Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has expressed his gratitude to the supreme leaders of Iran and North Korea in two recent letters thanking them for standing behind his government, which has been accused by the West of perpetrating human rights abuses throughout a six-year war against jihadists and other insurgent groups. In a letter sent Thursday
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International, Middle EastStanding before a B-2 stealth bomber and a vast US flag, Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at North Korea warned that advanced US weaponry could make the souls of America’s enemies “crumble.” Addressing several hundred air force personnel after reviewing some of America’s most high-tech fighters jets and bombers, Trump warned that Pyongyang had
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International, USAPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday met in Mexico City with 16 leading Mexican businesspeople and discussed with them opportunities in the Israeli market and the potential for investment in advanced Israeli technologies. Netanyahu briefed the businesspeople on the developing Israeli cyber and vehicle industries and called on them to invest in Israel. He also
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International, Middle EastA senior Israeli official on Thursday denied reports that Russia rebuffed Jerusalem’s demand to ensure that Iranian forces and Iran-backed Shiite militants not be allowed to operate within 60-80 kilometers of the Syrian frontier with Israel in the Golan Heights. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories
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International, Middle EastTens of thousands of Africans who fled misery at home for safety in Israel are living in limbo, fearing deportation though some have lived in the country for more than a decade. Recognising a rising tide of discontent among Israelis over the migrants’ presence in south Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently visited the
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International, Middle EastA number of Turkish media outlets supportive of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have begun proliferating apparently false news reports claiming rival Kurdish groups entered into a secret deal with Israel to gain their independence by resettling Jews to the region. Stories appearing Wednesday in Turkish newspapers, such as Yenia Akit and Aksam, that back Erdogan’s
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Middle EastConservative pundit Ben Shapiro spoke at the University of California at Berkeley Thursday night amid threats of violence from the radical Antifa group. Berkeley spent approximately $600,000 to protect Shapiro and students who wished to hear him speak. Leftist activists slammed Shapiro, an Orthodox Jew, as a “neo-Nazi” and a “white supremacist.” The campus was
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAKey Israeli ministers have announced plans to limit the power of the Supreme Court, accusing it of hindering the work of the rightwing coalition government. The plan by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Education Minister Naftali Bennett, from the far right Jewish Home party, would give the Israeli parliament the right to effectively overrule in
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Middle EastWASHINGTON — The Muslim Public Affairs Council is honoring two Jews with an annual award given to those who “champion the political empowerment of American Muslims.” Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up The recipients of this year’s Empowering Voices award include Stosh Cotler,
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USATOMS RIVER-As the township government of Jackson continues to clash with residents of the growing Orthodox Jewish population, the police department of neighboring Toms River is taking an opposite approach. Today, a letter sent out to residents by department spokesperson Ralph Stocco and Mitch Little wished Orthodox residents of that town a happy new year.
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USAMR. KUSHNER: Welcome, everybody, and thank you for joining us here today. This is the most special time of the year for the Jewish people. This Wednesday evening begins Rosh Hashanah, the first of 10 days of repentance, that concludes with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Since January 20, I have had the great
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — No longer are planet-destroying extra-terrestrials or billionaire evil geniuses the villains: Superman, the DC Comics superhero, has a new mission protecting hard-working immigrants from white supremacist bullies. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up In the latest edition of the “Action Comics”
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USAA Missouri high schooler said her teacher told her she was too busty and made her leave class for an alleged dress code violation, the teen’s attorney said in a Tuesday statement. Joplin High School student Kelsey Anderson was kicked out of class Friday after her teacher told her “plus-sized women need to dress accordingly.”
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe mayors of Catalonia are stuck between a rock and a hard place ahead of the planned independence vote on October 1, with both Spanish prosecutors and Catalan separatists breathing down their necks. The Catalan government has vowed to go ahead with the controversial vote despite Spain’s Constitutional Court ruling that it is illegal. However,
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