Middle East

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – President Shimon Peres delivered on Thursday, March 20, a festive greeting for Nowruz, the Persian New Year, and conducted interviews with Persian language radio stations ‘Israel Radio Persian’ and ‘Radio Farda’ (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty). President Peres began with the traditional greeting in Persian and said, “Iraniane Gerami, Novruzetan Piruz Bad”, which means

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)–ninety-six youths from the Ultra-Orthodox community concluded last week the first ever pre IDF course offered to the community members. The course, offered by the Ministry of Defense, was aimed at exposing the youth to the IDF and the special Haredi battalion and boosting the motivation of Utra-Orthodox youth to enlist

By Alan Craig, PhD SDEROT, Israel — As a frequent visitor to Israel I like to think I know my way around. Heading north through Herzliya or east to Jerusalem is to pass through familiar territory. South of Tel Aviv is another matter entirely. But getting to Sderot from Tel Aviv turns out to be

By Jonathan Spyer HERZLIYA, Israel –A number of events in recent weeks cast light on the current intersecting lines of conflict in the Middle East. They reflect a region in flux, in which new bonds are being formed, and old ones torn asunder. But amid the confusion, a new topography is emerging. This was the

LONDON (WJC) — US actress Scarlett Johansson has defended her decision to appear in advertisements for the Israeli company SodaStream, which operates a factory in the West Bank.  Johansson, who stepped down as an ambassador of the charity Oxfam after the charity had criticized her choice to feature in the ads, said in an interview with