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French President Emmanuel Macron with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani before a meeting in New York on Sept. 18, 2017. Credit: Iran Press.

Report: Rouhani spurns Trump as Macron diplomacy plan fails

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A behind-the-scenes diplomatic effort that would have culminated with a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and the resumption of negotiations, was scuttled when Rouhani backed out at the...
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz delivers a statement in Tel Aviv on Sept. 26, 2019. Photo by Avshalom Shoshoni/Flash90.

As coalition talks fail, Netanyahu’s indictment hearings begin

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As coalition negotiations appear to have failed, potentially leading Israel into an unprecedented third round of national elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared Wednesday for a pre-indictment hearing with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit. Netanyahu’s...
Israelis demonstrate in support of Benjamin Netanyahu outside the home of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit ahead of the hearing on various corruption cases involving the prime minister, Oct. 1, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Netanyahu pre-indictment hearing begins, attorneys to present ‘new evidence’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing began on Wednesday at the office of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit in Jerusalem. Over the next four days, Netanyahu’s attorneys, Amit Hadad, Ram Caspi and Yossi Ashkenazi, will...
PM Netanyahu and Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Kochavi with the IDF General Staff Forum at the New Year toast. Photo: MOD/Ariel Hermoni.

Weizmann Institute researchers reveal a new route to blocking children’s bone cancer

Ewing sarcoma is a bone cancer that appears mainly in teenagers. Due to a single defective gene, once it spreads to distant organs it is hard to treat.  Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have...
Tel Aviv beach and promenade, July 30, 2012. Credit: Israel Tourism Bureau via Wikimedia Commons.

Pricey Tel Aviv included on investment bank’s list of real estate bubbles

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The real estate market in Tel Aviv is expected to cool off, but home prices are still high, according to a report by UBS Global Wealth Management published before Rosh Hashanah, which for the first time included the...

L’ancien ambassadeur d’Irak en France Ghazi Faisal : La politique d’agression et de terrorisme...

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Voir les extraits vidéo sur MEMRI TV Ghazi Faisal, ancien ambassadeur d’Irak en France, a déclaré dans une interview diffusée le 18 août 2019 sur la chaîne Ur (Irak) que le régime iranien était un...
President Erdoğan speaking at the UNGA in 2019 (source: Sabah.com.tr).

Turkish President Erdoğan Vows To ‘Start Forming Safe Zone’ In Northeast Syria ‘By The...

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Since as early as October 2018, the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been threatening to invade the area of northern Syria east of the Euphrates River in order to establish a...

SaveTheMusic presents: A very original song for Rosh Hashone in Yiddish

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An original song for Rosh Hashanah in Yiddish by Chana Mlotek, Z ”L , music archivist at YIVO (Yiddish Research Institute in New York City) sings songs in Yiddish that she wrote for Rosh...

Holocaust survivors remember childhood traumas

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Survivors of the Holocaust: True Stories of Six Extraordinary Children, edited by Keith Shackleton, illustrated by Zane Whittingham; Sourcebooks, © 2019; ISBN pending, 96 pages. This set of six memoirs, illustrated cartoon style, is intended...
Logo of United Arab List.

Arab support for Gantz a sign Jewish – Arab relations improving?

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Ten Knesset Members of the United Arab List advised the President to select Beny Gantz as the next Prime Minister. Three other MKs of that list refused to select anyone as the next Prime Minister. What...