MidEast

The State Department acknowledged that the nuclear deal with Iran is not a binding agreement, but rather a set of “political commitments,” the National Review reported Wednesday. The admission was made in response to an inquiry from Rep. Mike Pompeo (R – Kan.). “The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is...

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When 130 people were killed and 368 injured in a series of terror attacks in Paris earlier this November, 15 clinicians trained by Israeli experts fanned out to area hospitals to offer psychotrauma interventions as the victims were brought in. These French mental-health professionals from OSE, the largest Jewish welfare...

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Yazidi women who have been freed from slavery at the hands of ISIS have described their time in captivity to German psychologist Jan Ilhan Kizilhan, who runs a treatment program for female victims of the terrorist group. Some of the harrowing ordeals they experienced are recounted in a recent profile (Google...

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Over the next year, BioBee Biological Systems at Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu in northern Israel will ship some 600 million specially bred predatory mites to farmers in Colombia as a natural form of pest control. Using the Phytoseiulus persimilis, the most effective natural predator of Tetranychus urticae (red spider mite), will...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that “Israel has every right in the world to defend itself and it has an obligation to defend itself,” while meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Tuesday. Thank you. Mr. Prime Minister, Bibi, thank you for welcoming me here. And for...

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Supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement are routinely threatening artists who are set to perform in Israel, with a number of entertainers saying that the harassment has led them to fear for their lives, Ynet reported on Monday. Patrick Losinski, the producer of the Titans of Metal...

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