The Lebanese television station Al-Mayadeen, which is affiliated with the Hezbollah terror group, aired the first segment of a three-part series on the abduction of two IDF soldiers at the outset of the 2006 Lebanon war. The program, which was aired on Saturday, included never-before seen footage from the terror operation which kidnapped IDF soldiers […]
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Middle EastRome (dpa) – Fethullah Gulen, an exiled religious leader blamed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for this month’s coup attempt in Turkey, said in an interview Friday that the United States will not hand him over to Ankara. “It is very clear that this demand is politically motivated, and I am confident the facts will
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Middle East, USAJustice Minister Ayelet Shaked denied rumors she is considering a departure from the Jewish Home party due to growing tensions between herself and Education Minister Naftali Bennett. Speaking on Israel”s “Meet the Press”, Shaked responded to questions regarding the conflict within the cabinet during the 2014 Gaza conflict, and claims a split between her and
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Middle EastA day late, the Hebrew papers weigh in on the Democratic National Convention and on the American presidential elections that are just three months away. As the date approaches and the lineups are set, the media in Israel are more blatantly picking sides. The Sheldon Adelson-owned Israel Hayom appears to be coming down clearly on
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Middle East, USAIsrael has rejected the statement of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants Republican nominee Donald Trump to defeat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Giuliani, in an interview with the Washington Post at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland published on Wednesday, spoke of his trip to
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Middle East, USAWith the Olympic Games set to open in Rio de Janeiro next week, the Israeli Mission to the United Nations on Thursday held the first of its kind memorial event at the UN to honor the Israeli athletes murdered in the attack on the 1972 Munich Olympics. Michal Shahar, the daughter of slain Olympic shooting
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsUS Secretary of State John Kerry met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Paris on Saturday to discuss efforts to move toward a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The pair were hosted by French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. Last month France held an international conference to revive the quest for a deal, after US efforts
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International, Middle East, USADonald Trump slammed Hillary Clinton during her nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Thursday, accusing her of unleashing “destruction, terrorism and ISIS across the world.” In a series of tweets, and a subsequent Facebook post, the Republican presidential candidate attacked Clinton for not uttering the words “radical Islam” when referring
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Middle East, USAHezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday blasted Saudi Arabia for its alleged “normalization with Israel.” “Saudi Arabia has taken advantage of the ailing Arab situation, only to build relations with Israel. The price will be at the account of the Palestinians,” he warned, in comments quoted by Lebanon’s National News Agency. “This is free normalization
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Middle EastA doctor who carried out female genital mutilation (FGM) on a 13-year-old girl who later died from her injuries has been jailed in Egypt, an unprecedented step in a country with one of the highest rates of the practice in the world. In January 2015, Raslan Fadl became the first person to be convicted of
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationDoctors were summoned to the home of Shimon Peres overnight Thursday-Friday, after the 92-year-old former president said he was experiencing chest pains. Among those in attendance was Peres’s personal physician, Dr. Raphi Walden. The doctor is married to the former president’s daughter, Tsvia, and is deputy director at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv. An
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Middle EastMembers of the burial society that arranged the funeral of former Minister Yosef (Tommy) Lapid, who died in 2008, revealed this week that they said a secret “Kaddish” prayer over his body, despite his son (now MK) Yair Lapid’s request that they not do so during the funeral. The Kaddish prayer is traditionally said over
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Jewish Religion, Middle East“Chacham” Yom Tov Yedid, the oldest Rabbi in the Syrian Jewish community in the US, died on Wednesday night in New York. He was 93. In his younger years, Rabbi Yedid served as the chief Rabbi of the famed and ancient Jewish community in Aleppo Syria, while it was still thriving and growing, before pogroms
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Jewish History, Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsIsraeli Ambassador to France Aliza Bin-Noun on Thursday condemned an initiative by several local councils in France to grant archterrorist Marwan Barghouti an honorary citizenship. Barghouti, one of the founders of the Tanzim terrorist group which is affiliated with the Fatah movement, is currently serving five life sentences in Israeli prison for his role in
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