Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with the leadership of the Jewish community in Hevron and the Chairman of the Yesha Council, who wished to thank him for his efforts to develop and strengthen the Jewish community in Hevron, and especially for the development of the Hezekiah quarter in the holy city. The meeting was attended
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The Jews are just like everyone else, but different. Also Israel. The country of the Jews is like others, but different. This note is provoked by comment from an otherwise rational friend that Israel’s real borders are the Jordan and the Mediterranean. And his question about my description of Israeli Arabs. Was
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s our problem, actually, and we’ve made it theirs. It is the West that simultaneously wants “the Arab Spring” and “stability.” Democracy and strong government control. Honest government and stable kleptocrats. Check out our split-brain reaction to the Palestinian Authority. By rights, the U.S. should have nothing to do with
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — On the face of it, it doesn’t look good. Israel seems to be under threat from its neighbors, its friends in the Diaspora and its own politicians. 1A. In the South, Islamic Jihad in Gaza, with Hamas turning a blind eye, appears to be planning retaliation for the devastating
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Middle EastBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — The Jewish vote no doubt contributed to the Democratic sweeps in the series of election upsets last week. Sizeable Jewish populations were either long established or steadily evolved in many of the states and towns where Democrats flipped not only statewide offices but also local posts. Both Nassau and
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USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — I always used to associate the number ‘13’ with the bat mitzvah ceremony of my elder daughter Sari. I of course relived the joy three years later when my younger daughter Debra also handled the life-event with the effervescence and gifts they both manifest. Both my daughters love
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USAThe citizenship crisis engulfing Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s government has deepened. An eighth lawmaker has left parliament. The main opposition party has drafted in a high-profile candidate for a key by-election. Who is the latest to leave? Jacqui Lambie, an independent and outspoken senator for the island state of Tasmania. She confirmed on Tuesday
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InternationalA 20-year-old undocumented immigrant with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status and only one leg has been detained by federal immigration agents and held without charges for over a month, treated inhumanely and mocked for his prosthetic leg, an immigrant advocacy group says. Felipe Abonza-Lopez of San Marcos, Texas–detained by Customs and Border Protection agents
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USABy TOI staff A labor court on Thursday gave a former worker in the Prime Minister’s Residence three weeks to refile her claim in an abuse lawsuit filed against Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister’s wife. Judge Eyal Avrahami said that for the case to proceed, the charges had to be presented afresh to the Jerusalem
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Middle EastCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he raised the issue of human rights with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, whose crackdown on illicit drug trafficking has led to the deaths of thousands of people. Trudeau told reporters in Manila Tuesday he “impressed upon” Duterte “the need for respect for the rule of law” as well as
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InternationalIndependent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has called on President Donald Trump to put aside his hardline politics and offer assistance to Iran after the country was hit Sunday by what’s become the deadliest earthquake of the year. With casualties having reached at least 452 people dead and thousands more injured, mostly in Iran, according
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Middle East, USAThe Trump administration is hiring a small army of attorneys to fight landowners so the government can seize the property needed to build the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border that President Donald Trump promised his supporters. It is not clear how many Americans will have their land seized, how long the process will take, or
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USAWilmot Collins thought he was running for mayor of a small city with challenges he had a plan to address. What he didn’t realize is that by actually winning the election he would also become an overnight symbol of what refugees can achieve in America. Collins, who arrived in the US with his wife as
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USAAshley Judd Appointed As The UN Population Fund’s (UNFPA) Goodwill Ambassador There was a time when people believed most celebrities lived perfect lives. But if 2017 has taught us anything, it’s that some of the most beautiful people in the world have the saddest of skeletons in their closets. And many are not remaining silent
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