Middle East

Teen artist excels at Yemin Orde Youth Village

YEMIN ORDE, Israel (Press Release) — After immigrating with his family to Israel from France, Ethan Amram felt isolated at his Israeli school. Instead of listening to the teacher, he sketched drawings into his notebook. Classified as an at-risk teenager, Amram thereby was eligible to attend the school at Yemin Orde, a serene youth village […]

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education

Middle East Roundup: August 22, 2016

Most Israelis and Palestinians support a two-state solution (JNS.org) The majority of Israelis and Palestinians still support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a new survey by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research. The Palestinian-Israeli Pulse poll surveyed 1,270 Palestinians and 1,184 Israelis on

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Middle East

Trust- building required for Middle East peace

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The international conference that was convened by France on June 3rd in Paris to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process ended up without concretely establishing specific measures that would persuade both parties to resume negotiations in order to reach a peace agreement. The joint communiqué issued following the conference stated “The

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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USA

Egyptian president: Putin willing to host Netanyahu and Abbas

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin informed him that he is ready to host direct talks between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Speaking in an interview with Egyptian journalists and quoted by Yedioth Ahronoth, the Egyptian president said Israeli convictions of peace are

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International, Middle East

Turkey: ‘We will continue to support the Palestinian cause’

Just two days after the Turkish parliament ratified an agreement aimed at normalizing relations between Turkey and Israel, the Turkish Foreign Ministry strongly criticized Israel’s strikes on Gaza in response to yesterday’s attack on Sderot, when a rocket was shot into the city from Gaza. “Normalization of relations with Israel does not mean that we

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Middle East

Jordan Gets $100M To Teach Syrian Refugee Children

Jordan signed a grant agreement on Monday with the U.S., Britain, Norway and Switzerland that will provide the Arab nation with $100 million to help place Syrian refugee children in school. The country, which is home to over 600,000 displaced Syrian refugees, accommodated 145,000 Syrian children in schools during the previous academic year. Even so,

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Israeli gymnastics coach says politics worked against team

After Israel’s rhythmic gymnastics team finished sixth at the Rio Olympic games on Sunday, the squad’s coach said that politics, poor representation in the sport’s governing body, and sub-standard training conditions stacked the odds against winning a medal. After two rounds of ribbon-twirling and club- and hoop-tossing, the team finished with a total score of

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions

Kelly McParland: Obama leaves behind a legacy of failure across the Middle East

When a U.S. State Department spokesman raised concerns about Russia’s surprise use of an Iranian air base to launch air strikes into Syria, the response from Moscow was notable for its snarkiness. “It’s against our rules to provide advice to the leadership of the U.S. State Department,” said Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, referring to suggestions

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International, Middle East, USA

Researchers learn how melanoma spreads to organs

TEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release)  — In a landmark discovery, researchers at Tel Aviv University have unraveled the metastatic mechanism of melanoma, the most aggressive of all skin cancers. According to a paper published August 22 in the journal Nature Cell Biology, the scientists discovered that before spreading to other organs, a melanoma tumor sends out

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

American Zionist honors Netanyahu – with a grove of trees

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently received an unusual expression of appreciation: a plaque indicating that a grove of 1,000 trees had been donated in his honor. The gift was from So. Florida resident Sheryl Silver, a former national secretary of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and founder of the Enough is Enough Initiative. Born

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Middle East, USA