In his first address to U.S. troops, President Trump vowed Monday to defeat the “radical Islamic terrorists” abroad and to prevent terrorism from “taking root” in America. “Today we deliver a message in one, very unified voice to these forces of death and destruction: America and its allies will defeat you,” Mr. Trump said at […]
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s one of the greatest of conundrums, or problems that appear to be insoluble. Or at least insoluble in anything like the current situation. And the current situation is not something of this morning or yesterday. It’s been with us, depending on when you begin counting, for 70 years or
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastAfter a federal appeals court on Sunday rejected President Donald Trump’s emergency bid to reinstate his contentious travel ban, the White House signaled fresh determination to push forward in a legal dispute that is fast becoming a test of executive power. Meanwhile, visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries targeted by Trump’s temporary ban hurried to board
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International, Middle East, USAA senior Iranian government official said Saturday Tehran was prepared to attack Tel Aviv and destroy a U.S. military base in Bahrain if the Trump White House ordered a military strike against Iran. Mojtaba Zonour, a member of Iran’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission and a former Islamic Revolution Guards Corps official, said Iran
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International, Middle East, USATripoli (dpa) – Libyan civilians displaced by fighting began their return to their homes in the Mediterranean coastal city of Sirte on Sunday, two months after the Islamic State extremist militia was driven out, a local official told dpa. The UN-backed Libyan government announced in December it was retaking full control of Sirte, the hometown
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International, Middle EastGAZA – Islamic Hamas movement said Sunday it seeks reaching a full prisoners’ swap deal with Israel via a broker, a spokesman for the movement in Gaza said. Abdulatif al-Qanou denied earlier Israeli reports saying that Hamas rejected an Israeli offer to free two Israeli civilians for the release of a brother of a senior
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Middle EastPLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat called on the Hague court to immediately open an investigation into Israel’s “occupation crimes” and especially the “colonial settlement of occupied Palestine, including eastern al-Quds.” Al-Quds is the Arabic name for Jerusalem. In an official statement, Erekat said, “it’s time to move to the next stage, and to open an investigation
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International, Middle EastThe Trump administration put Iran “on notice” last week, but Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that the White House right now is evaluating whether to keep in place the nuclear deal with Tehran that President Trump said he’d shred if elected. In an interview with ABC News that aired Sunday, the vice president said
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Middle East, USAA US federal appeals court early Sunday rejected a request by the Department of Justice to immediately reinstate President Donald Trump’s travel ban barring citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries and temporarily banning refugees. “Appellants’ request for an immediate administrative stay pending full consideration of the emergency motion for a stay pending appeal is denied,”
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International, Middle East, USA‘The government did everything it could’ to aid evacuees, insists pro-settlement justice minister; amid fierce opposition, Regulation Bill set for final vote this week By Times of Israel staff Education Minister Naftali Bennett addresses the Knesset plenum, January 25, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Two top ministers from the Jewish Home Party vowed on Saturday night to
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (Press Release) — Two weeks ago, on Saturday night at 11:30 PM, Daniel Klughaupt had just gone to sleep when he received an urgent alert about a woman who had collapsed in his own building! Literally jumping out of bed, Daniel, while still in his pajamas, rushed to the 8th-floor apartment, arriving in 60 seconds! He
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationWashington (dpa) – The US Justice Department Saturday filed a notice to appeal a federal judge’s decision that temporarily halted the implementation of President Donald Trump’s one-week-old immigration order. The department filed its appeal seeking the reinstatement of the controversial executive order temporarily suspending the US refugee programme, temporarily banning travellers from seven majority-Muslim countries
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International, Middle East, USABEIRUT — It was past midnight on a moonless night in central Yemen, and Ahmad Jawfi was preparing to go to sleep when he heard the dull buzz of drones overhead. Drones were nothing new, so he and others paid little attention. But soon, a military operation unfolded that left 14 al-Qaida fighters dead and
The Department of Homeland Security said Saturday that it had suspended “any and all actions” related to President Donald Trump’s travel ban on immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries and his halt on refugees coming into the U.S. The announcement came after a federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order against the major
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