By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The evil genie is out of the bottle. And there are no good ideas for a quick fix. There are too many Muslims living in western societies, supporting too many radical preachers, and reading from too many exciting and inciting web sites. The dangerous may only be a small fraction of […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East(AFP) The United States denied Tuesday that it is in a dispute with its ally Saudi Arabia over how to handle the crisis in Syria. US Secretary of State John Kerry was all smiles late Monday when he welcomed deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to his home in Washington. The influential 30-year-old prince, who
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Middle East, USAMajor General Herzi Halevi, the head of the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate, spoke on Wednesday at the 2016 Herzliya Conference. The topic of his talk was “Israel in a Turbulent Middle East: Strategic Review & Intelligence Assessment.” “If our enemies knew our military capabilities they would spare themselves additional conflict.” General Halevi warned Israel’s opponents
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Middle EastThe acting head of Israel’s National Security Council has said reports concerning the White House’s alleged refusal to increase military aid to Israel have been spun beyond recognition or simply misinterpreted by many commentators. Speaking to Arm Radio, Yaakov Nagel described many of the reports as “ridiculous.” “I am conducting the negotiations intensively,” he said.
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Middle East, USAThe leader in exile of the political wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, is to step down by the end of the year, choosing not to run in the next elections, according to Arab media reports. Meshaal, 56, has decided that he will not take part in the leadership elections for the Palestinian
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Middle EastKnesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) married his partner Irina Nevzlin in a small ceremony Tuesday night. The chuppah took place on the roof of Aish Hatorah Yeshiva, in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, while the reception was conducted in the Kotel tunnels. About 180 guests attended. Rabbi Gideon Perl, the chief rabbi of
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Middle EastThe Knesset Ethics Committee has rejected Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s decision to allow MKs to visit the Temple Mount. The committee listen to police assessments of the situation and chose “in the meantime, not to change its earlier decision” banning Knesset members from the site for eight months. “However,” the ruling noted, “when security officials
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Middle EastBy Paul Miller BUFFALO GROVE, Illinois — Earlier this year, 200 progressive activists stormed the downtown Chicago Hilton with the intention of disrupting a gay rights event. Not that they had anything against gay rights. No, the object of their contempt was the Israelis who had organized this event to support the rights of gay
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Middle East, USAObama administration opposes proposed funding boost for Israeli missile defense (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Obama administration on Tuesday announced its opposition to a Congressional proposal for a $455 million increase in funding for Israel’s missile defense program in the 2017 U.S. budget. A statement published on Tuesday by the White House’s Office of Management
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By Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada –Colonel, David Daniel “Mickey” Marcus (U.S. Army), having parachuted into Normandy on D-day, having participated in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp and having assisted in the Nuremberg Trial of Major Nazi War Criminals, retired into civilian life in 1947, settled in New York with his wife,
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastMembers of Knesset from across the political spectrum have appealed to President Reuven Rivlin to pardon a man incarcerated for murdering his rapist. Yonatan Heilo was initially sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Yaron Ayalon, who had repeated beat, raped and blackmailed him over the course of several months. When the two met
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Middle EastAs the controversy over the so-called “Mikveh Law” rages on, prominent Modern-Orthodox Rabbi Shlomo Riskin has weighed in, urging Israelis not to view non-Orthodox Jews – such as the Reform and Conservative movements – as their enemies. Instead of attempting to legislate against them, the Orthodox establishment needs to find a way to work with
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday that President Barack Obama sometimes “seems more in support of Muslims than Israel”. “For example the Iran deal, which was one of the worst deals in history, gave $150 billion dollars to a radical regime, which will allow them to fund terrorist activities as well as pursue
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Middle East, USAA senior commander in Hamas’s elite commando unit has handed himself over to Israel, according to sources inside Gaza cited by Channel 2. Reports of his surrender to Israel have been circulating in Gaza ever since the commander – a member the elite “Nahba” unit of Hamas’s military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades –
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