At least 32 people were killed and 61 injured in a suicide car bomb attack in Baghdad on Monday. The attack was carried out by ISIS, in “honor” of French President François Hollande’s visit to French troops in Iraq. The bomber blew himself up while driving a pickup truck near an outdoor produce markert in […]
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Middle EastFormer Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman, who twice served in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu”s cabinet, passed away on Sunday at the age of 77. He is survived by his wife and their six children. Though he never served as an MK, Neeman served as a senior official in Likud governments going back to Menachem Begin”s first
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsHamas said on Sunday that 21 of its members were killed in tunnel collapses in Gaza during 2016, Kol Yisrael radio reported. According to the terror group, seven of the 21 were killed in a tunnel in eastern Gaza City which collapsed six months ago during work to repair the damage caused to the tunnel
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Middle EastForeigners, including many nationals of Arab countries, were among the dead in the New Year shooting rampage at an Istanbul nightclub, officials said on Sunday. A total of 39 people were killed in the assault at the exclusive Reina club on the shores of the Bosphorus and 65 injured, officials said. Here is a breakdown
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Middle EastHilarion Capucci, who spent four years in Israeli prison, participated in Gaza flotillas, called a ‘martyr’ by PA By Times of Israel staff Archbishop Hilarion Capucci (photo credit: CC BY-SA, Piotr Zygulski/Wikimedia Commons) A Syrian Catholic bishop famous for his support of Palestinians, who was once imprisoned by Israel for smuggling weapons to West Bank
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International, Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsA Paris court on Monday sentenced Nicolas Moreau, a convicted French jihadist who returned from Syria, to ten years in prison for criminal association with a terrorist organisation. The 32-year-old Frenchman was not present at a Paris correctional court since he refused to leave prison, where he is being held, for the hearing. Prosecutors had
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International, Middle EastTony Abbott: Canberra should consider moving embassy to Jerusalem, support the ‘region’s only liberal, pluralist democracy’ By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott (left) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash 90) Former Australian prime minister
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TEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) – Yotam Cohen, who recently celebrated his third birthday, is fighting Leukemia which requires him to spend months on end in his room at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. Through the room window, Yotam is able to observe what’s turned into his happy place in dealing with his illness – the
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I’ll indicate in advance that this is a personal and rambling note, promoted by several responses to what I wrote about the recent decision of the UN Security Council. And it is by no means the first time I’ve been provoked by what I’ve received from my Internet friends. Several
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAJewish Home leader says plan to extend Israeli sovereignty to Jerusalem-area settlement to be presented in Knesset after Trump inauguration By Tamar Pileggi and Times of Israel staff Education Minister and Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett delivers a statement to the press in response to the UN vote against Israeli settlements, at the Western
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Middle EastA group of Hollywood television stars are touring Israel in an attempt to strengthen ties between the US and the Jewish state, as well as to bolster the struggle against the BDS movement. The trip is organized by America’s “Voices in Israel” group (Conference of Presidents) in cooperation with the Israeli Ministry for Strategic Affairs
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASources say PM considering traveling to Washington for swearing-in ceremony of US president-elect; Trump says Jewish state ‘very, very important’ to him By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President-elect Donald Trump meeting at Trump Tower in New York, September 25, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO) US president-elect’s White House transition team has been
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Middle East, USALike most Sabras, graphic designer Avi Dunkelman grew up on soccer. But through a huge project for Canada Post, he now plays a pivotal position in home delivering Canada’s passion — hockey By Robert Sarner TORONTO — Growing up in Israel, long before the country had its first ice rink, Avi Dunkelman had little notion
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Many in Israel find it hard to know what the Obama administration really had in mind when it didn’t veto the Security Council resolution that condemns Israel’s settlement expansion and when it let Kerry make the speech that even Britain’s prime minister condemned. All official comments that I’ve seen
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