Ahuva Ozeri passed away on Tuesday at the age of 68, after a long battle with cancer. The funeral date has not been set. Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein eulogized: “Ahuva Ozeri was a unique figure who blended East and West in an amazing way in her melodies and her lyrics. Her dedication to her work […]
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsMK Merav Michaeli accuses ‘modesty police’ of humiliating her aide for wearing mid-thigh outfit and leggings By Times of Israel staff and Raoul Wootliff A female Knesset aide was detained for an hour on Sunday morning for wearing a dress that guards deemed was too short. Shaked Hasson, an assistant to Zionist Union MK Merav
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Middle EastIsrael is boycotting Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom”s upcoming visit to Israel due to her past anti-Israel statements, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Monday. According to the report, Wallstrom will arrive in the region on Thursday, but will not meet Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who also serves as Foreign Minister, or any other Israeli
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International, Middle EastYaakov Shimon, considered one of the most ruthless gangsters in Israel, is wanted on murder and drug charges By Times of Israel staff Yaakov Shimon seen during a court hearing in Jerusalem on May 03, 2012 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) An Israeli mobster wanted for his suspected role in a slew of murders in Israel’s underworld has
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International, Middle EastEgypt’s interior ministry Monday accused fugitive Muslim Brotherhood leaders who have fled to Qatar of training and financing the perpetrators of the bomb attack on a Cairo church that killed 25 people. The ministry said investigations revealed the group was led by a suspect who received financial and logistical support and instructions to carry out
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Middle EastNetanyahu embarks on historic visit to Muslim allies Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Tuesday for a historic visit to Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, two Muslim-majority nations, in an effort to bolster ties with the Central Asian former Soviet Republics. In Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku, Netanyahu met with President Ilham Aliyev,
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — If Arieh Deri, Israel’s interior minister and the leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, gets his way, Israel will become the only country in the free world that discriminates against Jews. The legislation that Shas and its Ashkenazi counterpart are putting before the Knesset – with the help of
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Middle East, USAISIL survivors-turned-activists Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar will receive the 2016 Sakharov Prize in a ceremony in a ceremony in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday. After escaping sexual enslavement by ISIL, the Iraqi Yazidi women became spokespeople for women affected by the terrorist group’s campaign of sexual violence. They have also spoken
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International, Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – US Defence Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday night that “there was no better symbol of the US commitment to Israel” as two next-generation F-35 fighter jets arrived at Nevatim Air Base. “Together, we will dominate the skies,” he said during remarks at a welcome ceremony at the base in southern Israel.
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Middle East, USAIran has signed a $16.6 billion deal for 80 Boeing passenger jets and claims to be close to another for dozens of Airbus planes. It’s Tehran’s biggest package of firm contracts with Western companies since Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution. The Airbus deal, which is expected to involve a first batch of 50-60 jets, should be
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Middle East, USASyrian government forces now control more than 95 percent of Aleppo, the Russian Defence Ministry was quoted as saying on Monday. It follows sweeping advances in what was the rebel-held east of the city, with reports that opposition fighters have been subjected to the heaviest bombardment in days. The districts of Sheikh Saeed and Karam
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International, Middle EastNetanyahu: ‘various ways’ I can work with Trump to roll back Iran nuclear deal (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has “about five” ideas in mind for how to roll back the Iranian nuclear deal once President-elect Donald Trump takes office. “There are ways, various ways of undoing [the deal],” Netanyahu said in
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Middle EastIran”s defense minister on Sunday warned that if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump”s policies lead to a war in the Middle East, it would result in the destruction of Israel. “Even though a businessman, the assistants that … (Trump) has chosen may map a different path for him, and this has led to unease, particularly among
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Middle East, USAThe Palestinian Authority (PA) is interested in coming to an understanding with the outgoing administration of U.S. President Barack Obama that would avoid an American veto of a UN Security Council resolution that the PA intends to introduce in January, PA officials and Western diplomats told Haaretz on Saturday. The resolution would be critical of
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