British 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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Middle East, USAThe sun has not yet risen in Istanbul, but Aylin* is wide awake. She has tidied her flat, sent a few messages to friends, and packed a small bag. She makes coffee and, catching her reflection in the dark windows, sits down to wait: for a knock on the door, or the sound of boots
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Middle EastHundreds of thousands of mourners led by Iran’s supreme leader gathered at Tehran University early on Tuesday for the funeral of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Iran is holding an hours-long ceremony for the veteran politician, who died on Sunday at the age of 82. Authorities have declared Tuesday a public holiday so that Iranians
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SUSSITA, Israel (Press Release) — The University of Haifa’s excavations at the Hippos (Sussita) site have uncovered the location of a large Roman theater. However, the theater’s location outside the city walls supports the hypothesis that the facility was used mainly for religious ceremonies rather than shows for the masses. Dr. Michael Eisenberg of the
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationPoll: majority of Israelis support settlement building, believe Obama ‘unfriendly’ to Israel (JNS.org) A new survey published in the aftermath of the United Nations Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements, which passed after the Obama administration refused to veto the measure, says that 62 percent of Israeli Jews support continued settlement building and 57 percent
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Middle EastBEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have developed a new system to assess obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity while a patient is awake and analyze sleep-wake activity, using his or her smartphone. According to the American Sleep Apnea Association, it is estimated that 22 million Americans suffer from the
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationThe countries that will attend the Middle East peace conference in Paris on Sunday are expected to call on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas to publicly renew their commitment to the two-state solution, and to renounce officials in their respective governments who oppose it, Haaretz reported on Monday. The
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International, Middle East, USACORRECTION BELOW: Schakowsky is a Democrat from Illinois, not from New York — SDJW editor With President Obama on his way out of office, the Democratic Party’s chilly relationship with Israel is showing signs of a thaw. More than 100 House and Senate Democrats have broken with the White House by signing onto resolutions disapproving
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