Middle East Experience

Gibraltar took the decision to seize an Iranian tanker last week solely because the ship was in breach of European Union sanctions and not on the request of any other country, the British
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Gibraltar’s chief minister: Decision to detain tanker was made independently

The rabbi of neighboring Holon, Avraham Yosef, is quoted as writing: “I do not find any grounds for permitting any dog whatsoever in any manner.”
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israeli city’s rabbis rule all dogs are bad and their owners accursed

Iranian state TV is reporting that the country's elite Revolutionary Guard has targeted Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, using missiles and cannons..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Iran hits Iraqi Kurdish fighters with cross-border shelling

All of the Cabinet’s political sides are cooperating to resolve the fallout from the Aley gunfight that took place at the end of last month, Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Friday..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Politicians cooperating to resolve Aley fallout: Hariri

The death of a Hamas member on Thursday caused the IDF to issue an apology to the group and reinforce Iron Dome batteries in the south.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF reinforces Iron Dome amid Gaza violence

Gibraltar police arrested two more officers from a seized Iranian tanker off its coast, a day after detaining the captain and chief officer..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Gibraltar arrest two more officers over Iran oil shipment

"We needed to find places where Israeli ingenuity could have a comparative advantage and willing partners," said Sharon Shapira, Start-Up Nation Central's Digital Health Sector lead.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israeli digital health start-ups feeling at home in Houston

The density of the jellyfish population in the Israeli region have already disrupted a power station in southern Israel and there are concerns existing over the swarms affect on local marine life.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel's massive jellyfish swarm explained by University of Haifa experts

Muslim countries cosigned a letter in the United Nations defending China's treatment of Uighur and other minorities in Xinjiang, where up to one million people are held in camps..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Muslim countries defend Chinese 'concentration camps'

Comprehending this unique character of Jew-hatred as a cultural category sui generis rather than as one form of prejudice among others is a precondition to challenging it successfully.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Berlin professor: Contemporary antisemitism is not racism or xenophobia