It’s early afternoon in Ramallah, the de facto Palestinian capital of the disputed West Bank, and the main fruit and vegetable market is bustling. Vendors and shoppers shout prices and orders in Arabic while they exchange produce in boxes bearing Hebrew letters. It’s here where battles over international campaigns for boycotts of Israeli products often
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Middle EastNat Hentoff Nat Hentoff – beloved civil libertarian, Constitution expert, author, columnist and jazz writer – whose work spanned seven decades – has died. He was 91. Hentoff, a WND weekly columnist since 2008, offered in his writing a compelling but unique mix of Americanism, undying reverence for the Bill of Rights and an uncompromising
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Obituaries & memorials, USAPresident Reuven Rivlin said that Israel would stand tall and would not be broken by terrorism following Sunday’s ramming attack in which four soldiers were killed. Rivlin spoke about the terrorist attack in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood of Jerusalem Sunday afternoon while preparing to depart for a diplomatic visit to the European State of Georgia.
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International, Middle EastAt Philadelphia convention, Modern Language Association also votes to refrain from future boycott measures By Times of Israel staff Protesters urging a boycott against Israel in Melbourne, file photo (CC-BY SA Takver/Wikimedia Commons) The Modern Language Association, a top American academic group, on Saturday voted down a proposal to boycott Israeli academia. The measure, which
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPact would have secured unnamed Israeli tycoon ‘achievements’ worth ‘a fortune’ in exchange for helping PM, report says By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Conference of Israeli ambassadors at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on January 3, 2017 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Police reportedly suspect that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an
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Middle EastPresident Obama on Sunday said it is “very clear” that Russia tried to interfere in the U.S. election and that he might have underestimated Vladimir Putin’s intent to use cyberspace to exert his influence on the world stage. The U.S. intelligence community concluded that Mr. Putin wanted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to lose
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International, USAIsrael has apologised to the UK after one of its embassy staff in London was secretly filmed apparently suggesting he wanted to bring about the downfall of a British government minister who has been very critical of Israeli policy. The senior political officer was speaking in a London restaurant to a British civil servant, who
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International, Middle EastAlec Baldwin didn’t have time to tease Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” this week, but that didn’t stop him from trolling the president-elect anyway. On Friday, Baldwin mocked Trump on Instagram with one savage selfie. Baldwin shared a photo of himself wearing a Trump-esque hat that reportedly reads “Make America Great Again” in Russian,
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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAFederal workers nationwide are bracing for reductions in head counts, civil service protections and salaries when President-elect Donald Trump and Congress turn their attention to government spending later this year. Trump, who ran on a promise to “drain the swamp,” has identified hiring freezes at most federal agencies as a top priority for his early
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USASupporters of Elor Azaria detained for disturbing the peace during protest outside President’s Residence By Times of Israel staff Supporters of Elor Azaria protest outside military court in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2017. ( Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) Police overnight Saturday arrested seven people for disturbing the peace during an illegal demonstration in support of IDF
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Middle EastDefence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in an interview published Sunday that French infrastructure could be vulnerable to cyber attacks and that the country is looking to boost its defences with thousands of “digital soldiers” by 2019. In an interview with French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche, Le Drian said the nation’s infrastructure – including
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InternationalSenior Senate Republicans say Russia used cyberattacks to undermine American democracy, yet incoming White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Sunday argued that there is plenty of blame to go around for any meddling and its results – starting with Democrats, their lack of a winning message and weak cyberdefenses. “We didn’t need WikiLeaks,” she told
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International, USAArutz Sheva met Judge Ruchie Freier at Bagels n’ Greens in New York for an exclusive interview, and asked her to detail her journey to the Civil Court. “This didn’t happen overnight. It started out with my dream, I wanted to be a lawyer. But I didn’t think it was possible,” Freier said. “So in
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USAMoscow (dpa) – Russia is pulling out some of its military forces from Syria, including an aircraft carrier, Russian General Valery Gerasimov said Friday. The Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier and several support vessels are leaving the Mediterranean and heading to the northern Russian port of Severomorsk, Gerasimov said in comments carried by state media. In
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