Nine 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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Middle EastBalad lawmaker Basel Ghattas, suspected of smuggling phones, SIM cards, to Palestinian security prisoners, decries ‘political witch-hunt’ against Arab community leaders By Times of Israel staff Joint Arab List member Basel Ghattas at his office at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 3, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) Israel Police said on Sunday that there is substantial
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Middle EastBillionaire French-Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz has been placed under house arrest in Israel in connection with allegations of corruption related to Guinea’s mining industry, a statement from his firm said Monday. Steinmetz, 60, will remain under house arrest until January 2. His BSG Resources (BSGR) mining company said in a statement earlier in the day
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International, Middle EastTunisia suspects foreign involvement in slaying of Hamas drone expert (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Tunisian government claims it has found evidence of foreign involvement in the assassination of the head of the Hamas terror group’s drone program, Mohammed Alzoari, outside his home in eastern Tunisia last week. Following an emergency meeting Sunday, the government
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not all Arab terror, clashing demands of ultra-Orthodox and Reform Jews, concerns about what Obama might do in the coming month, Trump in the Oval Office, or barbaric Russians, Syrians, and other Muslims just over the northern border. There’s also been an explosion of concern about women’s legs, and
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastADEN, Yemen – The Islamic State (IS) group on Sunday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that struck a gathering of pro-government forces in Yemen’s temporary capital of Aden, leaving about 49 soldiers killed. An online statement by the IS revealed in twitter said that “more than 70 apostates were killed in the jihadist attack
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Middle EastBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Attempts to achieve peace through inaction are bound to fail. Just ask the people of Aleppo. Attempts to achieve peace through appeasement are bound to fail. Just ask Neville Chamberlain. Peace only comes from assertive action that destroys a rampaging enemy’s will to survive. Just ask Winston Churchill. World
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, USASwedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, who was refused meetings with Israeli ministers during her visit to the region, on Saturday tweeted about her visit to “Palestine”. “Returning from Palestine. Action is needed to save the two state solution. Settlements and demolitions thwart conditions and hope for peace,” tweeted Wallstrom, who visited Ramallah and met with
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International, Middle EastThe head of the Oxfam International confederation of charities admitted that the organization’s public spat with former celebrity ambassador Scarlett Johansson over her support of the Israeli company Sodastream was a mistake which cost the organization thousands of donors, the Guardian reported. Mark Goldring made the comments at a seminar which addressed the issue of
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastUS President-elect Donald Trump donated $10,000 to a yeshiva in Beit El in Samaria in 2003, according to one of the founders of the community According to tax documents from the Trump Foundation obtained by the Jerusalem Post , the mogul-turned-politician donated the money to American Friends of Beit El. Trump also donated to the
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