International

North Korea’s Alliance With Syria Reveals A Wider Proliferation Threat

The longstanding cooperation between the two regimes seems to have intensified during Syria’s war, with troubling implications for future missile, chemical, and even nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. North Korea’s decades-old military alliance with the Assad regime is stoking fears inside the Trump administration that Kim Jong-un is not only profiting from Syria’s six-year

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International, Middle East, USA

Texas church might be demolished and replaced by memorial after shooting

The pastor of the Texas church where a gunman carried out a massacre has discussed knocking down the building and replacing the structure with a memorial, a spokesman for the national Southern Baptist Convention said Thursday. The First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, about 35 miles outside San Antonio, has remained closed since gunman

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USA

For first time in 100 years, Luftwaffe in Israel’s skies in huge air drill

By Judah Ari Gross OVDA AIR BASE – Way down, down in the Negev Desert — or, more accurately, in the skies above it — the countries of Falcon Land and Nowhere Land are waging a vicious aerial war, with dozens of fighter jets dogfighting and bombing each other’s infrastructure. So far there have been

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International, Middle East, USA

New Trader Joe’s Snack Could Reduce Peanut Allergies

Trader Joe’s is now selling Bamba, an Israeli snack that is long overdue for a triumphant entrance into the mainstream U.S. market. Bamba is “crunchy, airy, peanutty and highly craveable—kind of like a cheese puff without the cheese,” Trader Joe’s said in its announcement in late October. The snack is made with just four ingredients,

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Middle East, Travel and Food, USA

Israeli government has lost its way, says Corbyn’s visiting foreign policy chief

By Raphael Ahren The current Israeli government “has lost its way,” UK Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry said Thursday, citing the ongoing “occupation” and the “misery” of the Palestinians. In an exclusive interview with The Times of Israel, the woman who hopes to become Britain’s next top diplomat explained in great detail why she would

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International, Middle East

Egyptian envoy hails peace with Israel as top officials snub memorial invite

By Tamar Pileggi Egypt’s ambassador to Israel on Thursday said his country’s 1979 peace agreement with Israel should serve as encouragement to Palestinians and other Arab states to reach their own peace agreements with the Jewish state. “We can say, ‘Look, we have reached peace, there is no reason why you cannot reach this peace

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Middle East

Rabbinic court conditions divorce on wife agreeing not to file rape charges

By TOI staff A rabbinic court was accused Wednesday of obstruction of justice for preventing a woman from filing charges against her ex-husband for allegedly raping her and violently abusing her and her children. Mavoi Satum (Dead End), an organization which works on behalf of women whose husbands refuse to give them a Jewish bill

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USA

What did the businessman and Haley talk about?

Well-known religious businessman David Hager and Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, held a conversation at the beginning of the week on the sidelines of the Israeli American Council (IAC) National Conference in Washington, DC. Hager, a cousin of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe and a well-known supporter of many Torah institutions as well

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International, Middle East, USA