen. H.R. McMaster H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s newly appointed National Security Advisor, must ensure the new administration reverses a decades-old pattern of neglecting Iran’s nuclear-capable cruise missile capabilities and their importance to Iran’s nuclear weapons program. The White House had no trouble marshaling evidence for its decision to put Iran “on notice” last month
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International, Middle East, USA“Donald Trump made a mistake when he objected to my appointment as Deputy Secretary of State. He should have looked at who could help the Trump administration and not looked back at his campaign,” said Elliot Abrams in a Walla News interview. Abrams, who was Secretary of State Tillerson’s choice for his deputy, was rejected
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — The U.S. military conducted airstrikes in the predawn hours against suspected al-Qaida positions Thursday across three provinces in Yemen, marking the first American attacks since an ill-fated Navy SEAL raid in January. Officials said the bombing runs against alleged al-Qaida targets in Abyan, Bayda and Shabwa provinces were planned months before the rare
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Middle East, USATel Aviv (dpa) – Israeli photographer David Rubinger, best known for his image of Israeli soldiers standing awestruck in front of the Western Wall during the Six-Day War, has died aged 92, a family statement said on Thursday. Rubinger, who died Wednesday in Jerusalem, “eternalized history as it will be forever etched in our memories,”
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — On March 1st, 2017, the founding members of the recently launched Latino Jewish Leadership Council (LJLC) attended the body’s first consultation in Washington, DC. The group of prominent national U.S. Latino and Jewish leaders expressed their steadfast commitment to jointly advocating for issues of common concern and to defend values cherished by
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