Majd Atwan, a 22-year-old Palestinian beautician and activist, sits on the front steps of her family house on May 24, enjoying her recently regained freedom. Less than a week earlier, she was behind bars after an Israeli military court sentenced her to 45 days in prison and gave her a $749 fine. Her crime: posting
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Middle EastHatnua party leader MK Tzipi Livni was handed an invitation to report to police for questioning over “war crimes” when she landed in London last week, it has been revealed. Livni – who co-chairs the Zionist Union faction together with Labor Party and Opposition leader Yitzhak Herzog – has been similarly targeted by anti-Israel organizations
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International, Middle EastThe Islamic State took credit for a massive explosion in a Baghdad marketplace Saturday night that killed at least 125 people and wounded more than 150, celebrating a third deadly attack on civilians in a third country in the past few days. A car bomb exploded on a busy street in the heart of Baghdad
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Middle EastThe Turkish ship Lady Leyla docked in Ashdod’s port shortly before 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, carrying the first shipment of humanitarian goods destined for Gaza since Israel and Turkey signed a reconciliation agreement. The 11-ton ship set out from the port of Mersin on Friday with food, medicine, toys and more. Tomorrow morning trucks will
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Middle EastTributes have been pouring in since news broke of the passing of world-renowned Holocaust survivor, writer, activist and Nobel Prize laureate Elie Wiesel on Saturday. Among those paying their respects were Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin, who spoke of his immense sadness over Wiesel’s death, who he dubbed “a giant of humanity.” “Tonight we bid farewell
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastSpeaking at the opening of today’s (Sunday) Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu outlined government and security force plans for countering the recent wave of terror and preventing further attacks. “We’re in the midst of a continuous battle against terror – and there have been ups and downs. We’re employing many diverse measures including harsh
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Middle EastThe Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas was among the first groups to celebrate the brutal murder of a 13-year-old girl, stabbed to death as she slept by an Arab terrorist on Thursday. Hallel-Yaffa Ariel’s shocking murder occurred after the terrorist broke into her house in Kiryat Arba, near Hevron, and then –
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Middle EastBy 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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