Istanbul (dpa) – A Turkish ship carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip is expected to dock at the Israeli port of Ashdod on Sunday, a Turkish government source says. After undergoing a mandatory Israeli security check, the relief supplies should begin to be distributed in Gaza on Monday or Tuesday – just in time […]
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Middle EastJewish Home ministers will oppose the landmark rapprochement deal between Israel and Turkey when it comes to a vote on Wednesday, the party said in a statement Tuesday. Party chair and Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked will vote against the deal in the high-level security cabinet over their opposition to compensation
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Middle EastRabbi Maimon Revach, the beloved rabbi of Beit Dagan near Rishon LeTzion and a noted Kabbalist, was killed late Monday night in a tragic car accident just outside of a wedding hall. He was 81-years old. The tragedy occurred when Rabbi Revach exited the wedding hall and made his way across the street. A passing
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Middle EastA senior Palestinian Authority official said yesterday (Monday), that if he saw an Israeli he’d ‘slit his throat’. The official is Fatah Central Committee member and adviser to PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Sultan Abu al-Einein. In an interview with the Donia Al Watan site discussing the matter of normalization of relations with Israel and the
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Middle EastIsrael-Turkey deal paves way for boost in commerce and tourism (JNS.org) The reconciliation deal between Israel and Turkey will likely boost commercial activity between the two countries. Uri Aldubi, chairman of the Association of Oil and Gas Exploration Industries in Israel, told Israel Hayom on Monday that the deal “creates a historic opportunity to
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Middle EastIstanbul (dpa) – Turkey and Israel will reappoint ambassadors on Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says, after the two sides reached a deal to restore diplomatic relations. The prime minister also announced that a Turkish ship carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip will depart for the Israeli port of Ashdod on Friday, the
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International, Middle EastSeveral suicide bombers attacked and detonated explosives in a northeastern Christian Lebanese town on Monday, killing at least five people as the instability from neighboring Syria continues to spill over into the country. The attack on the Christian village of Qaa near the Syrian border also wounded 15 people, according to the state-run National News
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Middle EastBy Emily Soloff NEW YORK — The recent Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly was about to condemn Israel. Commissioners had been asked to “prayerfully study the call from Palestinian civil society for boycott, divestment and sanction against the state of Israel,” and to endorse a one-sided report calling into question the viability of two states,
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Middle East, USAWhen top Hezbollah terrorist Mustafa Badreddine was killed in an explosion in Damascus on May 10, Hezbollah initially blamed Israel, then pointed the finger at Sunni militias. However, Iran now believes that the US was behind the assassination, according to The Daily Beast. The US had more of a motive than anyone else to exact
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Middle East, USAA formerly ultra-Orthodox woman who was found dead in her car on Sunday after apparently taking her own life days earlier, had written a short autobiography describing the rigors of living within the Gur Hasidic sect and the pain she felt when her daughters cut ties with her over her choice to give up religion.
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsAs Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas held diplomatic visits abroad this week, high-ranking officials in his Fatah party continued to jostle over his succession. Everyone is hoping for the job of president, as evidenced by the Ma’an news agency’s hit reality show, in which young people compete to see who can be the next Palestinian
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Middle EastBERLIN (AFP) — Is it possible to regret becoming a mother? The question first posed by an Israeli researcher has stirred a debate in Germany like in no other country, shattering a long-held taboo. “In Israel, it was settled in a week. In Germany, it has lasted for months,” said sociologist Orna Donath, whose study
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is set to arrive in Israel on Monday for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, amid a push for peace promoted by the European Union and a Turkey-Israel reconciliation deal. The UN chief will meet on Monday with President Reuven Rivlin for talks and will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin
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RABAT, Morocco Press Release) – In an unprecedented partnership to build bridges among the three major monotheistic religions, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship) teamed with Chabad in Morocco and the local organization Mimouna to provide gift bags of food for thousands of needy Moroccan Muslim families in three cities for Ramadan. The
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