NEW YORK — On Tuesday, the United Nations will for the first time in its history observe Yom Kippur. No formal meetings will be held at the General Assembly and its permanent committees in New York, and Jewish employees will be able to stay home without having to use a vacation day. The campaign urging
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International, Middle EastRussian President Vladimir Putin has cancelled a planned trip to Paris next week, after his French counterpart said he would see him only for talks on Syria. Francois Hollande had himself expressed reservations about a meeting amid growing French anger at the Russian-backed Syrian government onslaught against rebel-held areas of the city of Aleppo. Hollande
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International, Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – Crossings from Israel into Palestinian territories in the Gaza Strip and West Bank will be closed starting Monday night due to the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, according to an Israeli army statement. The crossings will reopen Wednesday night, with Palestinians allowed to use the crossings only under special circumstances or
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Middle EastFrench President François Hollande may cancel his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Paris next week after the Kremlin blocked a UN Security Council bid to end to the bombing of Aleppo, the French government said Monday. Putin is due to visit the French capital on October 19 to inaugurate a new Orthodox church
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International, Middle EastBy Morton A. Klein NEW YORK — Wikileaks recently exposed an email written by former White House official Stuart Eisenstadt that discussed the Obama administration’s deteriorating relationship with Israel and warned that: “There is a distinct possibility that the Administration may seek a new UN Security Council Resolution embodying the two-state, with [pre-] 1967 lines
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Middle East, USABy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON, Massachusetts — In April of 2012, the California Association of Scholars, a division of the National Association of Scholars, prepared a report for the University of California Regents entitled, “A Crisis of Competence: The Corrupting Effect of Political Activism in the University of California.” In that report, the association
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The verbal brickbats being hurled by Russians, Americans, and various other interested parties at one another over the morass in Syria testify to the cynicism, hypocrisy, and impotence of major actors in international politics. It’s hard to praise any of the parties, none of whom are doing much to stop
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastResidents of the Coptic neighborhood in central Yaffo continue their protest on Sunday against the construction of a religious Jewish school in Yaffo saying that they object to “The settlers’ conquest,” according to the Arabic newspaper, Falastin. A member of neighborhood council, Yosef Asfur, told the newspaper that the residents of the neighborhood are protesting
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Middle EastUN ambassador Danny Danon responded sharply to the UN Human Rights Commissioner’s demand to boycott Israeli and international companies which have dealings in Judea and Samaria, East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights. The Commissioner also demanded that the UN cut off its ties with Israeli companies working in these areas. “The countries of the world
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International, Middle EastTwo people were killed and six others were wounded in a drive-by shooting Sunday in Jerusalem. The attacker, identified as a 39-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem, was shot dead by police after a brief car chase. The incident took place at the Ammunition Hill light rail stop — a region located near the Israeli police
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Middle EastSyrian opposition supporters have long looked to Turkey as resolute champion of their cause. But Ankara may be forced to reconsider its foreign policy amid concerns over the coup attempt, Kurdish expansion and economic growth. Istanbul (dpa) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday
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Middle EastReserve Major-General Amiram Levin, who was responsible for IDF elite commando unit Sayeret Matkal’s operational planning during Operation Entebbe, attacked the late former president Shimon Peres on television this weekend. Peres was Defense Minister in 1976, when the Israeli army carried out one of its greatest feats, the famed July 4th rescue known as Operation
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Middle EastBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Much has been written about the unfolding tragedy in Syria, but how many of these unimaginable atrocities have been etched in the consciousness of the American public? As president, Obama refuses to rise up to stop this unfathomable horror; thousands more innocent men, women, and children are butchered each
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — “Jerusalem, Israel” is the latest insult that President Obama’s State Department has inflicted on Israel. Before the president had even returned to Washington from a 6-hour visit to Israel for the funeral of former president, Shimon Peres, the State Dept. “corrected” his destination in the most insulting way. While
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