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| Syria Reportedly Threatens to Strike Israel
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by Linda Gradstein on
Sunday, May 19, 2013
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Tensions Increase as Russia Supplies New Long-Range Missiles
Israelis awoke to reports that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has placed advanced surface-to-surface Tishreen missiles on standby with orders to strike at Tel Aviv if Israel launches another air strike on Syrian targets.
The report was based on reconnaissance satellite photos said to show preparations for the deployment of the missiles, which Israeli analysts say could cause extensive damage to the country.
"I'm not sure Israel has an answer to some of.....
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| Former Ottoman Train Station in Jerusalem Becomes Entertainment Hub
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by Linda Gradstein on
Thursday, May 16, 2013
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| Photo Credit: Dudi Saad |
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Model for Secular and Orthodox Cooperation?
In the old days, trains left from this station for Damascus, Beirut, and Cairo. Today, its organizers hope the cultural and culinary hub it will bring different types of Jews together.
In a unique twist, some of the businesses at the site will be kosher and therefore closed on the Sabbath, known in Hebrew as Shabbat, while others will be open. According to Orthodox Jewish law, it is forbidden to do any “creative.....
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| Arab States at a Crossroads
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by Linda Gradstein on
Thursday, May 09, 2013
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Future of the Arab Spring in Doubt
When revolutions broke out one after the other in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria more than two years ago, there was a feeling that things in the Middle East were dramatically shifting. The impetus for what was dubbed the “Arab spring” seemed to be a sincere impulse by millions of people to throw off authoritarian rulers and move towards democracy.
But in all of these countries, especially Egypt and Syria, the move.....
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| Turkey's Prime Minister Set to Visit Gaza
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by Steve Dorsey on
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
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Will Renew Political, Investment Relationships
ISTANBUL -- Political observers in Turkey expect Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan to reaffirm his support for Palestinians with a visit this month to Gaza, marking the third anniversary of a deadly Israeli raid on a Turkish aid flotilla bound for the disputed territory
Israeli forces stormed the vessel, the 'Mavi Marmara,' killing nine Turkish activists, including a Turkish-American in 2010. Dozens of others were injured. The ship was attempting to breach a naval blockade.....
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| Donkeys Get Their Day In Cairo Festival
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by Sherif Elhelwa on
Monday, May 06, 2013
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Symbol of Religious Cooperation
CAIRO -- They may best be known as beasts of burden, but the donkey will soon be the star of the week-long Caravan Festival of the Arts opening here Friday. The festival is designed to spotlight efforts to achieve freedom and religious tolerance and demonstrate the fruits of the 2011 revolution.
Over 90 fiberglass donkeys on display will bear a message of peace and tolerance created by 45 artists from around the world. The festival.....
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| Revenge Killings Claim Hundreds in Yemen Annually |
by Abdulrahman Shamlan on
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
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Officials Call for End to Violence
SANA'A, Yemen – In most Western countries, a minor land dispute or the killing of a donkey would be settled in the courtroom – that is, if the incident even made it that far. In Yemen, however, justice is often meted out from the barrel of a gun. Revenge killings over seemingly minor incidents are on the rise, claiming thousands of innocent lives.
The killings have increased since the outbreak of unrest in.....
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| Turkey's Jews Worship Quietly
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by Steve Dorsey on
Monday, April 29, 2013
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Relations with Israel Are Being Repaired Slowly
ISTANBUL -- As visitors heave open the thick, vault-like metal door to the Neve Shalom Synagogue on a discreet side street in the Galata neighborhood of European Istanbul, a skittish guard confronts them.
Guests are shuttled through secure, windowless rooms to an X-ray machine and metal detector. Pockets are emptied and passports surrendered. The guard questions the reason for the visit and the guests' ethnicity. He then determines whether they can be.....
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| Ramallah's Red Carpet Runway
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by Diana Atallah on
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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Palestinian Fashion Week Debuts
The West Bank city of Ramallah aims to join the fashion capitals of the world with this week's first Palestine Fashion Week. The event, which organizers hope will become an annual happening, will include three evenings of runway fashion shows at Ramallah's Grand Park Hotel.
“Every country has a fashion week and we thought that we can have a fashion week of our own, instead of smaller fashion shows here or there," Tamer.....
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| Leader's Death Provides New Focus on Egypt's Jews
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by Sherif Elhelwa/ on
Monday, April 22, 2013
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Funeral offers rare vision of interfaith harmony
CAIRO – Against the backdrop of accusations of religious intolerance being leveled at the Morsi government, the scene in Cairo last week as Muslims participated at the funeral of former Jewish community leader Carmen Weinstein was both incongruous and encouraging. To some, it was an example of growing Egyptian Muslim interest in the dwindling Jewish population, especially since the Egyptian Revolution in 2011.
“This is the first time I have seen this.....
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| Daniel Pearl’s “Litmus Test” Seed of Israel-based Institute |
by Felice Friedson on
Thursday, April 18, 2013
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New Institute at Israeli College
HERZLIYA, ISRAEL -- Adam Pearl, now ten-years old, never met his father, Daniel -- a heroic journalist who family and friends say gave his life for truth. Pearl was serving as The Wall Street Journal’s South Asia bureau chief in 2002 when he was abducted and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan; a video of the horrific beheading circulating world-wide. A decade later, flanked by his proud mother Marian who was pregnant at the.....
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