Middle East Experience

The eruv is due to be completed on Monday and will be fit for use this coming Shabbat.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Portuguese town to get country’s first eruv in 500 years

Netanyahu: Mounting security threats require a broad government to make tough decisions.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Gantz and Netanyahu stalemate continues

With Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas promising to rebuild every home demolished by the IDF, Israel’s defense establishment will have to reassess the demolition of terrorists’ homes as a deterrent.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel forced to reassess demolition policy

Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz is facing an impossible mission, where anything he says in the coalition talks might be held against him in a third election round.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Trap facing Gantz: mustering a government while preparing for elections

Syrian refugees, including women and children, are being detained by the Egyptian authorities under difficult conditions with constant threats of deportation, as some critics describe their treatment as a kind of torture.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Syrian refugees arrested, face deportation from Egypt

Palestine's former minister of culture, Ihab Bseiso, is in charge of establishing a national library — a project that will require a lot of diplomacy and fundraising.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Palestinian National Library to collect Palestine's scattered archives

Egypt and Russia co-hosted the first Russia-African economic summit in Sochi, as Moscow seeks influence in the continent.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: At a first ever summit, Russia aims to revive relations with Africa

Roads and highways across Lebanon remain closed by protesters on Friday, as demonstrations entered their ninth day following last night's speech by Lebanese President Michel Aoun. Key roads in the
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Roads still blocked on ninth day of protests in Lebanon

At least two demonstrators died in Baghdad on Friday, the Iraqi Human Rights Commission said, as anti-government protests resumed following the deaths of dozens earlier this month. Iraqi police fired
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Two demonstrators killed as Iraqi police fire live shots, tear gas in Baghdad

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that northeastern Syria is suitable for Arab people to live, but not Kurdish people, because of the area’s desert topography. “What
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Turkey’s Erdogan: Northeast Syria is suitable area for Arabs, not Kurds, to live