Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid met this afternoon (Monday) with two members of the French parliament, Mr. Ciotti and Mr. Larrivee from Nice. Lapid chose to meet with them in “the Alley”, the pub in Nice in which three Israelis were murdered last January, in order to demonstrate the reality Israelis regularly deal with to […]
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International, Middle EastChairman of the Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee MK Dudi Amsalem (Likud) has initiated a new bill which would prohibit criminal investigation of a sitting Prime Minister for small infractions. “My bill proposes that no criminal investigation will be opened against the Prime Minister for crimes that have a penalty of less than six
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Middle EastThe Swiss Supreme Court in Lausanne has ordered the Israel-controlled Trans-Asiatic Oil Company to pay a debt of $1.2 billion to Iran’s national Oil Company. According to Global Arbitration Review, which published the Swiss court”s ruling, Iran”s oil company has been removed from the sanctions regime, so there is no legal obstacle to paying it
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Six teen ambassadors from the Jerusalem Zoo – four Israeli Jews and two Arabs – are completing an intensive learning and fun visit to San Diego, where they have observed animals at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, SeaWorld, Birch Aquarium, the San Diego Harbor and at
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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAMONTREAL – The federal government has distanced itself from a major international gathering opening Tuesday in Montreal following complaints that its programming included anti-Semitic content. The World Social Forum, expected to draw more than 10,000 participants, was told last week to remove the Canadian government logo from its list of partners after two Liberal MPs
By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — The San Diego parent of an American killed during the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, is suing Hillary Clinton over the incident. The conservative advocacy group Freedom Watch filed the suit Monday in Washington on behalf of Patricia Smith of San Diego, whose son Sean Smith was a State Department
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Chris Jennewein, Middle East, USALast week, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei accused the United States of failing to honor pledges in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Citing “the futility of negotiations with the Americans,” he distanced himself from the nuclear deal he once supported. Coming just weeks after the one-year anniversary of the agreement, his charge is just
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Middle East, USAPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff announced his resignation Tuesday following a decision to cancel his upcoming appointment as cabinet secretary. Sharan told Netanyahu he intended to “take a break from government service and consider some senior job proposals outside of the government,” a brief statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said. He is
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Middle EastIsrael on Tuesday accused a United Nations employee of taking advantage of his position to assist the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip, the third such allegation in less than a week. According to the Shin Bet security service, Wahid Abd Allah Borsh, 38, an engineer in the UN’s Development Program, both funneled resources
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Middle EastA Saudi judo competitor pulled out of her first-round match at the Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro on Sunday, ahead of a prospective second-round bout tie with an Israeli rival. However, Israeli and Saudi accounts offered different reasons for Joud Fahmy’s withdrawal. Israeli press reports claimed Fahmy decided to leave the competition because she
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsCanada’s Green Party on Sunday approved a resolution endorsing the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement at its annual convention in Ottawa. The resolution states that the Green Party “supports the use of divestment, boycott and sanctions that are targeted to those sectors of Israel”s economy and society which profit from the ongoing occupation
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International, Middle EastThe Defense Ministry issued a clarification this evening (Monday), after its harsh attack on the US government on Friday apparently comparing the Iran nuclear deal to the 1938 Munich agreements. “In light of the mistaken meaning attributed by the media to the Defense Ministry statement on Friday, we wish to clarify: The state of Israel
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Middle East, USAAt the end of last week a group of tourists from Israel received permission to pray at the tomb of Aaron, brother of Moses, which is in Jordan. However, Jordanian officials refused to let them through with anything that marks them as Jewish, according to a Channel 2 news report. The visitors wanted to enter
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Middle EastIn 1976, at age 22, Sassy Reuven was an Israeli soldier serving on the Golan Heights when he became part of the force sent to liberate more than 100 hostages at the Entebbe airport in Uganda. Sasson Reuven today; of his participation in the Entebbe rescue, he said, “I had a mission to complete, and
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