KHAN YOUNIS (AP) — Eman Hassan Lawwa was dressed in traditional Palestinian prints and Hikmat Lawwa wore a suit as they walked hand-in-hand past the crumbled buildings of southern Gaza in a line of other couples dressed in exactly the…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Dr. Gilad Malach: Haredi draft bill is a wedge issue for a divided nation
Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with Dr. Gilad Malach, a research fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute.
Malach’s…
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Iran uses first joint SCO field drill to tout drone power, assert post-war resilience
The five-day drill includes participation from China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Observer states Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan and Iraq will also be present.
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Israel’s preemptive strike on Syria clashes with Donald Trump
Israel’s preemptive strike on Syria clashes with Donald Trump | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastThe ambush that met the Israeli forces on their way out, and the airstrikes that followed, turned the operation into a diplomatic issue…
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Iranian ruling seeks $22b from US over Mahsa Amini riots
Iranian ruling seeks $22b from US over Mahsa Amini riots | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsA Tehran court ordered the US to pay $22b. in damages for allegedly supporting Iran’s 2022 protests after Mahsa Amini’s death,…
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IDF links Hezbollah to assassinations over Beirut explosion
IDF links Hezbollah to assassinations over Beirut explosion | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastThe four individuals allegedly assassinated were customs department officers and journalists who pointed to Hezbollah’s connection with the…
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Ex-Honduras president Hernández freed from US prison after Trump pardon
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in helping drug traffickers move hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States, was released from…
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Tunisia arrests prominent opposition figure Hammami to enforce 5-year jail term
TUNIS, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Tunisian police on Tuesday arrested prominent opposition figure Ayachi Hammami at his home to enforce five-year prison term on a conviction for conspiracy against state security, his family told Reuters.
An appeals court…
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'The emotions that I kept locked, came out when I left Gaza'
Hanya Aljamal, a teacher turned aid worker from Gaza, talks about the alienation she feels after being permitted to move to London to study last month.
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Who is behind the US-based X accounts supporting Iran?
Who is behind the US-based X accounts supporting Iran? | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsA closer examination by The Jerusalem Post of dozens of X accounts replying to Khamenei’s speech revealed a set of numerous common…
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