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Despite a master's degree and a steady job, a middle-class lifestyle has become increasingly inaccessible in recent years for Orhan, a 39-year-old web security expert from Turkey. Frustrated with his rapidly eroding purchasing power,…

Georgia has emerged as one of the most popular destinations for vacationers and the Middle East thanks to its scenic landscapes, affordable hotels and proximity to the region, along with the…

As Senate Democrats seek ways to confirm Deborah E. Lipstadt's appointment as the State Department's special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, amid Republican objections, experts wonder if the Raising the post to the rank of…

DUBAI: Tehran's proxies have stepped up their activities on the battlefields of the Middle East in recent weeks. In Iraq, Syria and Yemen, forces loyal to the Iranian regime have been busy stepping up attacks against US and Saudi…

It was recently reported that Jewish students at Tel Aviv University are protesting against a "Christmas Market" event held on December 15 on the university campus. The Christmas market is part of an ongoing series of multicultural events…

JTA - As Danny Tenenbaum prepares to open debates in the Montana Legislature on March 29, he said to himself: better keep it short. So he sang the Shema prayer. He had other ideas for the invocation, he told the Jewish Telegraphic…

(JTA) - Desmond Tutu, the archbishop who closely identified with the historic suffering of the Jewish people in his strong advocacy against apartheid in South Africa, died Sunday at the age of 90. Tutu, Cape Town's first!-->…

(RNS) - Relations between Muslims and Christians are strained around the world, in the United States and even in Congress. But at Christmas, the two faith communities whose combined size represents more than half of humanity can turn to…

Wed Dec 15 2021 09:00 - Fri 17 Dec 2021 17:30 Greenwich Mean Time (UTC ± 0)Register here.Literary and visual representations of animals from Central Asia to the MaghrebAbout this eventAll times are in GMTWednesday 15…

"Moral blindness" The opinion piece by rabbis Nancy H. Wiener and Lester Bronstein ("Banning the boycott of Ben & Jerry is a distraction that makes anti-Semitism harder to fight," December 7) reveals its true colors when it refers…

Hours after Syrian media accused Israel of hitting the port city of Latakia, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that the military was constantly fighting "evil forces" in the Middle East. "We push back the forces…

TEHRAN (IQNA) - A Jewish rabbi in New York says some people are afraid to express their support for Palestine for fear of anti-Semitic labels, but they know there is a difference between Judaism and Zionism. "There are a lot of…

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has tamed his kingdom's ultra-conservative religious establishment and made hyper-nationalism rather than religion a pillar of a new 21st century Saudi identity. But the first…

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“The agreements, in my humble opinion, mark the beginning of the end of the Arab-Israeli conflict. " That was the optimistic assessment shared by Dan Feferman, a former IDF intelligence officer and now director of global affairs for…

Dan Perry is Managing Partner of Communications Agency Thunder11. He previously headed the Associated Press in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Jonathan "Yoni" Frenkel Donor…

Monday October 18 marked the 25th yahrzeit of Itshak Rabin, killed 26 years ago on 12 Cheshvan. Next Thursday, November 4, will mark the secular anniversary. Yigal Amir killed Yitzchak Rabin. It is not disputable. Even today, 26…

Your homeland, or simply a nation-state deemed relevant to your identity, has become the cable news villain. Its conflicts and socio-political dynamics have become an obsession for millions of Americans who have little or no personal…

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and UAE Minister of State Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber attend Saudi Green Initiative Forum to discuss efforts of the world's largest exporter oil to fight climate change in…

Almost three decades after Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao broke with the past and normalized relations with Israel in January 1992, India took an important step in framing the Jewish state in its broader Middle East…

Ben Cohen has stayed cool like the ice cream that bears his name. But as his interview last week with Axios on HBO drew to a close, he revealed that his thinking about Israel and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement was as…

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Following a district court ruling in Jerusalem last week, news from Islamic sources seems disturbing and quite threatening.Turkey condemned it, "strongly". Turkey's foreign ministry said it would "further encourage fanatic circles" and…

MELBOURNE, Australia, September 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - The world's first halal decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem MRHB Challenge received a strategic investment from NewTribe Capital, a private venture capital group.This is the…

DUBAI - Israel is preparing to participate in Expo 2020 Dubai when the World Expo opens on Friday, a spokesperson said, a year after relations between the UAE and the Jewish state normalized. "We are very happy to be here," Menachem…

A year of diplomatic relations between the UAE and Israel has proven to be mutually beneficial. The question is whether the assumptions underlying the UAE initiative that led three other Arab countries to formalize their relations with…

Durban is a beautiful city on the east coast of South Africa, with warm and sunny beaches, wonderful weather all year round and a holiday atmosphere. I have nostalgic memories of my childhood aboard the Red Cable Car on the…

In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly since entering the White House, US President Joe Biden underscored the importance of alliances…

Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas set the bar high for President Joko Widodo as well as Nahdlatul Ulama, the religious backbone of Mr. Widodo's government when he presented his country's…

(September 17, 2021 / JNS) Demonstrating their friendship and willingness to continue working together in their region, the ambassadors of Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain participated in a roundtable on September 14, the eve…

Community College Teachers Union Gives One-Sided View of Middle East Conflict SAN DIEGO (Press Release) - StandWithUs is deeply troubled by the biases and misrepresentation in the Statement from the AFT Guild Local 1931. Simply…

A pro-Israel group in the United States is calling on Congress to investigate Representative Rashida Tlaib…

In his recent editorial, “Opinion: Principled Acts Take Courage,” Gerry Chidiac praised the actions of workers at the Port of Prince Rupert last month, who refused to unload cargo from a vessel owned by a company. Israeli company.…

Jordan's King Abdullah II has often described his country as being stuck between "a rock and a hard place",…

(July 8, 2021 / JNS) The Jewish community and its supporters will come to Washington, DC on July 11 to participate in the “No Fear” rally against anti-Semitism. In the footsteps of the US Capitol, now is the time to claim our civil…

Israel and Jordan on Thursday reached a deal for the Jewish state to sell an unprecedented amount of water to the kingdom, while dramatically increasing Jordanian exports to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The agreements, reached at…