by jdledell From The Moderate Voice BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey — By now everyone has probably heard about the screams from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Trump team over the UN condemnation, with U.S. abstention, of the Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The U.S abstention was a first for the Obama Administration
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Middle EastOn the feast of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Francis paid tribute to Christians in the Middle East who have clung to their faith during persecution by Islamist militants. His message on Monday was heard by thousands in St Peter’s Square “Today we want to think of those who suffer persecution and to
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International, Middle EastMinister of the Environment and Jerusalem Affairs, Zeev Elkin (Likud) spoke with Arutz Sheva about the recent anti-Israel resolution in the UN that was not vetoed by the US. Elkin was asked how he relates to the criticism leveled against the prime minister that his conduct has isolated Israel in the world. Elkin said, “I
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International, Middle EastVideo of rabbis and kaffiyeh-clad Muslims dancing to Hasidic songs in Arab monarchy goes viral By Times of Israel staff The small Muslim monarchy of Bahrain hosted a ceremony to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, and the resulting video of kaffiyeh-wearing sheikhs dancing with Orthodox Jews to Hasidic music has been going viral on
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastProfessor Simha Goldin took part on Sunday in the inauguration of a special memorial in memory of his son Hadar at the Amit School of Science in Kfar Batya in western Raanana. “Bringing back the body of an IDF soldier is not just a family concern. It”s a concern for the nation,” said Goldin. The
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Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Wake up! President Obama showed his true colors last week when he instructed US Ambassador Samantha Power to abstain on a Security Council resolution indicting Israel for building houses for Jews in the Jewish homeland, including in Jerusalem, the Jewish capital for 3,000 years. (Even the Western Wall
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International, Middle East, Steve KramerBy Lloyd Levy LONDON, England — The recent UN resolution 2334 will go down in Jewish history as one of the seemingly interminable attempts to destroy the Jews. That the United States should be complicit in the establishment of the resolution, as many people think, is disgraceful. Just as disgraceful is the fact that the
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International, Lloyd Levy, Middle East, USAIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the time to wish his “Christian brothers and sisters” a merry Christmas in a video posted to Facebook on Thursday. He addressed Christians from the courtyard of Jerusalem’s International Christian Embassy and expressed a bond between Christianity and Judaism through a “shared heritage.” “It moves us deeply to have
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — I’m among those who believe that the Jewish settlements on the West Bank constitute a great, perhaps the greatest, danger to Israel. I also believe that accommodation could be made to enable a Palestinian state to have its capital in parts of the city it may call Jerusalem. Yet,
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International, Middle East, USAIslamabad apparently responding to a fake news article, gets Israel defense minister wrong By Times of Israel staff Truck-mounted Missiles on display at the IDEAS 2008 defense exhibition in Karachi, Pakistan. (Wiki Creative Commons/SyedNaqvi90) Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif tweeted a veiled nuclear threat at Israel, apparently after taking affront at a fake news
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International, Middle EastFour days after killing 12 people in Berlin, Anis Amri was shot dead by police in Milan on Friday morning. He was stopped by two police officers in the early hours of Friday morning, near a train station. Amri shot and wounded one officer, before being shot dead by a second policeman. It is understood
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International, Middle EastJason Greenblatt, who with David Friedman made up Israel Advisory Committee, to handle diplomatic talks, with focus on Israeli-Palestinian conflict By Times of Israel staff Jason Dov Greenblatt, Donald Trump’s top real estate lawyer and an Orthodox Jew, is one of three members on the Republican nominee’s Israel Advisory Committee. (JTA/Uriel Heilman) President-elect Donald Trump
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON—The Obama administration portrayed its decision to allow the United Nations to condemn Israeli settlement-building as a way to finally and emphatically demand a stop to the activity. But the move may backfire by hardening positions, both in the right-wing Israeli government and in the incoming Trump administration. President-elect Donald Trump has already signaled his
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International, Middle East, USATributes are being paid to Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt who has died in Spain at the age of 68. A statement from his manager said the veteran British rocker died in hospital in Marbella “as a result of a severe infection, having been admitted to hospital on Thursday evening following complications to a shoulder
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