Middle East

Artists, writers may have different sleep patterns

HAIFA, 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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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education

MDA reunites family separated in Holocaust

TEL 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 East

Stephen P. Cohen, Middle East intermediary, dies at 71

Stephen 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, USA

Lebanon claims to have arrested 5 ‘Israeli spies’

Lebanon”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 East

Erekat ‘shocked’ at Trump’s silence on Israeli construction

Palestine 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, USA

Israel Issues Attack Warning in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula

Israel’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 East

London Synagogue Raising Funds To House Refugees, Report Says

A 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 East

Donald Trump orders establishment of safe zones in Syria

President 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, USA

UN blasts Israel’s ‘unilateral actions’

The 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, USA

Israeli-born Natalie Portman nominated for Oscar

Israeli-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, USA