Middle East Politics. Cartoon Courtesy: The Iran Project Although many anticipate Saudi Arabia will be the last Arab country to normalize ties with Israel, Prince Mohammed has a record of bucking expectations. Two advisers close to the crown prince said he wants to reach a deal with Israel but knows it is nearly impossible as […]
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Coming closer to Israel without protecting the rights of the Palestinians will only deepen divisions in the region, as in the Trump’s Jerusalem move, the deals will only accelerate the split and increase anger. BY NAGEHAN ALÇI Alarm bells have started ringing since deals signed between the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Israel to […]
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My parents were secular Muslims who respected their religion; prayed and observed the festivals and some of the fasts. I turned out to be the most religious of the four daughters, the only one in the family who finished reading the Koran. This is the story of Karachi’s Rajput girl who accepted Judaism and lives […]
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Police say the girl was not a guest at the hotel, but had gone to the bathroom after drinking there with some of her friends. She was then allegedly taken to one of the hotel rooms and raped by the group of men who did not know each other. Tel Aviv: Israeli police are investigating […]
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An Israeli laboratory worker shows a “self-disinfecting”, reusable protective face mask at the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) in northern Israeli city of Haifa on June 15, 2020. Israeli researchers have developed an innovative coronavirus face mask which disinfects itself for multiple use, the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) said. The mask, developed by Technion […]
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Thousands attend a protest against Israel’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on June 6, 2020. Annexation is War Crime; Annexation is Apartheid – leaders of left parties told the cheering protesters. Tel Aviv: Thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv Saturday evening to protest Prime Minister […]
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The photo shows auction of land where the Israeli capital Tel Aviv was later established Ottoman Government of Turkey had granted land to the Jews in Palestine on their petition after which mass migration of Jews started from Eastern Europe and Yemen. The rise of Zionism, the national movement of the Jewish people started […]
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The ‘Vilna Gaon Map’ is believed to be a copy of a map drawn by the Gaon, which was illustrated by his students shortly after his death around 1800. Two centuries back communities throughout the eastern Mediterranean were devastated by a bubonic plague outbreak, which reached the ancient Galilean city of Safed in 1812, quickly […]
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Unlike domestic violence against women in Western countries, where the perpetrators are almost exclusively men, usually acting alone and spontaneously, the honor killings are carefully planned conspiracies. By Gary C. Gambill {Phyllis Chesler, a Shillman-Ginsburg Fellow at the Middle East Forum, emerita professor of psychology and women’s studies, and the author of eighteen books, spoke […]
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During the era of Israeli austerity – “tzena” – no one considered social distancing; Israelis stand in line to receive food rations The coronavirus crisis recalls the early days of the State of Israel, when a policy of austerity was put in place By Amit Naor The word “austerity” has become quite commonplace over the […]
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