Despite 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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Middle EastCAESARIA, Israel (Press Release) — Golan Shalhov, a volunteer EMS responder with United Hatzalah’s ambucycle corps in Caesaria, recently injured himself during one of his favorite pastimes – skydiving. He landed off balance and injured his back when he crashed after a rather unfortunate jump. In spite of his injuries, Shalhov recently responded to a medical
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Barry Shaw HERZLIYA, Israel — The words and frightening rhetoric heard since Trump’s ascent to power is deeply troubling. The hateful terminology and threats on the streets of America resemble the atmosphere that was generated on the streets of Israel in the days leading to the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister, Yizchak Rabin. When I
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Barry Shaw, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Power not only breeds paranoia, it also gives free range to greed. The current cluster of investigations of Prime Minister Netanyahu (and members of his family) is a case in point. Several of potential charges have to do with receiving “gifts” that in the eyes of the law are
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been ‘critically injured’ in air strikes in northern Iraq, it has been claimed. The terror mastermind is said to have been wounded after a bombing raid in Al-Ba’aj, it has been reported locally. However, it is not the first time claims have emerged that al-Baghdadi has been either hurt
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — There is a good reason why politics and religion may be compared to the mixture of meat and milk. Milk by itself is a very nutritious food. Meat by itself is also a source of protein and vitamins, yet when we mix the two together, they
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USADore Gold, the former Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, related a story which shed new light on the contentious relationship between the Obama Administration and the government of Prime Minister Netanyahu. Speaking to the Hebrew Makor Rishon newspaper last Friday, Gold related that when the US delegation to the funeral of former Prime
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Middle East, USAImam Mohamed Magid at National Prayer Service held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2017 It remains a mystery how an imam with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and Barack Obama got invited to offer a prayer at the National Prayer Service Saturday after the inauguration of Donald Trump. President Trump
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Middle East, USAYouths accused of throwing rocks and threatening locals tending their fields near illegal West Bank outpost of Geulat Tzion By Times of Israel staff Illustrative photo of a masked Jewish settler swinging a slingshot as he stands near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar, on May 19, 2013 (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90) The Jerusalem District Court indicted
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Middle EastUS President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Monday to Egyptian President Fattah al Sisi, a day after a similar call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. US media reported that the calls were part of the new president’s consultations for a proposed shifting of the United States embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to
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Middle East, USATel Aviv, Ramallah- The new U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, decided to reside in Jerusalem, even before his country makes a final decision to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to the city. U.S. President Donald Trump has previously announced his country would move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The White
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Middle East, USAThousands gathered in Washington DC on Saturday to protest the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Friday, in what has been dubbed the “Women”s March on Washington”. The event, which was billed as a “diverse” gathering of anti-Trump voices was dominated by the far-left, with feminist pro-life groups barred from participating and a roster of
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Middle East, USABaghdad (dpa) – Iraqi forces have taken full control of the eastern side of Mosul, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Tuesday, around three months after the launch of an offensive to drive Islamic State militants out of the city. “This is a major achievement for the Iraqi forces,” al-Abadi told a press conference in Baghdad.
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Middle EastEx-foreign minister says Jerusalem can no longer paint White House as ‘bad cop,’ claims government has ‘no policy’ on Gaza By Marissa Newman Zionist Union MK Tzipi Livni addresses the INSS conference on January 24, 2017 (Chen Galili/Courtesy) Zionist Union MK Tzipi Livni on Tuesday said she views Donald Trump’s presidency as an “opportunity” for
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