Israel”s Mission to the United Nations on Wednesday called for the return of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) peacekeepers to the Israel-Syrian border in the Golan Heights, amid fears Iran and the ISIS terror group are looking to gain a foothold on the Syrian side of the prized strategic area. The UNDOF force, which
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Middle EastWASHINGTON — The Anti-Defamation League commended the Democratic National Convention’s draft party platform Wednesday for opposing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel and supporting America’s commitment to Israel’s security and a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “The draft platform rightly frames a negotiated two state solution as in the interests
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Middle East, USAThousands of mourners have gathered in the Judean town of Kiryat Arba near Hevron on Thursday afternoon, for the funeral of Hallel-Yaffa Ariel, the 13-year-old girl murdered in her sleep by an Arab terrorist. The funeral procession began with eulogies outside the Ariel family home in the Ramat Mamre “Charsina” neighborhood at the edge of
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Middle EastBritain’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is in hot water again, this time over a speech in which he appeared to compare Israel to the brutal Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group. Ironically, Corbyn’s controversial remarks were made in an address concerning the party’s recent anti-Semitism saga, over which dozens of politicians were suspended for anti-Semitic
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International, Middle EastPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman held a security briefing following today’s terror attack in Kiryat Arba. The two approved a series of security measures following the murderous attack, including a lock-down on the village of Bani Na’im, where the terrorist was from. All work permits from members of the murderer’s clan
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Middle EastTurkey”s state-run news agency reported that police have detained at least 22 people in connection to the terror attack on Ataturk Airport. Officials identified three as ISIS fighters, originally from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Dagestan, a region in the south of Russia. Dagestan has been suffering from guerrila terror since 2000. All three areas are predominantly
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Middle EastInternational condolences and support flooded in in the wake of Hallel Uriel’s murder this morning. Hallel Uriel was stabbed multiple times in her bed by a 17 year-old terrorist, who was shot at the scene of the crime by security personnel. The US State Department declared, “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the outrageous
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Middle East, USAA group of nine Israelis on Wednesday evening had to be rescued from the Palestinian Arab city of Ramallah, after locals attacked one of their vehicles. The Israelis reportedly willingly entered the city. Locals who noticed them hurled rocks and firebombs at one of their cars, which caught fire. All nine escaped without injury. Eight
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Middle EastPalestinian terrorist kills 13-year-old Israeli girl in her bedroom (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A Palestinian terrorist murdered a 13-year-old Israeli girl in her bedroom on Thursday after infiltrating the Jewish community of Kiryat Arba in Samaria. The terrorist broke into the home of Hallel Yaffa Ariel and stabbed her, wounding her critically. She was
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Jewish History, Middle EastWASHINGTON — U.S.-led military efforts to contain violent Islamic State radicals in the Middle East have not yet succeeded, and the group’s engine of worldwide terrorism “still has a lot of momentum,” CIA Director John Brennan said Wednesday. “We cannot rest at all. We have to increase our efforts,” Brennan said. Brennan said suicide bombings
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International, Middle East, USABy Muath Freij – Jun 29,2016 – Last updated at Jun 29,2016 Amman’s famous former traffic officer Hazzaa Thneibat died on Tuesday at the age of 74. Thneibat was well-known for his moves in directing traffic in Amman. He served as a traffic officer for nearly four decades (Photo by Muath Freij) AMMAN – Jordan’s
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Middle EastKnesset Members from the Likud party responded with outrage on Wednesday to comments by MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint List), including demands her critics apologize, claiming the recently signed deal normalizing relations with Turkey validated her participation in a 2010 pro-Hamas flotilla. Deputy Knesset Speaker Nava Boker (Likud) called for the anti-Zionist MK to be expelled
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Middle EastWithin hours of the deadly assault on Istanbul’s Ataturk international airport, analysts and experts were looking for someone to blame. Most cited lapses in airport security or Turkey’s precarious situation given the long-standing conflicts in Iraq and Syria. The threat faced by Turkey from the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) is real. Major attacks in
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International, Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –The announcement of Turkish-Israeli rapprochement was touted first as an economic achievement for Israel. It should be noted, however, that Turkey-Israel civilian trade, as distinct from military trade, was already robust, rising from $1.5 billion in the first half of 2010 to $5.6 billion in 2015. Israel has an interest
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