Of the thousands of Syrian immigrants who have found asylum from the civil war currently plaguing Syria, it appears that there is at least one Jewish voice among them. The Swedish The Local Voices interviewed Alonov, 25, a Jewish Syrian who has sought asylum in Sweden since 2014, about his experience growing up as a […]
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International, Middle EastThe world is constantly regaled by stories of Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians, usually accompanied with the claim that if the Palestinians had their own state and were left to their own devices, delivered from the oppression of Israeli “occupation”, all will be well for them. A report from Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) however, shows that
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Middle EastArab Knesset members on Monday night blasted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu after he released a video urging Israeli Arabs to take full part in Israeli society. Joint List chairman MK Ayman Odeh responded to the video and said, “I watched the video tonight and I asked myself whether this is the same person who tried
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Middle EastLawmaker compares Israeli settlers to ‘termites,’ Jewish Dems say apology falls short (JNS.org) A Democratic member of Congress on Monday compared Jews who live in communities located beyond Israel’s 1967 lines to “termites” during a speech at an anti-Israel event in Philadelphia. “There has been a steady [stream], almost like termites can get into a
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Middle EastPalestinian Authority Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad Al-Maliki has declared that the PA intends to sue Great Britain for the Balfour declaration. Al-Maliki, speaking in the name of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas at an Arab League conference, said that as far as the PA is concerned, the declaration published by the British empire in 1917 “gave
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International, Middle EastAs Israel’s acting National Security Council chief Yaakov Nagel heads to Washington to push for the signing of a new memorandum of understanding (MOU), one senior former Israeli general has spoken out against American aid to Israel. Maj. Gen. (Res) Gershon Hacohen, former commander of the IDF’s Northern Command and head of the army’s war
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Middle East, USATurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to open his border with Europe to migrants, if the EU doesn’t hold up its end of the bargain. In a deal struck in March, the EU promised to deliver 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) to Turkey, in exchange for Ankara controlling the influx of Syrian refugees through its
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International, Middle EastLONDON (Press Release) — A Jewish family in the UK has just five weeks to find a stem cell donor to save their mother’s life after discovering her leukemia has returned. Sharon Berger, 65, of London was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in 2012, and was told that the only available cure was a stem
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has called on Israeli Arabs to take full part in Israeli society. In a video message issued Monday, the PM apologizes for comments in which he warned that Arabs were “flocking to the polls in droves” – a reference to the expected success of the extreme anti-Zionist Arab Joint List party.
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Middle EastHamas ramps up recruitment of female terrorists, trains girls as young as 15 (JNS.org) Hamas is reportedly trying to recruit more women into its ranks and is now offering weapons training programs for teenage girls as young as 15, Israel Hayom reported Monday. Prior or 2014’s Operation Protective Edge, the Gaza Strip’s ruler allowed women to join the
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Netanyahu’s recent visit to Africa was an opportunity for bombast from all sides. Both Israelis and Africans spoke beyond what seemed reasonable about the importance of the trip and one another’s countries. What was arguably the height came from the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, welcoming Netanyahu to the
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAA retired Saudi general visiting Israel this week to promote the Arab Peace Initiative said on Sunday that a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would eliminate Iran’s excuse for supporting regional terrorist groups. Dr. Anwar Eshki, who was leading a delegation of academics and businessmen seeking to encourage discussion of the Saudi-led peace plan,
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Middle EastTEL AVIV, Israel — An Israeli combat medic who faces manslaughter charges in the shooting death of a Palestinian assailant defended himself for the first time in public on Sunday, telling a military court that he made a “split-second” decision to save the lives of others at the scene. Israel Defense Forces Sgt. Elor Azaria,
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Middle EastA woman has been killed and two people injured in a machete attack in southern Germany. Police said the perpetrator, who has been arrested, is a 21-year-old Syrian asylum seeker. The attack took place in the German city of Reutlingen, near Stuttgart. The assailant was apparently acting alone, police have said, adding that there is
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