A group of more than 100 members of Congress wrote to President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, urging him to relocate the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem “as soon as you take office,” the Washington Free Beacon reports. Moving the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was a campaign pledge of Trump”s. His campaign manager […]
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Middle East, USAPope Francis will grant Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas an audience at the Vatican on Saturday, the Holy See confirmed on Tuesday, according to AFP. It will be the third time that the Pope has met Abbas following an encounter during the pontiff’s 2014 trip to the Holy Land and the Abba”s 2015 visit
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International, Middle East, USARex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump”s nominee for Secretary of State, on Wednesday stressed the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and condemned the outgoing Obama administration”s decision not to veto UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which criticized Israeli construction in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Speaking at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tillerson
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Middle East, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump”s nominee to head the Defense Department, General (ret.) James Mattis told a congressional confirmation committee on Thursday that he believes that Tel Aviv, not Jerusalem, should be considered the capital of Israel. Mattis, who in the past criticized the Jewish state over “settlements” in Judea and Samaria and warned the country was
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Middle East, USAThe suspected ringleader of two mass shootings in Tunisia that killed 60 people has been identified, according to documents obtained by the BBC. Chamseddine al-Sandi remains at large—Tunisian authorities believe him to be in Libya—following the 2015 attacks. One targeted foreign tourists on a Sousse beach that June, leaving 38 people dead, and the other
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Middle EastADL: Roof verdict underscores need for anti-hate crime law in South Carolina NEW YORK (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Jan. 11, welcomed closure of the federal trial in the Charleston massacre case, which resulted in hate crime convictions against white supremacist Dylann Storm Roof for the murders of parishioners at Emanuel AME
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — President-elect Trump’s appointment of David Friedman (known for his support of the settlements) to be the US ambassador to Israel, his appointment of Walid Phares (a Maronite Christian known for his pro-Israel track record and distaste for the Palestinians) as his Middle East advisor, and charging his son-in-law Jared Kushner
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle EastBritish rock band Coldplay are planning to play two concerts for both Israelis and Palestinians near the Dead Sea in November, in a bid to boost peace hopes between both sides, according to Israeli media reports. Israel’s Channel 2 reported Monday that one of the world’s biggest bands will play the unprecedented shows at an
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsMoshe Orbach, whose grandson Erez Hy’d (may G-d avenge his blood) was murdered in the ramming attack at Armon Hanatziv, told Arutz Sheva about his grandson’s character and referred to the fact that there were no government ministers at any of the funerals of those murdered in the attack. “Erez had tremendous determination,” said Orbach.
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Middle EastA new video released by the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, showed three children executing men in Syria’s northeastern Deir ez-Zor city. The three men were killed, allegedly in a playground, over allegations of spying for the Kurdish forces. A 4-year-old child is among the executioners, who were dubbed the “Cubs of the
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Middle EastA previously unknown Palestinian group has claimed responsibility for the truck attack in Jerusalem that left four Israeli soldiers dead Sunday. The faction, identifying itself as “the Martyr of Baha Aylan Collective,” named after a Palestinian attacker who killed three Israelis in Jerusalem in 2015, said it had acted on “political motives” and claimed to
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JERUSALEM (Press Release)- Jeff Aeder, owner of Chicago’s restaurant Milt’s BBQ for the Perplexed, and founder of the Jewish Baseball Museum, donated an ambucycle to United Hatzalah in honor of his late father Arthur Aeder. Jeff said that his father was a true Zionist, a lover of the Jewish people. The date of the ambucycle
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & CompetitionsThe State of Israel is preparing for a new diplomatic battle, this time in Paris. In less than a week the Paris International Conference will convene with participation of delegates from 70 countries but without Israel or the PA. Participants at the conference will call on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to disassociate from Jewish Home
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International, Middle East, USABy Morton A. Klein NEW YORK –During an interview with David Martin of CBS on Friday January 6, 2017, outgoing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry again vented his hatred towards Israel, and incited and legitimized anti-Jewish, anti-Israel violence throughout the Arab world. Kerry threatened that moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem would cause “an
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