International

With the PA’s help, Israeli Christians quietly make pilgrimages to Lebanon

By TOI staff Perhaps the best-kept secret in Israel’s Christian community is the growing phenomenon of Israeli Arab Christians visiting Lebanon for religious pilgrimages coordinated by the Palestinian Authority. Israel considers Lebanon — along with Iran, Iraq and Syria — an enemy state and laws forbid citizens to trade with and travel to those countries.

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Middle East

May: Apologize for Balfour Declaration? Absolutely not

[youtube:2034611] British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday ruled out the idea that Britain would apologize for the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which proclaimed Britain”s support for the establishment of a Jewish national home in then-Palestine. Speaking at a celebratory dinner to mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration in London, May said that that the

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International, Middle East

Rabbi Yisrael Rosen, founder of chief rabbinate conversion program, dies aged 76

By TOI staff Rabbi Yisrael Rosen, a pioneer in Jewish religious law and technology and the founder of the Chief Rabbinate’s office for conversion, died Thursday at the age of 76. He is survived by his wife Shlomit, five children and many grandchildren. Rosen was born in Tel Aviv in 1941. He studied in the

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Watch: South African leftists threaten to occupy Israeli embassy

[youtube:2034598] Hundreds of far-left South African demonstrators protested in front of the Israeli embassy in South Africa, demanding the South African government shut down the embassy and expel the Israeli delegation. The demonstration, held in the northern city of Pretoria, was organized by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, the third largest political party in

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International, Middle East

US senators propose commemoration of Balfour centennial

By Eric Cortellessa WASHINGTON — Two US senators will introduce a resolution this week commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, a public statement issued by the British government in 1917 that expressed support for the creation of a Jewish state in Mandatory Palestine. Authored by Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia,

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International, Middle East, USA

Israeli editor tells which U.S. Presidents Israelis liked

By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California — It is not the U.S. president’s political party that determines how well he is liked in Israel, rather it is how empathetic he is toward the Jewish state, Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz commented Thursday night at the Men’s Event of the Jewish Federation of

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

An eighth-grade surfer saw a capsized boat, and what he did next is praiseworthy

capsized boat The video taken of Sam, an eighth-grader at Independence Middle School, went viral. Taken by a drone, the video shows Ruskin swimming out to the struggling man, placing him stomach-down on his surf board and pushing him to the south side of the inlet. “He could have drowned,” said Ruskin, who wants to

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USA

Utah Nurse Arrested By Police Reaches $500,000 Settlement

University Hospital nurse Alex Wubbels who violently arrested in July by a Salt Lake City police officer reached a settlement of $500,000 with all the parties involved Tuesday. Wubbels’ controversial arrest after she refused to let the officer Jeff Payne draw blood from an unconscious patient without his consent, was recorded on officers’ body camera,

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA