MidEast

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has slammed UNESCO, the cultural and educational agency of the United Nations, for denying the Jewish people’s historic connection to Judaism’s holy sites, The Algemeiner reported on Tuesday. “The idea that there’s a question about the Jewish historical presence in the Holy...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret trip to Oman on Friday on a first official visit by an Israeli leader to the Gulf nation in over two decades, The Times of Israel reported. The meeting between the Israeli leader and Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said was hailed as...

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A group of political and technology leaders attended the inauguration of the Israeli Innovation Center at the Peres Center of Peace, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. Among the high-profile dignitaries from the worlds of politics and technology included Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; China’s Vice President Wang Qishan; the...

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President Donald Trump signed a recently passed bill that imposed new sanctions on the Lebanese Iran-backed terrorist group, Hezbollah, at a ceremony at the White House commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, Fox News reported Thursday. “At 6:22 a.m., the terrorist detonated the equivalent of...

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Four Israeli teens came home with medals from the 2018 Youth Olympic Games held in Buenos Aires earlier this month. On the first day of the 12-day event, October 6, 15-year-old swimmer Anastasya Gorbenko won a gold medal in the women’s 200-meter individual medley. She set a new Israeli record, completing the...

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Members of the IDF’s elite 699 search-and-rescue unit arrived in Jordan, at the request of the government, to help in rescue efforts after Jordan was hit with a flash flood that swept away a school bus, leaving 17 dead and others injured, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. The troops...

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