MidEast

What’s happening in Ghouta is a war crime. A blood orgy orchestrated by Bashar al-Assad, a modern-day Caligula figure, and his criminal patrons in Iran and Russia. More than 500 men, women and children have been killed since last week in the eastern enclave, where activists over the weekend reported...

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Israel’s Shin Bet security service and police announced on Monday that three Israeli-Arab residents of Um al-Fahm were arrested earlier in the year, after their plans to carry out a terrorist attack in the Old City of Jerusalem were uncovered. The three suspects, thought to be supporters of ISIS, intended to...

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Some of the best projects are born out of a desire for change – at least that was the case with Iota, an Israel-based textile company empowering unemployed women through the art of crochet. Each one of the company’s rugs, pillows and home accessories is hand-crocheted by Bedouin women from their...

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Two top Iranian officials pushed back against comments recently made by American National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster urging the world to stop funding Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which he said played “a central role” in Iran’s becoming the world’s top state sponsor of terrorism, accusing the United States...

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In an interview about his growing portfolio of Israeli businesses, American billionaire investor Warren Buffett said that he views Israel now as being similar to the United States “after its birth,” praised Israel’s “determination, motivation, intelligence and initiative,” and declared, “I’m a big believer in Israel’s economy,” according to an article...

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The United States State Department has announced that it will officially move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem in May, to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Israel’s independence. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on 22 February that Ambassador David Friedman and a small group of staff will work in an...

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