Category Archives: Middle East

Israel cares for disabled children

Israeli lesson for Mideast Arabs should follow Israeli revolution in respect to attitude to disabled population  Shlomit Grayevsky, YNet News, March 10, 2011 As revolution sweeps across the Middle East at a dizzying pace, cries for freedom, equality and an … Continue reading

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Hope for fetal alcohol syndrome

Vitamin A could curb fetal-alcohol effects: Israeli research By Mary Agnes Welch, Winnipeg Free Press , March 1, 2011 New research by an Israeli scientist suggests vitamin A could act almost like an antidote to the effects of alcohol on … Continue reading

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Jewish State needs Shabbat

Weekly Parsha, VAYAKHEL It is the public Shabat more than any other public sign of Jewishness – flag, language, culture, etc. – that defines Israel as being a Jewish state. Rabbi Berel Wein Friday, February 25, 2011   Rashi points … Continue reading

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Christian Massacre in Alexandria

Egyptian President Condemns Deadly Explosion Outside Church in Alexandria Edward Yeranian | Cairo, 01 January 2011, VOA News Photo: AP Egyptian firemen try to put out a fire on a vehicle following a car bombing in front of a Coptic … Continue reading

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More solar energy for Israel

Israel Cutting Solar Farm Red Tape by Energy Matters, December 27, 2010 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delivered a welcome end of year gift to his nation’s solar industry: cutting through bureaucratic red tape hampering the construction of solar … Continue reading

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Palestinians obstruct peace process

Palestinian leaders set to torpedo peace moves Abraham Cooper and Yitzchok Adlerstein Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010 | Las Vegas Sun As President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton use carrots and sticks to push Middle East peace talks … Continue reading

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Dead and homeless in Yemen

YEMEN: Renewed violence stops IDPs from returning home Photo: Paul Stephens/IRIN IDPs in Mazraq camp have fled several rounds of fighting in Saada AMRAN, 22 November 2010 (IRIN) – Dozens of people have been reportedly killed and several injured in … Continue reading

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Israel is extraordinary

November 16, 2010 Extraordinarily Ordinary Israel Israel remains the only ethnic, liberal, capitalist, “melting-pot” democracy in the Middle East; the ongoing conflict shouldn’t cause the world to forget how extraordinarily ordinary Israel truly is. By Peter N. Hadar This eastern … Continue reading

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