The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – the basilica built over the site where it is believed Jesus died, was buried and resurrected – began its first major renovation in over 200 years Monday. The project will primarily restore the Edicule of the Tomb, a shrine believed to house the tomb where Jesus […]
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Middle EastWASHINGTON – Israel is facing a “unique opportunity” for negotiations on a regional framework, opposition leader MK Isaac Herzog told attendees at the American Jewish Committee’s Global Forum Monday in the US capital. “Today there is a golden opportunity, which the United States should lead and which the international community should support with no reservations,”
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Middle EastRussian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were all smiles when they shook hands for the fourth time in a year Tuesday. Netanyahu is in Moscow for the third time since fall 2015 to mark the 25th anniversary of Russia and Israel’s diplomatic relationship. It is therefore all the more surprising that
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International, Middle EastA Federal Judge on Monday ruled that the US government can hand in a classified ex parte submission to the court, not allowing Jonathan Pollard’s lawyers to see the state’s evidence in arguing for his strict parole limitations. The case relates to the harsh parole conditions imposed on Pollard, who was released last November after
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Middle East, USAMembers of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) seeking to boycott the Jewish state as part of the discriminative BDS movement failed on Tuesday, as a boycott resolution was narrowly shot down by the organization. The resolution banning collaborations with all Israeli universities and research institutions was defeated by 2,423 votes against as opposed to 2,384
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USANASA expresses interest in Israel helping with manned mission to Mars (JNS.org) America’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to send a manned mission to Mars in the 2030s, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden said Monday during a visit to Israel. Accompanied by Israeli Science, Technology and Space Minister Ofir Akunis and Givatayim Mayor
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Middle EastJordanian security forces on Monday night arrested a suspect in the attack on a security office in a Palestinian Arab camp that left five dead, including three security officers, Jordanian state television said, according to Reuters. Security forces said a major manhunt was launched following the attack at the Baqaa camp early on Monday. The
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Middle EastThe Green Party presidential candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, on Monday released a statement in support of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. “The United States has encouraged the worst tendencies of the Israeli government as it pursues policies of occupation, apartheid, assassination, illegal settlements, demolitions, blockades, building of nuclear bombs, indefinite detention, collective
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Middle East, USAIranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari slammed Saudi Arabia as the “main culprit” involved in the spread of terrorism, implicitly hitting back at a U.S. Department of State report calling Iran the world’s “leading state sponsor of terrorism.” “Saudi Arabia has as its main agenda been using terrorism as an instrument to materialize its
Speaking at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, Maen Rashid Areikat said that what Israel needs “is a genuine peace with its neighbors, first and foremost the Palestinians.” Photo by Michele Alperin A student asks Areikat a question after his talk. According to a leading Palestinian diplomat, Israel is “pushing Israel and Palestine toward a one-state
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Middle EastRabbi Yitzchak David Grossman, legendary head of the Migdal Ohr Institutions in Migdal HaEmek in the Jezreel Valley – known as the “Disco Rabbi” because of his practice of entering noisy nightclubs to find potential returnees to Torah – related the following extraordinary incident in his most recently column in the weekly BaKehillah. In the
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastMousa Abu Marzouk, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, on Sunday criticized Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for his recent call for peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Speaking to the Al Jazeera network, Abu Marzouk said, “We tell the Egyptian president that “there will never be a cold or a hot peace
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Middle EastBangladesh has seen a bloody string of murders targeting secular bloggers and religious minorities, with most of the killings claimed by Islamist groups – but according to Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Israel is to blame. In accusing Israel of inexplicable involvement in the local murders, Khan noted that opposition MP Aslam Chowdhury, a joint
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International, Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – An alleged French fraudster claims he gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approximately 1 million euros (1.13 million dollars) as a campaign donation, prompting the Israeli attorney-general to launch a probe, Israel Radio reported Monday. The claim by Arnaud Mimran, who is accused of running a massive EU carbon credit tax
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