A haredi man in his mid-30s was assaulted in the Old City of Jerusalem Sunday morning by a group of Christians as their procession passed through the Jewish Quarter. The man, a married father of six, claims he was riding on his bicycle near his home in the Jewish Quarter when he was assaulted by […]
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Middle EastBuilding walls will not solve the problem of illegal immigration, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on a visit to Mexico, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to do exactly that. “Obviously the main reason for people leaving must be addressed on site first, which means that putting up walls and cutting oneself off will
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International, USADavid Breakstone Ares, Eros, and the eroticism of Zion She is so quintessentially Israeli. And it’s not just the accent, mannerisms, and facial expressions. There’s something far more profound about her than that. If only people all over the world who are falling in love with Wonder Woman as I have were to realize that
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastDov Lipman calls for new legislation to combat uptick in violence against servicemen, says it’s the ‘last gasp of extremism’ as Haredi enlistment grows By Judah Ari Gross Israeli police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox Jews during an operation to arrest the attackers of soldiers at the Mea Shearim in Jerusalem on June 4, 2017. (Yonatan
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Middle EastAhead of the Tony awards, the story of the historic Oslo peace accords and hit stage production — from Terje Rod-Larsen himself By George Alan Baumgarten NEW YORK — The iconic image is forever etched in the minds of those who remember it: Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat in that unlikeliest of handshakes, under the
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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAManila (dpa) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday he did not personally ask the United States for help in an offensive to end a siege on Marawi City in the country’s south, where 13 Filipino marines were killed two days earlier. Duterte, who in September said US forces stationed in the southern region of
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International, USAThree U.S. soldiers were killed and one wounded Saturday. The soldiers were killed by an ally Afghan soldier who opened fire on them during a joint U.S.-Afghan military operation in eastern Afghanistan, according to the New York Times. The soldiers were shot in an “inside attack,” when a member of the Afghan Security Forces opened
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International, USAFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton encouraged former 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to accept the position as President Trump’s nomination for secretary of state after it was revealed that he was on the shortlist. Romney, who was speaking to a group of Republican officials, donors, and business leaders at a luxury Utah resort
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USAPolice believe two teenagers were behind paint attacks in Petah Tikva By Stuart Winer and Judah Ari Gross A swastika found on the wall of a synagogue in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva, June 3, 2017. (Police spokesperson) Police said Sunday that they had arrested two teenagers on suspicion of daubing swastikas on
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Middle EastCaroline Biden, a niece of former vice president Joe Biden, who was accused of stealing $110, 000 from a borrowed credit card, avoided jail Friday after she took a plea deal at the Manhattan Supreme Court in New York City, reports said. She was arrested May 5 after a criminal complaint was filed against her
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USADay after announcement Gaza tunnel was uncovered beneath school, PM reveals he told US envoy Nikki Haley the time may have come to close UNRWA By Raphael Ahren Palestinians receive aid at a United Nations distribution center (UNRWA) in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip on July 31, 2014 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
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International, Middle East, USAANALYSIS/OPINION: His voice remains smooth like silk, and as flawlessly on-pitch as he was a half-century ago when the world of rock was yet young. Neil Diamond, now 76, brought his hits, his verve and his unconquerable joy to Baltimore’s Royal Farms Arena Friday night, where the New Yorker took the thousands gathered – from
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USACairo (dpa) – Egyptian lawmakers on Sunday began debating a controversial government plan to hand over two strategic islands to Saudi Arabia amid opposition, state-owned newspaper al-Ahram reported. The debate comes around five months after a top court banned the transfer related to a border agreement signed in April of last year by the Egyptian
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Middle EastSen. Lindsey Graham told CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday that he wants to hear from former Attorney General Loretta Lynch following ousted FBI director James Comey’s testimony last week that she requested he call the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email a “matter.” “I want to hear from Loretta Lynch,” said Mr. Graham, South Carolina
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