Former Israeli President Shimon Peres, an omnipresent figure of the Israeli state, chief architect of its nuclear weapons program and a driving force behind its interim peace accords with the Palestinians, died Wednesday. He was 93. The Nobel peace laureate had been hospitalized in the city of Ramat Gan over the past two weeks after […]
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Middle EastBy Jamal Kanj Let me start off with a confession: I didn’t get it right when I speculated the Republican Party would not nominate Donald Trump for US president. I argued in an earlier column that if they did, the narcissistic Trump would most likely run as an independent candidate. I had posited, or hoped
One of the longest-running debates between Donald Trump and fact-checkers in the race is this: Did he support the war in Iraq? In Monday’s debate, he held firm. “I did not support the war in Iraq,” he said after Hillary Clinton raised the issue. Moderator Lester Holt weighed in, saying the record showed otherwise. In
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Middle East, USATel Aviv-U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro revealed on Sunday that Washington is circulating several proposals to resume the stalled peace talks. Dan Shapiro did not rule out the adoption of an international resolution in this regard. This came as Americans have been leaking information that the the White House is outraged at the Israeli
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International, Middle East, USAA dramatic deterioration Tuesday in the condition of former president Shimon Peres, who is hospitalized at the Sheba (Tel Hashomer) hospital in Ramat Gan since suffering a stroke nearly two weeks ago. Doctors now believe that his neurological situation is irreversible. Peres’s condition deteriorated despite daily improvements since he suffered the stroke. Last week President
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Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Multiple sclerosis is one of the most devastating neurodegenerative diseases. It affects some 2.5 million people worldwide. It has no known cure. Until now, researchers have speculated that the body’s own immune system was unleashing an uncontrolled attack on myelin sheaths — our neurons’ protective shield — that was largely responsible
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationDemocratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday that, if elected, she would oppose any attempts to impose an outside solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as any one-sided action at the UN. In a meeting in New York, Clinton said she was committed to countering efforts to delegitimize Israel and
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Many years ago I attended a conference in Jerusalem at which the late Abba Eban was a speaker. At the end of his address he got a standing ovation. “Thank you,” he said, “normally I have to go abroad for this kind of reception.” Something similar could be said
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Middle EastCalifornia Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a measure that prevents companies that boycott or discriminate against any sovereign country, including Israel, from doing business with the state, JTA reported Sunday. According to the report, Brown signed Assembly Bill 2844 on Saturday afternoon, days after the California State Assembly voted to send the bill to
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Middle East, USARepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that if elected president, he would recognize Jerusalem as the “undivided capital” of Israel, ending a long-standing US policy which has kept the American embassy in Tel Aviv. The two met for over an hour in Trump”s private residence in Trump Tower in Manhattan
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Middle East, USAIn the wake of the civil war currently destroying Syria, thousands of refugees have fled their homes to seek safety in Europe. That’s why billionaire philanthropist George Soros is contributing $500 million to organizations offering relief for migrants and refugees. style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-8420654331411867″ data-ad-slot=”1313712966″> “Governments must play the leading role in addressing this crisis by creating
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — To hear it from Israeli media, the annual Fall Fest at the UN General Assembly was one long and repetitious condemnation of Israel. However, the image is largely the creation of Israeli media. No surprise. We are the Chosen People, and it’s easy to think of ourselves at the center
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International, Middle East, USAJonathan Pollard, the American Jew who spent three decades behind bars for spying on the US for Israel, said it would “take a miracle” for him to be able to live in the Jewish state. Talking to reporter Amir Bar Shalom of Israel’s Channel 1 television on the street in New York in an impromptu
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Middle East, USABritish Prime Minister Theresa May praised the UK”s relationship with Israel in a letter published in the latest edition of the Conservative Friends of Israel’s magazine. In the letter, May wrote that Britain’s relationship with Israel is “as strong as ever” and pointed out to bilateral trade, scientific research, security cooperation and shared values. In
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