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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Middle EastPalestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary-General Saeb Erekat on Wednesday said he was “shocked” by the White House’s silence on Israel”s construction in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem, and called on President Donald Trump’s administration to clarify its policy. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman announced the approval of 2,500 housing
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International, Middle East, USAIsrael’s anti-terrorism agency urged its citizens to leave the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on Tuesday, warning of immediate attacks against tourist sites in the region. The Counter-Terrorism Bureau at the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office upgraded the risk of attacks to Level 1, its highest level, indicating that there was an extreme and concrete risk of
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Middle EastThe Defense Ministry has ruled in favor of an appeal by a victim of sexual assault, recognizing her as a terror victim seven years after the assault. The incident in question took place in 2008, when the victim, a Jewish woman in her mid-20s, was attacked violently by a gang of Arab youths outside the
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Middle EastA synagogue in London is raising funds to house a Syrian refugee family — likely to be Muslims, according to a report on Independent. The Jewish house of prayer is planning to convert a religious studies teaching room into a two-bedroom apartment and is seeking to raise $62,869 in funds. “It’s very easy for religion
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International, Middle EastPresident Trump is ordering the Pentagon and State Department to develop a series of “safe zones” in Syria, a move that administration critics claims could draw the U.S. military deeper into the country’s civil war. The safe-zone mandate was tucked into the text of an executive order signed Wednesday by Mr. Trump that establishes curbs
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Middle East, USAThe United Nations on Tuesday denounced Israel”s approval of new homes in Judea and Samaria, saying that “unilateral actions” are an obstacle to peace based on a two-state solution. Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman announced the approval of 2,500 housing units in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria,
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International, Middle East, USAIsraeli-born actress Natalie Portman was announced on Tuesday as one of the nominees for this year”s Oscars. Portman was named in the best actress category for her performance in “Jackie”, a biographical drama which follows Jackie Kennedy in the aftermath of the 1963 assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy. Portman, who was born
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADespite a long history of strained relations, Israel’s Knesset members from diverse backgrounds came together Tuesday to inaugurate the Jewish-Muslim Ties Caucus. The event was also attended by religious leaders from both faiths. “We are now at a period in which hatred, alienation, stereotypes and prejudice are the dominant voice in our lives,” said Knesset
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