President Trump displayed severe signs of a balanced approach to Israel and Palestine on Wednesday. After hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in February, this week he met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House. In a photo op brimming with good cheer, Trump gushed optimism about the prospects for peace: it’s “not as
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Middle East, USAOn an East London street corner where the looming glass of the finance district hits the tangled alleyways of what used to be the working class East End, there’s a space where a battered white kiosk once was. “Tubby Isaac’s Jellied Eel Stall” served whelks, oysters and its titular slippery delicacies—essentially boiled and spiced eels—from
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International, Travel and FoodFormer President of the Versailles Jewish Community Samuel Sandler spoke to Arutz Sheva about the special request he would like to make of France’s Culture Ministry. Sandler lost his son and two grandsons in a terror attack in Toulouse in 2012. In the interview, Sandler said he had turned to the Culture Ministry and requested
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InternationalThe Nationality Law was approved at noon today (Sunday) by the Ministerial Committee on Legislation at the initiative of acting committee chairman, Tourism Minister Yariv Levin. The bill was initiated by MK Avi Dichter (Likud), but due to various disagreements, its advancement has been long stuck in committee. The proposal anchors the fact that the
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Middle EastThe European Jewish Congress has strongly condemned the decision of the Walloon region in southern Belgium to back the formal proscription of the slaughter of non-stunned animals as of 2019, thereby effectively banning shechita, the Jewish form of humane slaughter for meat. EJC President Dr. Moshe Kantor described the decision as “scandalous” and said it
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International, Jewish ReligionAlthough near constant rain poured on the Louisville, Kentucky, area over the past few days, leaving some doubt as to the condition of the racetrack at Churchill Downs Saturday afternoon for the 2017 Kentucky Derby, the sundresses, fancy hats and the seersucker suits were out in force. Watch ‘Always Dreaming’ win the 143rd running of
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Sports & Competitions, USAAbuja (dpa) – Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram has released 82 of the school girls abducted more than three years ago from their school in the Nigerian town of Chibok, the president’s office said Saturday. “After lengthy negotiations, our security agencies have taken back these girls, in exchange for some Boko Haram suspects held by
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InternationalFour major television networks – ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN – have come under fire from the Trump camp for “censorship” after refusing to air a political ad over its reference to “fake news.” Jamestown Associates, which produced the 30-second spot touting President Trump’s record during his first 100 days in office, said Friday that
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAIn letter, 52 Congress members lament State Department’s policy of leaving out the country name when US citizens are born in Israel’s capital By Times of Israel staff An illustrative photo of the US consulate in Jerusalem. (CC BY-SA, Magister/Wikimedia) Dozens of US lawmakers wrote a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson last week
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Middle East, USA69 Years Young By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — Despite its phenomenal success, the Modern Jewish State is still in its relative infancy. Its prospects depend largely on whether the next generation of Israelis can emulate and build upon the achievements of its predecessors. Based on what our youngsters have accomplished during the last 12
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Steve Kramer ALFEI MENASHE, Israel — One hundred years ago a bomb shell was dropped on the international community by the British government. It was the Balfour Declaration, a public “letter” which would have greatly cheered Theodor Herzl, the great proponent and leader of the Zionist movement, had he not succumbed to a heart
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Steve KramerBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The comparison of Israel and South Korea is not as strange as it may seem. Both had historical periods of poverty and national disaster, and both have achieved military credibility and economic success. They are currently very close on the World Bank’s list of the most wealthy countries. And both
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastRussia’s Ministry of Defense has confirmed two of its nuclear-capable bombers, flanked by two multi-role fighter jets, brushed near Alaskan airspace earlier this week. The ministry confirmed the deployment on Facebook on Friday, posting video of the flight that took place on Wednesday. The flight led to a U.S. intercept of the aircraft—something the Russian
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International, USARussia says the proposed “de-escalation” zones in Syria will be closed to aircraft from the U.S.-led coalition. Alexander Lavrentyev, Russia’s envoy to the peace talks in Kazakhstan, said Friday in remarks covered by Russian media that “the operation of aviation in the de-escalation zones, especially of the forces of the international coalition, is absolutely not
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