A joint counter-terrorism operation Wednesday in Iraq resulted in the killing of a top leader for the Islamic State group, according to multiple reports. Sami Jassim Mohamad al-Jabouri, who was more familiarly known as Haji Hamid, was in charge of “natural resources” in Iraq and Syria for the militant group that is more commonly known […]
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Middle EastRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump continued his verbal assault on President Barack Obama on Wednesday, accusing him of being the “founder” of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS). He didn’t stop there, however. The construction magnate then took aim at his presidential rival, Hillary Clinton, saying that she had a role to play in the
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Middle East, USAInterstate 195 in New Jersey. The 5 p.m. commute. Eastbound from Trenton it’s a traffic jam. But heading west, it’s open road. And as I drive past strip malls, pay-at-the-pump gas stations, a minor league ballpark, I marvel that this slice of Americana produced one of the most influential soldiers the Israel Defense Forces will
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Middle East, USAIsraeli startups win Global Innovation Awards in China (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Two Israeli startups have won first and second place at the Global Innovation Awards 2016 in Beijing. Israeli startup NiNiSpeech, which developed an ingenious digital platform for speech disorder treatment, won first place, and Israeli startup AerialGuard, which has developed an autonomous navigation
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening met with visiting Togo President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé. “Togo is very important to us and Africa is very important to us. We have a great relationship, a great friendship. And we are seeking to intensify our cooperation and our friendship for the continued success of Togo and also
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International, Middle EastA fire tore through the maternity ward of one of Baghdad’s largest hospitals Wednesday, killing at least 12 premature babies, medical and security officials said. Jassem Lateef al-Hijami, from the Baghdad health directorate, told reporters only seven babies could be saved and were taken to another ward in the Iraqi capital. Health ministry spokesman Ahmed
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationTripoli/Rome (dpa) – Libyan forces aligned to a UN-backed unity government Wednesday said they had captured Islamic State’s command centre in the city of Sirte, its last stronghold in the North African country. “The Ouagadougou conference halls complex is under the control of our forces… Sirte is returning,” the media office of the Bunyan Marsus
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Middle EastGreen Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May has condemned her party’s decision to vote in support of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The party voted on the resolution at its convention in Ottawa over the weekend, despite May’s opposition to the measure. The resolution states that the Green Party “supports the use
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International, Middle EastA pro-Israel group has filed a human rights complaint against an Ontario university after it was banned from participating in a campus activity. Hasbara Fellowships Canada said the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) discriminated against the grassroots advocacy organization by excluding it from a campus “Social Justice Week.” The group said it was
By Toby Klein Greenwald JERUSALEM — I’ve been following Lori Palatnik for years, on Aish.com and through the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP). I was curious about this fireball “out-reacher,” so when I saw they were holding another Israel trip in May, I made an appointment to interview her to find out where she came
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International, Middle East, Toby Klein Greenwald, Travel and Food, USAIslamic Movement deputy leader under house arrest for incitement (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Deputy Head of the Islamic Movement in Israel Sheikh Kamal Khatib was placed under house arrest Tuesday on suspicion of inciting violence. Khatib was arrested on Monday night by the Northern District Police after intelligence indicated he urged followers to take violent
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By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — I walked into the exhibit at the New Americans Museum at Liberty Station with no intention of writing a story. I was just there as a guest at the opening reception of Project Vision. However, the exhibit moved me so much that I changed my mind. As an ESL teacher
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International, Middle East, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Travel and FoodA satirical GoFundMe page to help Donald Trump earn his own Purple Heart raised nearly $55,000 in one week for Syrian refugees. Cameron Kerr, a Purple Heart recipient, started the page Tuesday after a retired lieutenant colonel gave Mr. Trump his Purple Heart before a rally in Ashburn, Virginia, the Washington Examiner reported. “I always
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Middle East, USATurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for his country to turn “a new page” in its relations with Russia and his “friend Vladimir” Putin, ahead of a visit to St Petersburg this week. Relations between the two presidents turned sour in November 2015 when Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet for a brief
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