British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday that Britain and the United States must stand up for friends such as Israel. Speaking to leaders of the Republican party in Philadelphia ahead of her meeting on Friday with President Donald Trump, May said that Britain and America must “stand up for our interests” but cannot […]
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International, Middle East, USAOsama Hamdan warns of violence if US embassy moves to Jerusalem, defends suicide attacks; 2nd spokesman stresses ‘Hamas’s goal remains to liberate every inch of Palestine’ By Dov Lieber Osama Hamdan speaks to Al Jazeera in August 2014 (Screen capture: YouTube) A senior Hamas official said on Wednesday that the terror group, which rules the
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Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The “Palestinians” are an “invented people,” in the opinion of Newt Gingrich, former US Speaker of the House, presidential candidate, best selling author, and bona fide historian (Ph.D. in European history – Tulane University). It’s a fact: the Palestinian Arabs simply have no history as a distinct people
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Middle East, Steve KramerMembers of California’s Iraqi Christian community and their supporters protest the months-long detention of Iraqi Christian asylum-seekers at the Otay Mesa detention center. (Screenshot: Al-Jazeera) By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — If you want security clearances in the United States, the government “vets” you quite thoroughly. They begin by asking you questions and then ask
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Middle East, USAHaving ambassador’s residence in Jerusalem is tantamount to moving the U.S. embassy By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — If a fraction of the women from Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio who left their homes o participate in the massive Women’s March against President Donald Trump on Saturday, January 21st had voted in the November election,
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Middle East, USAChildren will receive temporary residency, becoming permanent residents after 4 years; will be integrated into Arab Israeli families By Times of Israel staff Syrian children gather around a fire as the Syrian government starts to clean up areas formerly held by opposition forces in the northern city of Aleppo on December 27, 2016, in the
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Middle EastProposal could face ministerial vote next week; Chief Rabbinate claims High Court does not have jurisdiction over holy sites By Raoul Wootliff Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men yell and protest Liberal Jewish men and women as they hold a prayer service in front of the Western Wall, in Jerusalem’s Old City, on June 16, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastHAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — Do you ever dream of becoming the next Picasso? A new study at the University of Haifa comparing art and social science students has found that visually creative students evaluate their sleep as of lower quality. “Visually creative people reported disturbed sleep leading to difficulties in daytime functioning,” explains doctorate
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This is the first in a series of articles based in part on eyewitness accounts about the rapidly deteriorating socio-political conditions in Turkey and what the future may hold for the country. By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — During the past few months I interviewed scores of Turkish citizens who escaped from Turkey following
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle EastTEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release)– Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s national emergency medicine service and operator of the national blood services center, is also Israel’s national society within the international movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. Under this capacity, MDA operates a division for tracing. The organization’s association with the Red Cross exposes it
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The world will be fluid for some time. Barack Obama downsized the weight of the US. We’re amidst an upsurge in Muslim violence, chaos in a number of Middle Eastern countries, plus the resurgence of Russian power in Ukraine, Syria, and Libya, all this against the milk toast approach of Obama
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAOn the south side of Jerusalem, an open field that once served as a British military encampment has stood unoccupied for more than two decades. In the spring, Arab shepherds often graze their sheep on the low scrub grass. In 1995, the Israeli government set aside the nearly eight acres of land for the new
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Middle East, USAStephen Philip Cohen, a Canadian-born academic and Jewish organizational leader who served as a confidential intermediary between Israeli and Arab leaders for three decades, died Wednesday. He was 71 and had been in poor health. A social psychologist by training, Cohen arranged and participated in historic breakthroughs between Israel and its neighbors, including meetings with
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International, Middle East, USALebanon”s General Directorate of General Security announced on Wednesday that it had arrested a spy ring comprised of five people who allegedly “spied for Israeli embassies abroad”, reports the Lebanese Naharnet news website. According to the report, the spy ring included two Lebanese men, two Nepalese women and a Palestinian Arab man. “During interrogation, the
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