Middle East Experience

"If this is the state of the Jews and I serve in the security services, and in theory it's not my state, then I have been turned into a mercenary."
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Renowned Druze educator aims to swap classroom for Knesset

Eckstein raised over $1.3 billion, and until his death raised more than $140 million a year, mostly from Evangelicals, to assist Israel and the Jewish people.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israeli-American Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein dies at 67

Some 88,000 couples live together without being married, including 83,000 couples where at least one partner is formally recognized as being Jewish.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israelis marry less through rabbinate, cohabit more -survey

Some 63% of traditional non-religious Jews give money to charity, 69% of religiously traditional Jews, 80% of religious Jews and 89% of haredi Jews.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Haredim more likely to volunteer, donate to charity than other Jews-study

The survey shows that close to half (47%) of couples have relations at least once a week, more than couples in most of the rest of the Western world.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israeli couples have a lot of sex - survey

The 40,000 residents of the Rukban refugee camp located in the desert on the Syrian-Jordanian border have been left destitute by the lack of basic supplies over the winter..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Aid reaches isolated Syrian refugee camp for first time in 3 months

First launched in 2013, the initiative, which consists of a Twitter handle, was abandoned a year later..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Israel reactivates 'virtual embassy' in the Gulf

New Lebanese government not considering any tax increases: information minister..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: New Lebanese government not considering any tax increases: information minister

Raya al-Hassan has been appointed as the Arab world's first female minister in charge of security agencies..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Lebanon's Raya al-Hassan becomes Arab world's first female interior minister

UK Security Minister Ben Wallace says the last remaining UK hostage held by IS is believed to be alive..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: British Journalist John Cantlie, held by IS for 6 years, believed to be alive