A suicide bomber has died in a blast opposite the US Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, state TV reports. Two security guards were said to be lightly injured after the man detonated a device in the Red Sea city in the early hours of American Independence Day (July 4). #BREAKING overnight: suicide bomber detonates himself […]
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Middle EastIsraeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday lauded a “milestone” in Israeli-African relations, as he kicked off a summit with leaders from seven African nations in Uganda. “This meeting I think will be a milestone, the meeting of seven leaders from African countries with Israel. I think it underscores the fact that we are in
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International, Middle EastRon Prosor, ex-Ambassador of Israel to the UN and to Britain, commented Monday morning with Rosie Barkai on MK Tzipi Livni’s summons by the British police. Livni was called in for questioning over possible “war crimes” in Operation Cast Lead after she landed in London yesterday, in an act Prosor labels “national terrorism.” “Democracies need
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International, Middle East13 suspects, including 10 Turks, were charged Sunday over last week’s suicide bombings at the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, AFP reported, citing the Turkish Dogan news agency. Turkish officials have pointed blame at the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group for Tuesday’s gun and bomb spree at Ataturk airport, which left 45 people dead including 19
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Middle EastAn IDF Company Commander was sentenced to a week in a military prison for inviting controversial Israeli rapper Yoav Eliasi to perform for his soldiers, it has been revealed. Eliasi – more widely known by his stage name “The Shadow” (Ha-Tzel) – has in recent years become something of a social media pundit, with his
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsA portion of Israel’s recent controversial reconciliation agreement with Turkey which was not initially made public has come to light, and has given critics of the deal significantly greater room for concern. Under the deal, apart from providing $20 million in compensation to the families of Turkish jihadists killed during an attack on IDF forces
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Middle EastWhoever said crime doesn’t pay hasn’t talked to the family of a Palestinian terrorist. For the Palestine Liberation Organization and the related Palestinian Authority, the killers of Jewish Israelis are considered “martyrs.” And as such, their families are paid for the service these murderers have done for the Palestinian cause. This has come to light
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Middle EastThe death toll from Sunday’s suicide car bombing in Baghdad claimed by the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has risen to 213, according to Iraqi security and medical officials. The blast struck the capital’s Karrada district during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which ends this week, targeting shoppers. The death toll, which officials confirmed
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Middle EastCairo (dpa)- A search ship has retrieved all the human remains that were mapped at the crash site of the Egyptair passenger plane that plunged into the Mediterranean Sea in May, investigators said late Sunday. The vessel John Lethbridge, operated by the Mauritius-based company Deep Ocean Search, departed from the crash location for the port
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International, Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu approved Sunday night the construction of hundreds of housing units in Jerusalem and Maale Adumim, including 600 units for the Arab neighborhood of Beit Safafa, expanding the neighborhood into Givat HaMatos and creating Arab territorial continuity across southern Jerusalem. The housing plan approved Sunday night includes 560 units in Maale Adumim,
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Middle EastDuring the night IDF forces arrested two brothers of 17-year-old Mohammed Nasser Tarayra, the terrorist who murdered Hallel-Yaffa Ariel in Kiryat Arba. Tarayra’s sister was arrested yesterday after praising the attack and cursing the Jews. Continuing IDF operations concentrated on Hevron district and the village of Bani Na’im where the terrorist came from. During the
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Middle EastGENEVA (Press Release) – Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said that suffering in Syria and Iraq have reached ‘unprecedented levels’ and that many people, in both countries, are living in ‘abject fear and terrifying uncertainty’,with the situation worsening almost by the day. As the holy month of Ramadan comes
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By Raphael Poch JERUSALEM –As the two-year anniversary of Operation Protective Edge draws near, Israel’s national volunteer EMS organization, United Hatzalah, has implemented numerous changes on the operational and organizational levels as a direct result of lessons learned from incidents that occurred during the conflict. Manpower The biggest change that the organization has undertaken since the
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationHundreds of Israelis of Ethiopian descent took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday to protest what they consider the unfair and discriminatory attitude of the authorities and police brutality in particular. Protesters blocked major roads as they marched northward starting from the Sarona complex to the HaShalom Interchange. Some even sat down in
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