MidEast

Lior Weintraub, Vice President and Director of the Israel Office of The Israel Project, hosted journalists Tal Shalev and Neri Zilber to review an intense week in Israel on the latest Tipping Point podcast. The three discussed how early elections in Israel were avoided last minute and how long the government...

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A rare weight, bearing an inscription mentioned in the bible, was discovered in an excavation near the Western Wall in Jerusalem, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. The tiny stone has the word beka, a weight mentioned in the bible — both in Genesis in describing the jewelry given to...

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The Institute for Science and International Security published a paper Tuesday containing new details about Iran’s nuclear weapons program and demanding that the International Atomic Energy Agency ensure that Iran’s nuclear weapons program is “ended in an irretrievable permanent manner.” The latest report — authored by David Albright, a former weapons...

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Airbnb, the home rental site, announced on Monday that it would change its policy regarding home listings in what it calls occupied territories, singling out the West Bank, The Jerusalem Post reported. In response, Israeli officials said they were looking at restricting Airbnb services in the Jewish State and urged...

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On Friday, November 16, the all-time 2017 record for incoming tourism to Israel was broken by surpassing 3.6 million tourists. The Ministry of Tourism expects that by the end of 2018, at least 4 million tourists will have visited Israel. This new milestone follows an October that saw the highest...

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The ongoing Paris trial of fifteen defendants linked to Hezbollah is a sign that Europe needs to “cease minimizing the threat” from the Iran-backed terror group, two experts in terror finance asserted in a report published Monday. Despite the implications of the case, Toby Dershowitz and Serena Frechter, respectively, the...

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