By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– In response to the recent heinous terrorist attacks against Israelis in the Hebron area in the West Bank that took the lives of a 13-year old girl in her sleep, killed a rabbi and badly injured members of his family in the car he was driving, and the rocket from […]
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Middle EastTears of the Desert: Survival in Darfur by Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis, Random House, 2008 By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — There are a few major determinants which influence our lives upon which we have no control such as where, when and to whom we are born. Coming into the world as a member of
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Middle EastWASHINGTON—After escalating one of the most lethal covert operations in U.S. history, President Barack Obama finally made a public estimate of the civilian cost of the nation’s secret drone program, which has targeted Islamic militants in remote corners of the globe. Human rights groups immediately challenged the estimate and the amount of transparency from the
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–You don’t trust Bibi? Few do. No reason to. He’s a politician. He isn’t any different from a long line of others, including Barack Obama, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, JFK, the Clintons, FDR, and Abe Lincoln. They all promised a lot more than they delivered. It’s inherent in the occupation. The reputations
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu paid a condolence call on Hallel-Yaffa Ariel’s family in Kiryat Arba on Friday morning. Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) joined Netanyahu, along with Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) and Kiryat Arba-Hevron council head Malachi Levinger. Netanyahu spoke with Hallel’s parents and listened to stories about their 13-year-old daughter who
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Middle EastNetanel Epstein, born and raised in Jerusalem by British Olim, has a natural talent for drawing comics. As a child, he dreamt of creating an internationally popular comic book series on the scope of Tintin and Astrix. Netanel’s goals and very life perspective changed when his close friend, Yoni, was murdered in a terror attack.
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastThe “Red Alert” rocket siren was heard on Friday night in the Sderot and the Shaar Hanegev area of southern Israel. A rocket fired by Gaza terrorists exploded a short time later in an empty kindergarten in the city of Sderot. There were no injuries, but the building sustained damage. Rocket and mortar fire from
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke the US embassy’s Independence Day celebration on Thursday. “This night of celebration comes after a day of tragedy. In Kiryat Arba, near Hevron the city of our forefathers, the young Hallel Yaffa Ariel, 13-year-old, was murdered lying in her bunk bed. What makes someones slit the throat of a child?
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday (July 1) welcomed the Middle East Quartet’s call on the Palestinian Authority to “act decisively” to stop incitement to violence and strengthen efforts to combat terrorism following a series of deadly terrorist attacks in Israel over the last few days. “In the aftermath of two deadly
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International, Middle East, USAIranian officials continue to verbally attack Israel and wish for its destruction. On Thursday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they envisage a Jerusalem in 25 years from now when “no Israel would be present on the map,” Haaretz reported. The Iranian military organization made the remarks in a statement quoted by Iran’s Mehr news agency. The
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Middle EastA Palestinian family is suing the French company Exxelia Technologies for selling weapons parts to Israel. Ynet reports that the Shuheibar family from Gaza City filed the suit through the Ancile-avocats law firm and with help from the Christian organization ACAT. The lawyers claim that Exxelia is complicit in war crimes and manslaughter. According to
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International, Middle EastTen years since it was first created, the UN Human Rights Council is facing a stark moment of truth. The credibility of the world’s top human rights body, which was set up to ensure that it is able to effectively address human rights violations without being undermined by geopolitics and competing national interests, is being
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International, Middle EastRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated his support for Israel and said that, as President, he would “protect Israel 100 percent”. Trump’s comments, quoted by The Washington Free Beacon, came in response to a question by an anti-Israel man who attended his New Hampshire rally. The man took the microphone during the question-and-answer
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Middle East, USAPresumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has condemned the “heinous murder” of a 13-year-old Israeli girl stabbed to death in her sleep by a Palestinian terrorist Thursday. “I am shocked by the heinous murder of 13 year old Hallel Yaffa Ariel, who was attacked by a Palestinian terrorist while she was sleeping in her bedroom,”
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