Reconciliation talks between longtime rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah continue to stall, and a new planned round of meeting has been put on hold, the Ma”an news agency reports. The sides began a third round of talks last Wednesday in the Qatari capital of Doha, but they took a negative turn Saturday when Hamas […]
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet next week in a European capital, against the backdrop of the French peace initiative and a Quartet report likely to severely criticize Israel”s policies in Judea and Samaria, Haaretz reported Sunday. A senior Israeli official said Netanyahu spoke with Kerry by telephone
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International, Middle East, USARome elected its first female mayor Monday delivering a huge blow to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s Democratic Party (PD). The 5-Star Movement’s (M5S) Virginia Raggi reportedly led by a 2-1 margin with almost 80 percent of the votes counted. Her rival, Democrat Roberto Giachetti from PD, conceded defeat less than an hour after the polls
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InternationalAttorney General Loretta Lynch said Sunday that President Obama’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president does not create a conflict of interest in the FBI’s ongoing investigation of her State Department email. Ms. Lynch insisted that the federal probe of Mrs. Clinton’s unusual email setup at the State Department, which conceivably could result in criminal
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USAOpposition leader and Zionist Union chief Isaac Herzog agreed to far reaching concessions on the eve of the 2015 election, a report by Channel 10 on Sunday revealed. Herzog, who prior to the election was seen as a viable candidate for Prime Minister, signed a secret letter of understanding with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas,
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Middle EastBritish soccer icon David Beckham revealed that he considers himself to be Jewish because of his grandfather. During a discussion at the London Jewish Cultural Center, the 41-year-old made it clear that Judaism had been a part of his life. “My grandfather was Jewish, that was on my mother’s side, so yes, I do see
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International, Sports & CompetitionsBy Joel H. Cohen AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Curiously, what finally undammed my tears were the faded photographs of movie stars, under glass, on the bedroom wall. More than anything else, it was the sight of them that tore me emotionally, more than the solemn walk up the steep staircase and through the revolving bookcases that
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International, Jewish History, Joel H. CohenRome (dpa) – Italians are voting Sunday in run-off mayoral elections in several cities but all eyes are on Rome, where a victory for the eurosceptic Five Star Movement (M5S) would be a blow to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Virginia Raggi, a 37-year-old lawyer and the anti-establishment M5S’ candidate in Rome, could become the first
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InternationalPalestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has vowed to increase benefits for the families of terrorists killed while carrying out deadly attacks against Israelis. Speaking at an iftar meal to break the Ramadan fast on Friday in Ramallah, Hamdallah said the PA and its institutions would continue providing a wide range of benefits – including
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Middle EastDuring the cabinet meeting on Sunday, the government authorized an additional 80 million shekels in funding for haredi yeshivas, as per a coalition agreement signed between the Likud and United Torah Judaism (UTJ) parties following last year’s election. With the additional funds, government spending on yeshivas will be restored to the level it was at
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Middle EastNational Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre said Sunday all the recent talk about gun control is just an effort by U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration to divert attention away from terrorism. And U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, blamed administration foreign policy for the June 12 mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and called
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USADonald Trump called for racial profiling Sunday, saying it’s just “common sense” in the wake of the bloody attacks in Orlando, Florida, this year; in San Bernardino, California, last year; and at the Boston Marathon in 2013. “Well, I think profiling is something that we’re going to have to start thinking about as a country,”
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USAFollowing a petition filed by the Movement for Freedom of Information, invoices revealed that the Prime Minister”s Residence cost Israeli taxpayers a total of 1,965,373 shekels (508,199 UDS) in 2014. The figures, pertaining to Netanyahu’s official residence and two private houses in Jerusalem and Caesarea, mark a decline of about half a million shekels from
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Middle EastLondon (dpa) – British voters should opt for a “tolerant, liberal Britain” and reject a British EU exit, or Brexit, in this week’s referendum, extolled Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday, as the campaign to decide Britain’s role in the EU enters its last days. “If you don’t know, don’t go,” Cameron told undecided voters
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