By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Today, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank has reached the milestone of 50 years that will be recalled in shame. Fifty years that have dehumanized both the occupier and the occupied; years of failing to muster the courage to right the wrong. Fifty years that bred nothing […]
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle EastAnnouncement comes after Netanyahu meets with Senegalese leader; PM says presence at conference in Liberia shows Jewish state not isolated By Times of Israel staff and Raphael Ahren Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with Senegal’s President Macky Sall in Monrovia, Liberia, June 4, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO) Israel and Senegal on Sunday announced the resumption
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International, Middle EastSuccess had a clear shape at One Love Manchester, the all-star benefit concert that Ariana Grande presented Sunday evening in that British city. Held less than two weeks after a suicide bombing killed 22 people as Grande finished a May 22 performance at the Manchester Arena, Sunday’s event needed to show that a huge crowd
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Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsCairo/London (dpa) – The Islamic State militia late Sunday claimed responsibility for this weekend’s terror attack in London as British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed an overhaul of the country’s counterterrorism strategy. Islamic State’s semi-official Amaq news agency claimed responsibility in an online messaging service, Telegram. The claim’s authenticity could not be verified. The SITE
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InternationalLOS ANGELES — After the worst Memorial Day weekend performance in 18 years, the summer box office needed a hero — or more specifically, a heroine. Thankfully, Warner Bros.’ highly anticipated “Wonder Woman” came to the rescue, like only a wondrous woman can. The DC Comics film adaptation starring Gal Gadot in the title role
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastFormer major league outfielder Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental health issues throughout his 17-year career, died Saturday at the age of 87. Piersall died at a care facility in Wheaton, Ill, according to the Boston Red Sox. He had been battling an illness for multiple months. Piersall was a two-time All-Star with the Red Sox
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Obituaries & memorials, Sports & Competitions, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — He says that he wants to settle things between Israel and Palestine. His initial venture outside the US, to the Middle East, may indicate the importance that he assigns to it. There was also a business deal with the Saudis, that will bring more work to American industries. Along the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — Unbelievably, June 5 is the 50th anniversary of Israel’s lightning victory over the gathered Arab nations in the Six Day War of June 5-11, 1967. The Jewish state paid a heavy price to survive; the rest of us need to pay tribute. When we were children living there some
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Childhood can be a dark and scary time. There are monsters under the bed and ghosts in the closet. And the most important lesson we learn is that life is not fair. “The wise man sees the error of his ways. The fool passes on and is punished.” In
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Peter Pan, whose silhouette along with those of other storybook characters provided a backdrop at the New Children’s Museum for speakers at the Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School gala dinner, famously declared that he wanted never to grow up. That being impossible, speakers who extolled community philanthropist
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationResidents in uproar in face of politicians’ refusal to resign Roseland council members David Jacobs and Thomas Tsilionis sit side by side at a May 16 council meeting. Photos by Robert Wiener Claudia Reis, a Roseland citizen pushing for the councilmen’s resignations, told Tsilionis, “We deserve leaders who don’t use the most racially-charged word in
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USABy Nitsana Darshan-Leitner Despite its efforts to rebrand itself as a legitimate government and potential negotiating partner on the world stage, Hamas is unable to abandon its entrenched culture of violence, revenge and intimidation. Its recent self-congratulatory press conference in Qatar and the media’s captivation with the enacted amendments to the Hamas Charter are starkly
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By Tamir Oren Republished from The Jewish Chronicle LONDON– This is a story of an “almost“. I “almost“ stopped to take a few photos near London Bridge. I “almost“ stayed a few more minutes in the nearby restaurant enjoying dessert and I “almost“ found myself under the London Bridge at the exact time that
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InternationalDeputy minister who penned text on Six Day War says claim in NY Times report doesn’t ‘hold water,’ and it’s ‘unacceptable’ to cite just one source By Times of Israel staff Kulanu MK Michael Oren, who would later that year be appointed as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s office in charge of pubic diplomacy,
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