Daily Archives: June 25, 2019
Economy Improves and War Continues?
Concerning “White House releases detailed economic plan for Palestinian people” (Jerusalem Post,June 23), the Palestinian Authority, imposed on the Palestinian people for 26 years, is incorporated within the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), remaining in...
Otzma Yehudit breaks with Jewish Home
Far-right activist Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party is breaking ranks with the more mainstream, religious-Zionist Jewish Home party, Otzma Yehudit announced Tuesday.
In a letter to Jewish Home leader Rafi Peretz, party officials wrote: “Unfortunately,...
Arab world poll: ‘Honor killing’ more acceptable than homosexuality
According to a new in-depth survey of the Arab world, Arabs today are less religious compared to previous years, but still find “honor killings” more acceptable than homosexuality.
The poll also found that the greatest...
At Jerusalem summit, Bolton says Iran has ‘open door’ for negotiations
As a historic tripartite summit between top Israeli, American and Russian security officials got underway in Jerusalem on Tuesday, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton assured Iran that U.S. President Donald Trump is ready...
Two new Israeli contenders enter political fray before fall elections
Israel’s repeat election on Sept. 17 might not be a literal do-over of April 9, as two new parties may be entering the fray.
The first of these new parties belongs to former Israeli prime...
What the Trump peace plan cannot accomplish
When the Trump administration released the economic portion of its Middle East peace plan last week, the avalanche of criticism was immediate and harsh. Even though the president’s foreign-policy team couched the plan as...
Erdoğan suffers ‘huge blow’ as Turkish opposition wins Istanbul mayor race
Turkey’s opposition mayoral candidate won the mayoral election re-run in Istanbul on Monday, giving longtime Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a stinging defeat.
Harold Rhode, a former adviser on Islamic affairs and specialist on Turkey in...
Phoenix Jewish community remembers Rabbi Yosef Garcia
Yosef was a fitting name for the late Rabbi Yosef Garcia, mused Rabbi Sarah Leah Grafstein of Ruach Hamidbar—Spirit of the Desert.
“Joseph in the Torah was the one who took care of all of...
Hamas official: ‘Mosques in Israel must be liberated, purified of filth of occupation’
Fathi Hamad, the head of Hamas’s General Administrative Committee, said in a June 19 speech that aired on Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas-Gaza) that mosques should be “scholarly, social, jihadi and political institutions.”
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He also called on...
Russia insists it will counter new US sanctions on Iran
Russia is going to counter new sanctions put on Iran by the Trump administration, said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov to reporters on Monday.
“Of course, we are discussing the U.S. policies of this kind....