By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kamala Harris, currently California’s attorney general, said on Friday, June 3, she believes there should be a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians that is directly negotiated by the parties. “That is the only way we are going to reach a resolution and […]
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Middle East, USAIranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out Friday at the United States, Britain and Israel as the Islamic republic’s “main enemies,” accusing Washington of procrastinating over the controversial nuclear deal. “It’s the US, the evil Britain, and the damned and cancerous Zionist regime. These are the main enemies,” Khamenei said in a televised speech
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International, Middle EastParis (dpa) – Diplomats from nearly 30 countries and organizations agreed Friday that “the status quo is not sustainable” in the Middle East, but could do little more than clear a path to possible peace talks given Israeli and Palestinian boycotts of the meeting. Without the participation of the two main parties in the conflict,
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International, Middle EastThe Knesset security captain on Friday decided to deploy a fixed security detail to Likud MK Amir Ohana, over fears that activists of the LGBT homosexual community would attack him during the “gay pride march” in Tel Aviv on Friday. Ohana, who is himself homosexual, announced that he would take part in the gay pride
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Middle EastJune 3, 2016. President Francois Hollande of France Representatives from 30 countries were on Friday meeting in Paris to begin talks on pursuing peace in the Middle East, without the Israelis and Palestinians in attendance. French Foreign Ministry said the goal was simply to begin a process that would bring everyone back to the table
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International, Middle EastThe Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement on Thursday accused Israel of being responsible for a series of cyber attacks against the campaign’s website in February and March. The movement, a global campaign that advocates applying economic and political pressure on Israel to achieve equal rights for Palestinians and calls for an end to the
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International, Middle EastMore than 150 professors from McGill University in Montreal have signed a declaration condemning the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and praising the university”s director denunciation of it. “Boycotts and intellectual bullying have no place at McGill or at any other institution of higher learning,” the professors wrote, noting there is a disproportionate
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationIsrael is set to release Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar, who has been in prison since August, Palestinian and Israeli sources said Thursday, according to AFP. Khalida Jarrar will be set free at the Jubara checkpoint near Tulkarem on Friday morning, the Israel Prison Service and Palestinian Prisoners Club told the news agency. Jarrar, a senior
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Middle EastBentzi Gopshtain and members of his anti-assimilation organization Lehava protested at the entry to Immanuel Church, located adjacent to Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, which was opened to the public this week at the peak of the Jerusalem Light Festival. Gopshtain told Arutz Sheva that the opening of the church to the wider public
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Middle EastFreshman Likud MK Yehuda Glick spoke with Arutz Sheva on Friday after speaking at Oz VeGaon nature preserve in Judea, a site established by Women in Green in memory of the three teens who were abducted and murdered by Hamas terrorists in June 2014. Glick began by praising Women in Green directors Nadia Matar and
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Middle EastJewish Home chairman and Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday made clear that he will not allow a Palestinian state to be established. The comments came in response to this week’s statement by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman in which they expressed support for peace talks with the Palestinian Authority (PA)
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (WJC) — The US State Department has published its annual survey of world-wide terrorism which names the Islamic Republic of Iran as the main state sponsor of terror in 2015. Iran had provided “a range of support, including financial, training, and equipment, to groups around the world,” the report said. It went on to highlight the
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Middle East, USAIsrael and Turkey ‘very close’ to reconciliation deal, ministers say (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A deal seems closer than ever in Israel’s negotiations to normalize diplomatic relations with Turkey, but some key issues remain unresolved, two Israeli ministers said. While Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz and Construction Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday expressed optimism about the
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Middle EastFollowing the huge leak of the Panama documents, the Israel Tax Authority is stepping up its actions against unreported companies founded by Israelis in tax shelters. Income tax investigators recently conducted searches for documents in the offices of three Israeli companies providing services to Israelis in founding offshore companies. Among other things, Tax Authority investigators
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