By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Now that Iraqi forces, with the support of the international coalition, are gearing up to recapture Mosul — ISIS’s last major stronghold in Iraq–the question that looms high is what will be the fate of the Iraqi Sunni community following ISIS’s inevitable defeat? I maintain that unless the political discussion begins
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USABy Dana Al Emam – Jul 27,2016 – Last updated at Jul 27,2016 Novelists and literary experts hold a seminar at Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation in Amman on Monday (Photo courtesy of Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation) AMMAN — Feminist literature tends to provoke both male and female Arab readers as it aims to shake the
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle EastBy Fred Brown PHILADELPHIA — If you thought Day One of the Democrat National Convention was the worst it could get, you haven’t been paying attention. Democrats followed up on their atrocious opening act with an equally offensive Day Two. To Recap: Morning Pro-Israel Protestors Greeted Top Democrats Attending A Panel Discussion Hosted By The
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Jewish History, Middle East, USAHamas terrorist behind murder of rabbi killed in IDF arrest raid (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A Hamas terrorist who killed a rabbi in a drive-by shooting attack earlier this month was killed during an IDF arrest raid near Hebron Tuesday. In a victory for Israeli security and defense forces, a joint Shin Bet security agency,
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Middle EastThe United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECSOC) on Monday passed a resolution condemning Israeli “occupation”, a move blasted by Israeli ambassador Danny Danon is “biased and baseless”. The resolution condemns Israel for the “economic and social repercussions of the occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories, including
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International, Middle EastAmong the various reasons I won’t be addressing the Green Party of Canada’s upcoming convention is the fact that I was invited by the party to do so on a Saturday – a surprising (and some would say insensitive) invitation for a Jewish organization. As the chief executive officer of Jewish National Fund (JNF) Canada,
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — These are not good days for the IDF. All seems well on matters of intelligence and operations, but two of its soldiers are in the headlines. One young man is on trial for the unnecessary killing of a Palestinian, already inert and seemingly near death. A decorated soldier, with the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastOf 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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