Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

“Under the new US policy, individuals will be able to choose whether to have “Jerusalem, Israel,” or just “Jerusalem” on their passports”

JPOST US citizens born in Jerusalem to have ‘Israel’ on their passports by Lahov Harkov October 28, 2020 The Trump administration plans to reverse a longstanding US policy that passports of citizens born in Jerusalem may not say they were … Continue reading

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“Aman said he had told the court he was not calling for a normalisation of ties with Israel”

REUTERS Hamas releases Palestinian peace activists arrested after Zoom call with Israelis by Staff October 26, 2020 Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas convicted three Palestinian peace activists of “weakening revolutionary spirit” for having held a Zoom call with Israelis peace campaigners, … Continue reading

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“Dubai has identified an opportunity to establish with Hadassah’s assistance a rival to US hospital Cleveland Clinic, which has a branch in Abu Dhabi”

GLOBES Hadassah in talks to set up hospital in Dubai by Shani Ashkenazi October 26, 2020 Hadassah Medical Organization director general Prof. Zeev Rotstein is conducting negotiations with medical organizations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on setting up a … Continue reading

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“It takes a special kind of vicious creativity to concoct a universe in which peace, if forged by or with Israel, is evil”

JNS Peter Beinart’s assault on the Abraham Accords by Ruthie Blum October 27, 2020 In a lengthy op-ed [Israel’s Repressive Diplomacy] on Monday in the radical-leftist quarterly Jewish Currents, the author of The Crisis of Zionism—recently hired by the equally … Continue reading

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He admitted, “I hated America. The Jews were the reason for all the evil in the world”

AISH Former Muslim Terrorist and Holocaust Survivor Confront Prejudice by Ronda Robinson October 25, 2020 The two men stretch out their left forearms – one white, one brown, both bearing the number A10491. The former belongs to Irving Roth, 91, … Continue reading

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Trump and Biden: Foreign policy, domestic policy, character, transparency

NATIONAL REVIEW Trump vs. Biden: A Rundown by Victor Davis Hanson October 27, 2020 One week out, the contrasts are worth assessing. Biden so far has issued no substantive critique of Trump’s foreign policy other than banalities that Trump’s comportment and … Continue reading

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“This display of the #IDF’s technological capability could serve to discourage #Hamas and #PalestinianIslamicJihad from wasting further funds on cross-border tunnels”

JNS Israel’s underground anti-tunnel barrier passes crucial test by Yaakov Lappin October 23, 2020 Israel’s underground anti-tunnel barrier and detection system passed an important test this week when the Israel Defense Forces announced that for the first time, the barrier’s … Continue reading

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Announcement of Israel-Sudan peace deal comes after US president signs order taking Sudan off list of state sponsors of terrorism, 3rd Israeli normalization deal with Arab states in recent months

TIMES OF ISRAEL In call with Netanyahu, Sudan leaders, Trump announces Israel-Sudan peace deal by Jacob Magid and Agencies October 23, 2020 US President Donald Trump announced Friday that Sudan will start to normalize ties with Israel, making it the … Continue reading

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#SaebErekat’s condition worsens

JERUSALEM POST Sick with COVID-19, Saeb Erekat’s organs start to deteriorate by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman October 24, 2020 Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat’s medical condition is worsening, according to the head of Hadassah University Medical Center, where he is being treated. … Continue reading

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The Mideast “can no longer remain captive to the destructive ideas of extremists who view history as a continuum of inevitable conflict”

TIMES OF ISRAEL An Emirati perspective on the UAE-Israel peace agreement by Lea Suissa October 19, 2020 …The UAE pursues the interests of its people in all circumstances. It views the normalization of the UAE’s relationship with Israel as a … Continue reading

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