Two bombs exploded at a busy market in central Baghdad on Saturday killing at least 27 people and wounding more than 50 others, security officials and medics said. The attacks took place early Saturday morning in al-Sinaq, a busy market selling car accessories, food and clothes as well as agricultural seeds and machinery. Details were […]
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Middle EastTurkish airstrikes in Syria killed two Islamic State group emirs this week amid ongoing international negotiations over how to end the five-year-old Syrian civil war and halt the militant group also known as ISIS. Abu Ansari and Ebu Hussein Tunusi were both killed in separate airstrikes carried out by the government in Ankara, Turkish media
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Middle East‘Obama doesn’t deal in revenge. It’s not how he makes decisions,’ Dan Shapiro tells Israeli TV By Joshua Davidovich Dan Shapiro speaking in Jerusalem on November 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster /Flash90) The American ambassador to Israel vociferously denied Thursday that the US decision to allow an anti-settlement resolution to pass the United Nations Security Council
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — Great heat has been generated by the recent American decision to abstain at the UN Security Council on Israel’s settlements in the West Bank (or Judea and Samaria, as some of us Jews call the area). I have strong mixed feelings about the matter except in one category:
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Middle East, USAArmy to set up initiatives to train and integrate minority groups, increase numbers of Arab-speaking soldiers By Times of Israel staff Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Liberman visits the IDF Bedouin Desert Reconnaissance Battalion army base on July 26, 2016. (Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense) In recent months the Israel Defense Forces has stepped up efforts
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Middle EastRebuking the Obama administration’s non-veto, powerful lobby asks people to encourage their representatives to come out against the move By Eric Cortellessa American Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Shmuley Boteach speaks on December 28, 2016 as people take part in a protest calling on the US to ‘defund the UN’ in the wake of the December 23
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International, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Friday, Dec. 30, called on President Hollande of France to cancel or, at least, postpone the international meeting on Middle East Peace scheduled for January 15, 2017 in Paris, calling it ill-conceived, poorly timed and damaging to prospects
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International, Middle EastIsraeli security forces prevent stabbing attack near Jerusalem (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli security forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint north of Jerusalem foiled a terrorist attack Friday morning. The terrorist was arrested and there were no injuries reported among the Israeli troops. According to available details, a Palestinian woman who arrived at the checkpoint on
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Middle EastThe U.S. Embassy in Ankara in a strongly worded statement Wednesday denied claims by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that there is “confirmed evidence” showing U.S.-led coalition forces have given support to Islamic State. “The United States government is not supporting Daesh,” the embassy said, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State (IS) group.
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International, Middle East, USAU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s admonishment of Israeli settlements on Wednesday did not sit well with a key member of his own party: incoming Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer. The Obama administration’s decision to harangue Israel for allegedly complicating the Middle East peace process angered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but the 70-minute speech
While much of the world has been celebrating an extended Christmas weekend, events in Israel have left many heads spinning. To put it all into perspective, one has to start from the end. On December 28, many Israeli news outlets reported that the Israel’s attorney general, Avichai Mandelblit, has approved the interrogation of Prime Minister
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Middle East, USABy JT – Dec 29,2016 – Last updated at Dec 29,2016 AMMAN — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday in Ramallah received Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, who handed him an invitation from His Majesty King Abdullah to attend the Arab summit in March. Judeh conveyed King Abdullah’s greetings to Abbas and
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Middle EastPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that he is willing to restart peace negotiations with Israel if Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government halts all construction of settlements in the West Bank. His call came after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s final, major speech on the Middle East in which he criticized both sides of the
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International, Middle East, USAUnder plea bargain, Yona Metzger will reportedly confess to slew of corruption charges in exchange for reduced prison sentence By Times of Israel staff Former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Yona Metzger seen at the Jerusalem District Court during his corruption trial on July 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Former Ashkenazi chief rabbi Yona Metzger has reportedly
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