Middle East Experience

Analysis: Foreign minister seeks to win friends and influence people in countries where closeness can be traced back to USSR..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Lavrov’s African tour another front in struggle between west and Moscow

The analysis focused on six different criteria: political camp on the spectrum from left to right, ethnic definition, religious definition, monthly income, age and sex.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Voter profiles of Yesh Atid, Likud almost diametrically opposed -study

In a statement released on the anniversary of the Lausanne Treaty, Erdogan accused Athens of undermining the rights of Muslims in Greece’s Thrace region..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Erdogan attacks Greece over Muslim minority rights

Next up for this Israel National Team is a date with Auburn and its Jewish head coach, Bruce Pearl which will be quite the challenge.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Young Team Israel elevates to snatch basketball bronze

The silver medal was won by Jeremy Fuchs, a member of the Australian delegation – the largest non-Israeli delegation at the 21st Maccabiah Games.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Assaf Cohen wins the Maccabiah Open gold medal for second time

IPT finished 12th in the team rankings, with a combined time of 243h 09’ 27’’, which was just over four hours off the winning pace.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel Premier Tech wraps up impressive Tour de France showing

The draft Palestinian constitution allows for presidential decrees “if necessary”, in cases where the PLC cannot act, but lawyers said Abbas has gone too far..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Palestinian lawyers hold protest against Abbas’s ‘rule by decree’

Russia should not be bludgeoning Israel by taking action against the Jewish Agency. But Israel should likewise not be issuing ultimatums to Russia.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Russia problems: Israel needs a direct line of contact to Putin - editorial

Responding to the news that 92 members of the Ukrainian armed forces have reportedly been charged with “crimes against humanity”, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “In charging these 92 members of the Ukrainian armed forces in proceedings that lack transparency and rely on, and seek to feed, ..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Russia: Charging 92 members of Ukraine’s military with ‘crimes against humanity’ brazenly undermines fair trial rights

Una reciente reunión trilateral de los líderes de Irán, Rusia y Turquía parecía sugerir una nueva alianza antiestadounidense. Pero, entre esos países, también hay grandes fisuras..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Rusia busca aliados para sortear las sanciones de Estados Unidos, pero las alianzas no son tan fáciles