The Knesset Committee, headed by MK Yoav Kish, approved Wednesday the request of the Attorney General to remove MK Basel Ghattas’s immunity, facilitating his arrest on charges of smuggling cellular phones to security prisoners. The committee’s decision will be brought to Knesset vote on Thursday, after which police will be able to make a search […]
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Middle EastNew report says projection should be ‘wake-up call’ to Israel, international community as crises surrounding faltering economy, infrastructure, electricity persist, especially in Gaza By Fares Akram Palestinian children and teachers hold placards during a protest against the reduction of educational programs given by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency at the Rafah refugee camp
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Middle EastMoscow (dpa) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has posthumously honoured the ambassador to Turkey with the award of Hero of the Russian Federation for his “great contribution to conducting foreign policy,” the Kremlin said Wednesday. Ambassador Andrey Karlov, a career diplomat who had served for decades in North and South Korea before assuming the post
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International, Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – The radical Islamist Hezbollah group is fighting in war-torn Syria with armoured transport vehicles from the US intended for the Lebanese army, an Israeli army official said on Wednesday. The senior military official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said it was unclear how Hezbollah had managed to obtain the vehicles
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Middle East, USABy Rana Husseini – Dec 21,2016 – Last updated at Dec 21,2016 AMMAN — Four security officers were killed during a raid on a suspected terrorist hideout in a Karak village, which also resulted in the death of one wanted man, a senior official announced, stressing that anti-terror efforts will continue. The operation was concluded
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Middle EastBana Alabed, a seven-year-old Syrian girl who has been tweeting from war-torn Aleppo, met Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan at his palace Wednesday in Ankara. Bana also tweeted the experience and the same photos, a stark difference from the rest of her feed, which has shown devastation and survival in Eastern Aleppo during the past
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Middle EastThe state has decided not to appeal he decision of the parole board to grant former President Moshe Katsav’s request for an early release from prison, according to a report by Channel 2. State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan will receive the state’s decision tomorrow on whether or not to appeal the decision. Channel 2 reported that
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Middle EastBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Press Release) — An American Jewish Committee (AJC) leadership delegation met with Argentine President Mauricio Macri yesterday in Buenos Aires. The private meeting was the centerpiece of a two-day visit that also included meetings with the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Gustavo Slauvinen, U.S. Ambassador Noah Mamet, and Israeli Ambassador Ilan Sztulman. The
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International, Middle East, USAFamilial Dysautonomia may be slowed by phosphatidylserine, Tel Aviv University researchers say Tel Aviv (Press Release) — A new Tel Aviv University study finds that a popular food supplement called phosphatidylserine may be instrumental in reversing the detrimental effects of Familial Dysautonomia (FD), a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that affects approximately 1 in 31 Jewish people
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationNine people returned from Islam to Judaism recently with the help of Yad Le’Achim activists. Five women and four children were smuggled out of Arab villages. After a team of social workers affiliated with the organization had prepared the mothers for their return to the Jewish fold and a team of counselors had been assigned
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastRussia, Iran and Turkey have said they are ready to help broker a peace deal for Syria. After talks in Moscow, the three countries’ foreign ministers expressed confidence they could revive the stalled peace process. They also plan to try to expand a ceasefire. The United States was notably absent from the meeting. Russia’s Foreign
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International, Middle EastIsraeli tourist among those injured in Berlin Christmas market attack (JNS.org) An Israeli tourist was among those injured in Monday’s terror attack on a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, in which 12 people were killed and 50 others were injured when a tractor-trailer plowed into the market. The Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed Tuesday that an
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Middle EastLebanon on Sunday announced a new 30-minister government led by Saad Hariri, AFP reports. The new government brings together the entire political spectrum except for the Christian Phalangist party that rejected the portfolio it was offered. “This is a government of entente,” Hariri said of the new cabinet, formed six weeks after the election of
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Middle EastMore than 130,000 dunams (32,000 acres) of forests burned in the November fires; the Jewish National Fund says best to not replant, contrary to its fundraising plea By Melanie Lidman November 23, 2016 dawned bright and cold in the hills outside of Jerusalem, and an elderly guard outside of the village of Nataf wanted to
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