Hamas closed the crossing between Gaza and Israel on Sunday after blaming Israel for the assassination of one of its lead terrorists and officials. In addition, Hamas forbade fishing in the waters near Gaza. A statement from the Interior Ministry in Gaza, run by Islamist movement Hamas, said it was shutting the Erez crossing for […]
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Middle EastFive Indian airlines have banned a member of the country’s parliament after he beat a 60-year-old Air India staff member with a shoe 25 times. The MP, Ravindra Gaikwad, was traveling from Pune to Delhi Friday and lost his temper when staff apparently refused to upgrade his seat to business class. The plane he was
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InternationalThe threat posed by North Korean projectiles to the U.S. has increased due to multiple missile tests conducted by Pyongyang over the weekend, according to a senior U.S. Air Force commander. Lt. Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach, the commander of the Anchorage-based 11th Air Force, told Congress’ Joint Armed Services Committee Thursday that North Korea’s hawkish
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International, USATEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) — A classroom exercise at Tel-Aviv’s historic Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium high school sparked controversy after it was reported last Thursday that students were forced to participate in a simulation of IDF activities at checkpoints in which “Palestinians” were abused by “IDF soldiers.” According to the report published by the Israeli news outlet Walla!, students
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Middle EastOver the course of 2016, a World Jewish Congress survey finds, more than 382,000 anti-Semitic posts were uploaded to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, blogs and other social media forums. The research, conducted together with Vigo Social Intelligence, showed that an overwhelming 63 percent of all anti-Semitic content online can be found on Twitter. More than
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International, Jewish HistoryPakistan says it has started fencing off its long border with Afghanistan and areas vulnerable to cross-border militant attacks are being given priority. Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa revealed the project during a visit Saturday to tribal districts, including Mohmand, near the Afghan border where “terrorists” assaulted outposts from across the other side and
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InternationalBerlin (dpa) – Voters in the south-western German state of Saarland were casting their ballots on Sunday in a poll seen as the first test of the newly-resurgent Social Democrats (SPD) against Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU). The SPD – currently the junior partner in a coalition led by the CDU in the sparsely
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InternationalRising sea temperatures have triggered a massive dying off of the Great Barrier Reef, and researchers warn it may never recover with more damage to come. Once rich with coral and sea life, 90 percent of the Great Barrier Reef today is composed of large swafts of bleached white or dead coral. Warm seas off
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International, The World We ShareA Beijing-backed civil servant has been chosen as the next leader of Hong Kong. Carrie Lam’s appointment comes amid accusations that Beijing is meddling and denying the financial hub a more populist leader. Lam will become Hong Kong’s first female chief executive when she takes office on July 1. The results: 777 votes – Carrie
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InternationalEx-lawmaker retired from politics in 1992 after becoming involved in a political scandal that sought to oust then-PM Itzhak Shamir By Times of Israel staff Former Likud minister and Israeli diplomat Avraham Sharir speaks during an August 2014 interview. (screen capture: YouTube) Former Likud minister Avraham Sharir died on Saturday at the age of 84,
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Middle EastThe chief executive of Charter Communications committed in a meeting with President Trump on Friday to invest $25 billion on broadband infrastructure while joining a trend of business leaders touting previously announced job creation at the White House. In the case of Charter, Chief Executive Thomas Rutledge said he expected to hire 20,000 new U.S.
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USASource say enough evidence accumulated for formal investigation of Nissan Slomiansky By Times of Israel staff Jewish Home MK Nissam Slomiansky seen during a vote on the so-called Regulation Bill, a controversial bill that seeks to legitimize illegal West Bank outposts, in the Israeli parliament on December 7, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Police are set to
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Middle EastLondon supports 2 of the votes, but slams bias and ‘selective focus’ on Israel, puts council ‘on notice’ that it had better change By Times of Israel staff The Human Rights Council during an interactive dialogue with the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip on June 29, 2015
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International, Middle East, USAJustin Welby plans to hold interfaith events, visit holy sites in his first tour of region in four years By Times of Israel staff Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Church of England Justin Welby, center, visits the Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem’s Old City, on June 27, 2013 (Sliman Khader/Flash90) The
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