Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmud Abbas has written to US President-elect Donald Trump urging him not to move the American embassy to Jerusalem, official PA media reported Monday Monday. The PA news agency Wafa did not say when the letter was sent but said it aimed to explain the “risks” of moving the embassy from […]
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Middle East, USAIsraeli President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin responded to Sunday’s ramming attack at the welcome ceremony held in his honor by Georgia President Giorgi Margvelashvili. After both countries’ anthems were played the the opening ceremonies had been held, Rivlin said, “I came here, from the eternal and holy city of Jerusalem, the city towards which every Jew
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International, Middle EastAustralian businessman James Packer reportedly paid for meals worth thousands of shekels sent to PM’s private home in Caesarea, split costs of cigars, champagne with Arnon Milchan By Raoul Wootliff and Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, tour Ramat Hanadiv, a nature park in northern Israel, April 25, 2016.
World body emphasizes ‘need for those responsible for this reprehensible act of terrorism to be held accountable’ By Times of Israel staff The scene of a truck-ramming attack in which a truck plowed into a group of Israeli soldiers, killing four and injuring 16, in the Armon Hanatsiv neighborhood of Jerusalem. January 08, 2017. (Yonatan
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International, Middle EastIsraeli security cabinet orders IDF to raze home of Jerusalem terrorist (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel’s diplomatic-security cabinet approved several security measures in the wake of the Jerusalem truck-ramming attack that killed four Israeli soldiers and wounded at least 16 Sunday. Israeli government ministers voted unanimously to order the Israel Defense Forces to raze terrorist
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Middle EastAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former Iranian president whose support for social freedoms and outreach to the United States made him a powerful ally of moderates despite allegations of corruption and authoritarianism, died Sunday. The cause was a heart attack, state news media reported. Iran declared three days of mourning for one of its most significant
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — I used to be a two-stater – until it blew up in my face with a spate of Palestinian terror bombings here in Netanya. This was after we signed a “peace” agreement with Arafat, the first Islamic arch-terrorist. Two-staters! I have two simple questions. Can you assure us we are
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Barry Shaw, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Some nine months ago, when the “stabbing intifada” was still a near daily phenomenon, two Palestinians sought to do their work among soldiers on guard duty in Hebron. The Israelis were alert, killed one of the attackers and “neutralized” the other. According to testimony and a cell phone video supplied
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Of course Palestinian Arabs deserve a state. It’s obvious, isn’t it? No, it isn’t. There are many stateless groups that are far more deserving of statehood, having proven their provenance, responsibility, and mettle. Nevertheless, it’s taken for granted by many that there must be a Palestinian state, based on
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Middle East, Steve KramerIt’s early afternoon in Ramallah, the de facto Palestinian capital of the disputed West Bank, and the main fruit and vegetable market is bustling. Vendors and shoppers shout prices and orders in Arabic while they exchange produce in boxes bearing Hebrew letters. It’s here where battles over international campaigns for boycotts of Israeli products often
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Middle EastPresident Reuven Rivlin said that Israel would stand tall and would not be broken by terrorism following Sunday’s ramming attack in which four soldiers were killed. Rivlin spoke about the terrorist attack in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood of Jerusalem Sunday afternoon while preparing to depart for a diplomatic visit to the European State of Georgia.
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International, Middle EastAt Philadelphia convention, Modern Language Association also votes to refrain from future boycott measures By Times of Israel staff Protesters urging a boycott against Israel in Melbourne, file photo (CC-BY SA Takver/Wikimedia Commons) The Modern Language Association, a top American academic group, on Saturday voted down a proposal to boycott Israeli academia. The measure, which
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPact would have secured unnamed Israeli tycoon ‘achievements’ worth ‘a fortune’ in exchange for helping PM, report says By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Conference of Israeli ambassadors at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on January 3, 2017 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Police reportedly suspect that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an
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Middle EastIsrael has apologised to the UK after one of its embassy staff in London was secretly filmed apparently suggesting he wanted to bring about the downfall of a British government minister who has been very critical of Israeli policy. The senior political officer was speaking in a London restaurant to a British civil servant, who
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