In a Channel 2 interview at the Saban Forum, Jewish American journalist Thomas Friedman, who is also a senior commentator for the New York Times, spoke to journalist Dana Weiss regarding President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential victory. Have you gotten used to the idea of President Donald Trump? I fully recognize he won, he won fair […]
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Middle East, USADozens of people have been killed and more than 160 wounded in two explosions near a football stadium in Istanbul, according to Turkey’s interior minister. One of blasts is understood to have hit directly outside the Vodafone Arena, while a suspected suicide bomber struck in the adjacent Macka park. The twin attack came two hours
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Middle EastMore than 4,000 Islamic State (IS) group militants have regrouped and launched a second attack to try to recapture the ancient city of Palmyra, rights monitors and Russian authorities said on Sunday. “Despite heavy losses in manpower and equipment, the terrorists are trying as hard as possible to secure a foothold inside the city,” the
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Middle EastA bombing at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral has killed at least 25 people and wounded nearly 50 others. Most of the victims are reported to have been women and children. The explosion took place during a packed Sunday morning mass in a chapel adjourning St Mark’s. The cathedral is the main headquarters of Coptic Christians
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Middle EastIstanbul (dpa) – Turkey’s government presented Saturday a draft constitution which proposes granting sweeping powers to the presidency, an office held by long-time leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a move critics warn would weaken checks and balance and democracy. The draft bill was presented to the speaker of parliament in Ankara, CNN Turk reported, after
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International, Middle EastSantos collects Nobel Prize in Oslo for deal with FARC Quotes anti-war song by Bob Dylan, 2016 literature winner Hopes Colombian deal can inspire peace talks elsewhere Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said an accord to end a 52-year civil war with Marxist rebels was a “ray of hope” for solving conflicts from Syria to
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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsDecember 9 is the anniversary of one of those epochal events that shaped the modern world. The fall of Jerusalem, in 1917, during World War I. A Christian-led army — the British — took charge of the Holy City for the first time since the Crusades. Their defeat of the Ottoman Turks opened up the
Carrying what they can, thousands of people are continuing to flee from their homes in the embattled eastern neighbourhoods of the city of Aleppo in Syria. What Russia says The Russian Defence Ministry, quoted by the Interfax news agency, says more than 20,000 civilians have left eastern Aleppo on Saturday. The Ministry also says more
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International, Middle EastIn 60 Minutes interview, Israeli leader acknowledges relations with Obama have not always been smooth, though he insists it was never personal By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to CBS’s 60 Minutes in an interview set for broadcast on December 11, 2016 (CBS screenshot) US President-elect Donald Trump feels “very warmly”
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Middle East, USATawfik Tirawi, a member of the Fatah Central Committee and former head of the Palestinian Authority intelligence services, on Tuesday evening dismissed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu”s condemnation of Fatah over its election of archterrorist Marwan Barghouti to its Central Committee. Tirawi said that the Palestinians are proud of Barghouti for being “a leader and a
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Middle EastHAIFA (Press Release) — Work routine has a calming power during times of extreme stress, such as war, researchers at the University of Haifa have concluded. | Adhering to work routine during the Second Lebanon War (2006) contributed to a reduction in stress. The strongest effect was found among women and, surprisingly, among people who
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — “The Wild East” is a concept that is vague and messy in a number of ways. Location is the most prominent vagueness. Where does the Wild East begin? On the eastern border of what was Israel prior to the 1967 war? With or without the expansion of Jerusalem legislated by
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON, Massachusetts — On a November night in 2004, almost four hundred students at Columbia University sat crowded into the theater of the University’s Lerner Hall to watch a troubling 25-minute film that was finally being released to the public, “Columbia Unbecoming,” produced by Dr. Charles Jacobs and Avi Goldwasser.
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAInterior Minister Aryeh Deri addressed a special conference of 100 Sephardic rabbis from around the world in the Knesset Tuesday. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein also participated in the conference. Deri criticized the Reform Movement during his speech. “I am asked, ‘Why fight for Jewish causes? Why don’t you make a
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