Outgoing US Secretary of State John Kerry said in an interview with CBS News on Friday that US President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would cause “an absolute explosion in the region, not just in the West Bank, and perhaps even in Israel itself, but throughout the […]
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Middle East, USAMore Arabs are leaving Judea and Samaria every year, reported an Arab48 journalist. “A guy named Ahmad told me there were 44 kids in his high school class, all of them from Kfar Ramon. Only four of them still live there, the rest moved to the United States,” the journalist said. “There are no more
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International, Middle East, USAWith Gaza rulers fighting Salafists, including IS, a partial reconciliation sees Cairo opening a border crossing to allow goods into the Strip By Avi Issacharoff High-ranking Israeli officials and journalists alike have occasionally found themselves amazed at the waves of curses and vicious invective that Egyptian officials unleash when asked for their views on Hamas.
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Middle EastIsrael announced Friday it will cut a substantial amount from its annual dues to the Unites Nations for 2017 as a sign of protest against the U.N. Security Council’s December vote condemning Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas as “a flagrant violation under international law.” Israel’s U.N. mission announced it will cut $6 million, which it
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International, Middle East, USACairo (dpa) – Some 19 people were killed and dozens more injured in a car bomb attack Saturday in the northern Syrian town of A’zaz, near a border crossing with Turkey, a monitoring group said. The blast hit the rebel-held town’s Islamic law court, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated. An official in a
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Middle EastSEATTLE �� Retired Gen. James Mattis, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has condemned expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, repeatedly said the U.S. must find a way for a two-state solution in the region and praised Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal as “valiant.”
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Middle East, USAPolice say victim assaulted after speaking Arabic, is lightly hurt; manhunt underway for suspect in Jewish religious garb By Judah Ari Gross The scene of a stabbing attack in the port city of Ashdod on January 5, 2016. (Israel Police) Police launched a manhunt Thursday afternoon after an Arab man was stabbed and lightly wounded
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Middle EastSappers remove explosives, thought to have been manufactured in 1920s for the Jewish Underground; will return find once it’s defused By Times of Israel staff Police sappers on Thursday morning confiscated a live, 90-year-old grenade discovered in a Tel Aviv museum. Police were called to the Haganah museum on Rothschild Boulevard after what appeared to
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Middle EastZionist Union’s Erel Margalit threatened after urging fuller scrutiny of PM’s dealings, slamming calls to pardon IDF soldier Elor Azaria By Times of Israel staff Zionist Union MK Erel Margalit (Flash 90) The Knesset guard was ordered Friday to step up security protection around Zionist Union MK Erel Margalit, after the opposition lawmaker was threatened.
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Middle EastBy Arkady Mamaysky TARRYTOWN, New York — Considering the perspectives of the Israeli and Palestinian populations, and seeing the reality on the ground, a two-state solution seems like the best option for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. I. The Media’s Perspective Let’s begin by briefly summarizing, in broad brush-strokes, the commonly-available information from the media on Arab
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Arkady Mamaysky, Middle EastWashington (dpa) – The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a resolution condemning a UN resolution last month on the expansion of Israeli settlements. The vote on the House resolution was 342 in favour and 80 against, with four Democrats voting “present,” indicating they did not wish to vote either way. The UN resolution
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International, Middle East, USAThe Auckland office of New Zealand”s foreign minister was vandalized with graffiti believed to be in response to the country”s co-sponsoring of an anti-Israel resolution at the United Nations. On Wednesday, the outside wall of Murray McCully”s office was spray-painted with the words “traitor Jew hater McCully.” New Zealand was the only Western country to
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International, Middle EastFollowing the lead of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the Fatah leadership has announced their intention to start a new intifada if US President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his promise to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. According to MEMRI, Fatah Central Committee member Sultan Abu al-Einein said on Alghad TV,
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Middle East, USAA councillor from Britain”s Labour party who was suspended after being accused of sharing blood libels online and for saying Israeli Jews should “relocate” to America has been readmitted to the party, the British Jewish News reported on Wednesday. The councillor, Ilyas Aziz from Nottingham, tweeted on December 31, “Can resume my Labour Party activities
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