Middle East Experience

He has been with the ministry for 13 years.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Grotto, deputy D-G of Health Ministry, announces resignation

A return to the tension of the Obama years is not to anyone's advantage.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: How Erdan could open a new chapter in US-Israel relations - analysis

Rabbi Asa Keisar hopes his new project will reduce animal suffering while promoting better Torah adherence.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Vegan Kosher: New label on offer uniting two major food trends

Standard tests with results delivered within 14 hours will cost about NIS 45. Rapid results will be available for around NIS 135.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: ‘Check2fly’ testing center at Ben-Gurion Airport to be inaugurated Monday

Gabbard, a Democrat from Hawaii who served in the Army in Iraq and ran for president in 2020, has been a critic of the US prosecution of "endless wars." Her successor, Democrat Kai Kahele, served in Afghanistan.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Tulsi Gabbard succeeded in House by Afghan war veteran

The former vice president criticized President Donald Trump's sanctions on Iran and also spoke out on Turkey's role in the Azerbaijan-Armenia war leading up to the Nov. 3 vote.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Biden's campaign showed what his Middle East policy may be as president

Hawazen Sameer Mothafar allegedly helped IS with social media and published articles online that encouraged jihadi attacks.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: 'How Does a Detonator Work?' Portland man indicted for publishing Islamic State newsletter

The controversy between Egypt and Sudan over the Halayeb and Shalateen region was renewed after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in a recorded video with a map in the background showing the Halayeb and Shalateen Triangle as part of the Sudanese lands.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Egypt heads to Khartoum to avert crisis over disputed Halayeb-Shalateen area

Jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been granted temporary release, the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan Online news website reported on Saturday.“Sotoudeh... has been released temporarily with the consent of the prosecutor in charge of women’s prisons,” the website said.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The UN had called on Iran to free Sotoudeh, a winner of the European Parliament’s Sakharov prize, as well as other political prisoners excluded from a push to empty jails amid the coronavirus pandemic.Read more:Iran re-arrests prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin SotoudehJailed Iranian human rights lawyer ends hunger strike over health concerns
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Jailed human rights lawyer Sotoudeh given furlough: Iran judiciary

The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday that it will abolish a law that grants perpetrators of so-called “honor crimes” leniency, the country’s latest move to improve women’s status. Previously, if a male relative claimed that a crime was conducted to preserve his family’s honor, a jail term of between three to 15 years could be granted. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Under the latest reform, a perpetrator will receive the same punishment prescribed for other crimes, such as murder or assault.For murder, an individual could be sentenced to life in prison, execution, or seven years in prison in cases where the victim’s family waives its right to “retribution.”Several other Arab countries – including Jordan, Egypt, and Kuwait – continue to uphold laws protecting male perpetrators.Read more:Black and white Instagram selfie challenge sheds light on femicide in Turkey Murder of Jordanian woman by father sparks sit-in after video evidence goes viralRecent killing in Lebanon sheds light on honor killings in the countryWomen’s organization in the region and across the world have long called for a legal overhaul of provisions they say grant impunity to those who murder women.According to UN Women, new data shows that violence against women and girls has increased globally as the pandemic forces hundreds to be stuck at home with their abusers. With the pandemic ongoing, UN Women is still collecting data and monitoring the situation.“As stay-at-home orders expand to contain the spread of the virus, women with violent partners increasingly find themselves isolated from the people and resources that can help them,” UN Women said in their report titled COVID-19 and ending violence against women and girls.
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: UAE abolishes ‘honor crimes’ law granting leniency in latest move towards equality