There have been emotional reunions at a refugee camp east of Mosul, as families fleeing ISIL militants come together with their relatives. Some have not seen one another for more than two years. Men, women and children were seen hugging and kissing at the Khazer camp. Thousands of people have left Mosul since Iraqi troops […]
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Middle EastFrench police begun Friday a major operation to move thousands of migrants who have living on the streets of northeastern Paris, just over one week after thousands more were moved from a larger camp in Calais. Officers backed by riot police converged early on Friday morning on the streets around Stalingrad subway station, where an
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International, Middle EastA restoration team has exposed hidden layers of the site known as Jesus’ tomb — for the first time in centuries. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem marks the spot where tradition says Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected. At the center of the church is a structure called the Edicule. Inside is
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Middle EastAKKO, Israel (Press Release) — The Akko Tower Wreck has been playing tricks with researchers for over 50 years. The shipwreck was discovered during the first maritime archaeological survey conducted in Israel using remote sensing technology, in 1966, and bears the distinction of being the first shipwreck identified off the coast of Israel. But the
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — I am skeptical of what Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman says as I have judged him only by his actions. For the Palestinians, however, to immediately dismiss what he said in an interview with the Palestinian daily al-Quds—that he supports a two-state solution and would lift Israel’s blockade of Gaza
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle EastEvangelical group urges members of the faith to ‘refresh diplomats’ memory’ on Judaism and Christianity’s historical ties to Jerusalem By Times of Israel staff (illustrative photo credit: image of New Testament/Shutterstock) A group of evangelical Christians has called upon members of the faith to mail bibles to UNESCO leadership in Paris in response to the
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International, Middle East, USATEHRAN, Iran —In an annual rite of anti-Americanism in Iran, thousands gathered Thursday at the site of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran to mark the anniversary of its takeover by student activists in 1979. The demonstrators brought by buses to the former embassy complex included young and old, university students, military staff and employees
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Middle East, USAAt least 239 migrants, believed to be from West Africa, have died in two shipwrecks off Libya, a spokesman for the United Nations migration agency, said on Thursday. One group of migrants, including about 20 women and six children, set off in a rubber dinghy from Libya around 3 am on Wednesday, but their boat
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International, Middle EastSpeaking at an international forum last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Israel”s anti-terror efforts, suggesting the United States could learn much from the Jewish state. In an address to the Valdai International Discussion Club, the Russian leader offered a critique of American foreign policy, particularly with regards to the Middle East and the spread
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International, Middle East, USAThe State Department on Wednesday issued a scathing condemnation of Israel after it issued building permits for 181 new homes in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo, located in the southern part of the city. Jerusalem spokeswoman Brachie Sprung said plans in Gilo were first approved in 2012 and that Wednesday’s approvals were for “technical details
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Middle East, USADonald Trump would ask the Justice Department to investigate the intimidation of pro-Israel and Jewish students on American college campuses if elected president, according to a report by the Algemeiner news site. “Colleges are generally being far too lenient in allowing the pro-Palestinian community to deprive those in the pro-Israel camp of their First Amendment
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Middle East, USAIf love means never having to say you are sorry, then the renewed push for the U.K. to “atone” for the 1917 Balfour Declaration is yet another reminder of the bad blood between Israelis and Palestinians—and of how elusive peace remains. Today, on 99th anniversary of the letter, which endorsed “the establishment in Palestine of
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastNovember 1, 2016: Siamak Morsadegh, “the number one Jew” in Iran, was recently sent to Paris as a part of the delegation led by Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s Foreign Policy and National Security Committee. Boroujerdi introduced Morsadegh as the only Jewish MP of Iran and said that he was honored by his
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International, Middle EastThe gruesome death of a fishmonger in Morocco last week has triggered the country’s largest protests in years, stirring memories of the death of a Tunisian vendor in 2010 which is often regarded as the spark that set the Arab Spring in motion. Thousands of Moroccans took to the streets in a northern city on
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