A 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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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. –The Republican Jewish Coalition released a video advertisement highlighting anti- Israel sentiments of some of the DNC delegates inside and protesters outside the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. “While strong support for Israel was once a bi-partisan issue, after this week it’s clear a vocal and growing number of Democrats no longer believe in
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Middle East, USAIn accepting Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton vows to uphold Iran deal and protect Israel (JNS.org) Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton formally accepted her nomination for president by the Democratic Party on Thursday evening in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. “It is with humility, determination and boundless confidence in America’s promise
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Middle East, USAIstanbul (dpa) – A Turkish prosecutor filed an indictment against Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen on Thursday alleging that the CIA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US helped train members of his movement to plot this month’s failed coup attempt. Within days of the failed putsch in Turkey on July 15, rumours
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We can’t finish a discussion of commotions surrounding the IDF with yesterday’s column about a Sergeant and a General awaiting judgment. There is also a multi-pronged public fury surrounding the most recent operation in Gaza, whose second anniversary was recently commemorated at the military cemetery with speeches by the President, the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Although most people don’t realize it, Israel is the only Western country that has a positive birthrate: 2.68 children per mother. The requisite figure to sustain population, without including immigration, is 2.1. For comparison’s sake, the world average is 2.42; EU: 1.61; Japan: 1.4; Singapore: .81. (CIA, 2015)
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Middle East, Steve KramerA Brazilian man has been arrested on terrorism charges just over a week from the Olympics after he posted comments online about the Islamic State group, his lawyer said Thursday. Chaer Kaloun, 28, a Brazilian of Lebanese descent, was “taken overnight to Ary Franco prison in Rio and arrested for having posted comments on Islamic
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsSouth Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham blasted President Obama this week, condemning his refusal to increase American aid to Israel, as well as his efforts to bar Israel from spending the aid money within the Jewish state. Speaking to Haaretz, Graham revealed that Israel had previously requested an increased aid package from the White House,
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) –The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the vile and deeply disturbing burning of U.S. and Israeli flags outside the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia by a mob shouting “intifada” or terror war against Israeli Jews, and called upon Democratic leaders to publicly condemn these
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Middle East, USASaudis: Israel visit doesn’t reflect government stance (JNS.org) The Saudi government distanced itself on Wednesday from a recent visit to Israel by a delegation of Saudi citizens, which included a former military general. An unnamed Saudi Foreign Ministry official told the state-owned al-Hayat newspaper that the visit “does not reflect the views of the Saudi
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