Renowned human rights lawyer Amal Clooney criticized the United Nations for failing to act on behalf of the persecuted Yazidi minority group, thousands of whom remain enslaved by the Islamic State militant group (ISIS). Clooney spoke during a ceremony for Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a 23-year-old Yazidi woman who was kept as an ISIS sex […]
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International, Middle EastISTANBUL — The U.S. military acknowledged Saturday that it carried out a bombing run in eastern Syria that may have inadvertently killed 60 Syrian soldiers, prompting bitter denunciations from Damascus and its Russian allies, who accused the U.S. of siding with Islamic State. The Russian Defense Ministry said the attack, which took place after 5
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International, Middle East, USAFormer prime minister Ehud Barak tore into Benjamin Netanyahu and his current Israeli government in a cutting op-ed in The Washington Post on Thursday, accusing the prime minster of “reckless conduct” that has damaged Israel’s strategic position and threatens its very existence. Writing a day after US and Israeli officials signed a massive new military
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Middle East, USAA gold coin with a profile of the Roman Emperor Nero has been discovered near Mount Zion in Jerusalem. The coin dates to 56 CE, and says, “NERO CAESAR AVC IMP.” These coins are extremely rare, and are mostly found in private collections. Nero’s likeness testifies to the Roman presence in this area during that
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday sent a personal letter to Israel”s former President Shimon Peres, wishing him a speedy recovery from the stroke he suffered earlier this week. “Melania and I join well-wishers from around the globe in wishing you a swift recovery. You are among the last of a generation of leaders
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International, Middle East, USAThe Orthodox Jewish community of Berlin celebrated a welcoming of a Torah Scroll into the local synagogue at the beginning of the week. During the ceremony, led by Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, rabbi of the Jewish community of Berlin, torches were held by children of the local Jewish community and by Syrian refugee children. “We seek
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International, Middle EastIsraeli swimmer Inbal Pezaro won the country’s third bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Wednesday, coming in third in the 200-meter freestyle swim. The 29-year-old veteran swimmer completed the race in 3:38.20 minutes. Pezaro, from Kibbutz Yizrael in Israel’s north, became paralyzed in her lower torso in childhood. On Sunday, Israeli rower
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsOdelia Karmon, a former adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he served as leader of the opposition, reportedly told police her former boss attempted to cover up payments she received from a US non-profit while under his employment, according to recordings obtained by the Haaretz daily on Friday. Karmon was being investigated as part
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Middle EastIsrael’s education system spends less per student than most other Western countries, and educated Israeli women earn far less than similarly educated men, an OECD report released Thursday revealed. The 2016 Education at a Glance report found that women study more than men, but earn less. And although the amount spent is a higher proportion
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationPalestinian Scout group misleads World Scout Movement about terror ties (JNS.org) A watchdog group said the Palestinian Scout Association (PSA) has been misleading the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) by claiming they are not the group promoting a course honoring a terrorist. Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) found substantial evidence that the Palestinian scouts
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Middle EastFormer Israeli president Shimon Peres’s condition was still “serious and stable” by Friday morning, with doctors recommending the 93-year-old remain sedated and on a respirator three days after he suffered a major stroke, his office said. “The ninth president had a quiet night. There is no change in his condition — it continues to be
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Middle EastFormer U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell alleged that Israel has a nuclear arsenal of 200 warheads, a thorny subject that Israel never comments on, according to an email that Russian hackers leaked earlier this week. Israel is not a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and maintains a policy of nuclear ambiguity, refusing to
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Middle East, USAFollowing July’s failed coup in Istanbul, Turkey was quick to lay the blame on US-based cleric and opposition figure Fethullah Gulen and demanded his extradition. But how will Washington respond to this request from a key regional ally? Since the July 15th coup, in which rogue members of the military bombed parliament and seized control
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Middle East, USAUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a scathing criticism of a recent video released by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu which decried the proposed removal of Jewish populations from Judea and Samaria as “ethnic cleansing”, slamming the comments and warning that the two-state solution is in danger. Speaking during a UN Security Council meeting Thursday,
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