MidEast

Two Roman busts were found in early December near the Israeli city of Beit She’an by a local resident who spotted the top of one sticking out of the ground as she was walking with her husband. The couple called the Israel Antiquities Authority Theft Prevention Unit, and inspectors were...

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Following increased tensions between the two main Palestinian factions, including the arrests of numerous Fatah loyalists in Gaza, a West Bank Fatah official said that “there will be no dialogue with Hamas,” The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. Fatah, the faction headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, has accused Hamas...

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Both the United States and Israel have withdrawn from UNESCO, described by outgoing U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley as one of “the most corrupt and politically biased UN agencies,” Fox News reported Tuesday. Both countries had notified UNESCO, the UN’s cultural and scientific agency, of their intent to...

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In a meeting with leaders of the terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei encouraged them to maintain their “resistance” to Israel, whose defeat is “imminent,” Iran’s semi-official PressTV news reported Monday. “As long as there is resistance, the Zionist regime’s downfall and demise will...

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The Palestinian Authority (PA) sentenced Issam Akel, a United States citizen, to life in prison for the crime of selling land to Jews, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. Akel, who is a resident of Jerusalem, had been arrested in October, though the circumstances of the arrest still remain unclear. According to...

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Ask Israelis about the local postal service and you’ll likely hear a rapid stream of complaints, particularly about the long lines in post offices and oft-slow package deliveries. But these pet peeves might soon be a thing of the past, as the Israel Postal Company decides to harness the power...

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