Middle East Experience

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Michael Starr.
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Full Article: ADL chief: Antisemitism in the US has risen by 900% over the last decade

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS |The inside story of peace talks between Israel and Tunisia post-Oslo in the 1990s.
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Full Article: Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali: How Tunisia's strongman navigated diplomacy with Israel

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday welcomed the "crucial election" by Lebanese lawmakers of army chief Joseph Aoun as president after a two-year vacuum at the top, calling his victory an opportunity for reform in the country.Aoun faces the daunting tasks of overseeing a ceasefire in south Lebanon and naming a prime minister able to lead reforms demanded by international creditors to save the country from its worst economic crisis in history.He is widely seen as the preferred pick of army backer the United States, as well as regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia.
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Full Article: Macron welcomes 'crucial election' of new Lebanon president

"We have to find out about Hezbollah, we have to find out about who exactly was in that whole thing because people who did some bad things were not prosecuted,” Trump said.
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Full Article: Trump implies Hezbollah involved in Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection

"I will begin by asking all leaders the question posed in the bible in Genesis: Where are you!?" Rachel declared.
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Full Article: 'Where are you?': Rachel Goldberg-Polin cries out for hostage deal at Tel Aviv rally

Determining the fate of those who went missing during Syria's civil war will be a massive task likely to take years, the president of the International Committee for the Red Cross said."Identifying the missing and informing the families about their fate is going to be a huge challenge," ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric told AFP in an interview.The fate of tens of thousands of detainees and missing people remains one of the most harrowing legacies of the conflict that started in 2011 when president Bashar al-Assad's forces brutally repressed anti-government protests.
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Full Article: Red Cross says determining fate of Syria's missing 'huge challenge'

Hundreds protested in Lebanon's second city Tripoli on Sunday, demanding that authorities release Islamists detained during the civil war in neighbouring Syria, an AFP journalist said.The prisoners include Lebanese who had gone to fight with rebels and jihadists against the forces of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad during the conflict, which began in 2011, and were arrested upon their return to Lebanon.The rally in Tripoli's Nour Square comes nearly a month after Islamist-led forces toppled Assad.
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Full Article: Lebanon rally calls for release of Islamists jailed during Syria war

Israel pounded the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 23 people according to rescuers, nearly 15 months into the war with Hamas Palestinian militants.The latest deaths come after Israel late on Saturday said indirect negotiations had resumed in Qatar for a truce and hostage release deal.An air strike on a house in northern Gaza's Sheikh Radwan area killed at least 11 people early Sunday, according to Civil Defence agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal. He said the victims included women and children.
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Full Article: Gaza rescuers say 23 dead in latest Israeli strikes

The antisemitic vandalism at Winnipeg's Westdale Community Center was referred to as a disturbing act of hate. Officials urged unity and action to hold perpetrators accountable.
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Full Article: Canadian politicians condemn Nazi swastika graffiti on Winnipeg community center

Delays risk global arrest warrants, as seen in a Brazil case. Critics warn of travel restrictions for Israelis unless the IDF publishes reports on its investigations promptly.
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Full Article: IDF risks global arrest warrants as legal probes on Gaza war crimes stall