Hamas 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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International, Middle EastWhat do you get when two Israeli Muslims, an Israeli Jew and an Israeli Christian put their heads together? Well, since this isn’t a riddle, the answer is a stroke-defeating drug. Founded by the husband and wife team of Prof. Abed Higazi and Dr. Noha Higazi, PamBio, a biotech company, claims to have found a
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationLevi Jonathan Shirley, an American Jew who volunteered to fight for the Kurdish militia in northern Syria, was killed in action on July 14th in the fierce ongoing battle to liberate the city of Manbij from ISIS hands. The Kurdish militia said in a statement that the Nevada-born Levi joined the militia in February of
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Middle East, USALess than two months after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu secured the support of Avigdor Liberman”s Yisrael Beytenu party, expanding his coalition from 61 to 67 seats, a new poll shows a dramatic shift in support – and the possibility of a Lapid-led government. The poll, conducted by Geocartographia for Kol HaZman, shows support for the
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Middle EastIsraeli Sports and Culture Minister Miri Regev (Likud) has said she will not attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Brazil this year, due to it falling too close to the Sabbath. The ceremony is due to take place on Friday, August 5, and would necessitate her traveling back after sundown – the
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsThe far-left Hadash party has slammed the visit by a Saudi Arabian delegation to Israel, which recently met with senior Israeli officials including Foreign Ministry Secretary-General Dore Gold. In a statement, Hadash said the visit legitimized what it called Israel’s “refusal strategy” towards negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, and urged a total boycott of the
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Saturday night offered his condolences to Germany following the lethal shooting attack at a shopping center in Munich on Friday, in which nine people were murdered. “Israel sends condolences to Germany over the murder of innocent citizens in the tragic shooting attack that occurred in Munich on Friday and wishes
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International, Middle EastIsraeli government officials met with a former Saudi Arabian general with close ties to the government in Riyadh, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said Sunday. Foreign Ministry Director General Dore Gold met Anwar Eshki at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, during a rare visit by the Arab official to Israel. Eshki heads the Middle East
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Middle EastElor Azariya, the soldier charged with manslaughter over the shooting of a wounded terrorist in Hevron, took the witness stand on Sunday, testifying for the first time in a case that has divided Israelis and led to mass demonstrations on behalf of the accused. “My aspiration was to be the most combat [oriented position] possible,”
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Middle EastDemocratic nominee Hillary Clinton”s recent Vice Presidential pick of Tim Kaine has in many ways been regarded as a “safe choice”, nominally aiding her White House bid without the risk some more outspoken running-mates, like Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, could potentially have posed. A former governor and current senator for the swing-state of Virginia, Tim
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