With Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s (Likud) dramatic resignation on Friday, Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick is set to become the newest MK. Glick, a resident of Otniel in Judea, is number 33 on the Likud Knesset list, a spot that will now enable him to launch his political career. “I pray to God that He […]
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Middle EastLeaders of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization in Gaza held talks in Cairo this week with the head of Egypt’s intelligence services, in a sign of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s efforts to unite the Palestinian factions. Islamic Jihad head Ramadan Shallah and his delegation were let in through the Rafah border crossing, and in
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a statement on Friday afternoon, responding to Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s (Likud) sudden resignation and press conference earlier in the day. Ya’alon announced that he intends to return and contend for the leadership, after Netanyahu decided to give his post of Defense Minister to MK Avigdor Liberman as a condition
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Middle EastThe Israeli government will upgrade the checkpoints between the Palestinian Authority-assigned areas of Judea and Samaria and Israel, so that more Palestinians will be able to enter Israel for work, Haaretz reported Thursday. The Defense Ministry said the move, which will cost some 300 million shekels ($78 million), will shorten the amount of time Palestinians
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By Shani Shahmoon, IRVINE, California — An event hosted by a pro-Israel student group ended abruptly Wednesday night as police were called to protect attendees from an angry mob that had gathered. One student who never made it inside the venue called 9-1-1 as she hid in fear from anti-Israel activists who chased her into
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By Toby Klein Greenwald EFRAT, Israel — Miriam Peretz has become a legend in Israel and the translation of her riveting book, Miriam’s Song, written, with her, by beloved Israeli author Smadar Shir and expertly translated by Jessica Setbon, will now ensure that she becomes a legend in the English speaking world as well. I
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East, Toby Klein GreenwaldIsraelis prefer Yisrael Beiteinu over Labor in governing coalition, polls show (JNS.org) Israelis prefer Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to invite the Yisrael Beiteinu party to join his governing coalition over inviting the Labor party, according to polls. An Israel Hayom survey found Thursday that when asked to choose between the two parties, 48 percent
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Middle EastA campaign to have arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize took another step on Wednesday, as leading Belgian Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum announced their nomination of Barghouti. According to the Palestine News Network website, the signatories of the letter of nomination include Gwenaëlle Grovonius, President of the
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International, Middle EastAn EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew crashed into the Mediterranean sea after disappearing from radar early Thursday morning, Egyptian aviation officials said. The plane sent a distress signal before plunging into the sea some 280 kilometers (175 miles) from the Egyptian coast, officials said, as the Egyptian army
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International, Middle EastNegotiators from the Likud and Yisrael Beytenu parties have agreed to accept the latter’s demands for the death penalty for terrorist murderers, as a condition for entering the coalition government. According to the agreement, the IDF military court – which is technically able to level the death penalty, but maintains an unofficial moratorium on it
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Middle EastAs a coalition agreement with Yisrael Beytenu appears imminent, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon spoke out on Thursday about his likely successor and the emerging deal that would transfer the Defense Ministry from Yaalon to Avigdor Liberman. Speaking at a conference for the IDF”s Nahal infantry units, Yaalon blasted his critics and made thinly veiled references
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Middle EastJerusalem (dpa) – Can an art exhibit improve ties between Israelis and Iranians? Curator Yossi Lemel hopes so, which is why he has put together a display of art from Iran – the first of its kind in Israel – which he says will help smash prejudices and build a bridge between the two enemy
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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday he had called for a planned Middle East peace conference to be held in Paris on June 3. “I have suggested that the conference initially planned for May 30 be held on June 3,” Ayrault said after talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — My sense of panic has been building up from the moment I first heard (which I alluded to in a previous comment) that what I had feared was about to become reality: Avigdor Lieberman, as Israel’s next minister of defense, was one step closer to becoming prime minister. A
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