Israel said Saturday it was sending firefighting planes to a blaze in Cyprus, returning the neighboring island’s helping hand when the Jewish state suffered a devastating forest fire in 2010. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered that firefighting planes be sent to Cyprus to help put out a giant fire that is raging in Paphos,” […]
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Middle EastBoeing’s reported agreement to sell airplanes to Iran has come under criticism by two Republican lawmakers, who wrote to the company requesting clarifications on the deal. Representatives Jeb Hensarling and Peter Roskam warned in a letter released Friday that the sale could threaten national security, according to Reuters. “American companies should not be complicit in
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Middle East, USAZionist Union MK Tzipi Livni said Saturday that the Netanyahu government’s national agenda was run by the settlers’ council and reiterated her call to go to a referendum on a one-state or two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Speaking at a cultural event in Rishon Lezion, Livni said that the “Israeli government does whatever the
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Middle EastBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Britain votes on Thursday to stay in the EU, or leave. Discussions have centered on the economic consequences. Figures have been thrown at both sides of the argument. The economy and jobs are vitally important issues as Brits ponder their future. Here is a brief view from an Israeli
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Does Israel face threats to its existence?. Two former Chiefs of the IDF General Staff, who were both Ministers of Defense, and one of them a Prime Minister, have come out against the current Prime Minister with charges that he is excessive in promoting fear to the population rather than working
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Just hours after four Israelis were murdered at the Sarona Market in Tel Aviv, Professor Cornel West called on a Democratic Party platform drafting committee to describe the West Bank as “occupied.” West is one of three advocates for the Palestinians whom presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders appointed to
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Middle East, USAMike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas who took part in the Republican primaries, spoke to Israel’s Army Radio in supporting presidential candidate Donald Trump and his statements against Muslims. Trump recently called for closing the United States’ borders to Muslims and mocked those who condemned him for it. “Right here in Israel, Muslims don”t
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Middle East, USAOfficials in Washington on Wednesday sought to play down the fact that the White House had threatened to veto a Congressional proposal to increase funding for Israeli missile defense. According to Haaretz, the officials stressed that the threat does not reflect a desire to cut aid to Israel, but merely a disagreement over the proper
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Middle East, USANEW YORK — Beneath Robert Silverman’s Midwestern affability lies a determination and stoicism few would attribute to such an agreeable man. These qualities were tested after Muslim-American gunman Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 53 at a nightclub in Orlando Sunday, in the most gruesome mass-shooting in recent US history. “The Orlando murders reinforce
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International, Middle East, USABy Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi BETHESDA, Maryland — When the inaugural Genesis Prize – dubbed by Time magazine as “The Jewish Nobel” – was awarded in 2014 to one of the world’s leading philanthropists and public servants, New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, I admit I was very skeptical. I remember scratching my head and thinking, “One
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAIn the wake of the Orlando Massacre in which 49 people were murdered by a Muslim terrorist, Oliver Rosenberg, a Jewish Democratic challenger to Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D), has stated that the incumbent, Congressman Jerry Nadle, ” needs to explain how he can be pro-LGBT” when he voted for and supported the Iran nuclear deal.
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Middle East, USAFormer prime minister and defense minister Ehud Barak launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Thursday at the Herzliya Conference and called for a “popular protest” – as well as the next elections – to bring Netanyahu down from power. “A fanatical nucleus of radical ideology,” he said, “has taken over the Likud
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Middle EastPatrick Leahy By Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon A congressional measure to combat economic boycotts of Israel is being blocked by a leading senator who recently called on the Obama administration to investigate what he alleged are Israeli war crimes, according to congressional sources apprised of the matter. A group of senators has been
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Middle East, USATrump Tower looms over this part of midtown Manhattan. Today it is arguably at the center of the closely watched political activity that dominates the electoral landscape in this country. It was just a week ago, a few days prior to Shavuos, and while we were not there to see the man who knows how