Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, left, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, right, in the Israeli-held Golan Heights on March 11, 2019.
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Political leverage aside, it’s a major source of water in a parched corner of the world that harbors significant oil deposits.
A Likud party election campaign billboard outside Jerusalem reads: ‘Netanyahu is a different league’.
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The US president’s tweet declaring the US would recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Syrian territory was unexpected and will do nothing for regional stability.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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If Israel’s longtime leader Benjamin Netanyahu loses in the upcoming elections, some hope that his removal will pave the way for peace. But there are several reasons why that’s not likely.
Particularly for young Canadian Jews, a holiday meal achieves conviviality in the family and solidarity with the Jewish community, but its religious significance is less important than in the past.
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A new survey of Canadian Jew suggests young adults are finding ways of remaining Jewish that are not principally religious.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may soon exit the political stage.
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The longtime prime minister has reshaped Israel in profound ways. The military is stronger but Palestinian suffering has grown.
The 2010 “Love Parade” festival in Germany.
Arne Müseler
When you find yourself trapped in an immense crowd, what are the right reflexes to adopt to survive?
My dear friend.
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The bonhomie between Narendra Modi and Binyamin Netanyahu is rooted in the admiration of generations of Hindu nationalists for Israel.
Russia, Turkey, Iran and Israel will keep vying for power in Syria long after the US is gone.
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Now that the US has pulled out Syria, is the war actually over?
Artist’s concept of Beresheet on the lunar surface.
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The private space race is about to take another great leap as Israel sends a private lander to the moon.
Nuseir Yassin.
YouTube.
Social media promised to be a democratising platform for citizen journalists – but now its limitations are becoming clear.
Ahed Tamimi is in a courtroom at the Ofer military prison near Jerusalem, Feb. 13, 2018. The Israeli military judge overseeing the trial of Palestinian teenager Tamimi ordered all proceedings to take place behind closed doors.
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Why do we know the story of Malala, the Pakistani student who survived a brutal attack on her school by the Taliban but not the story of Ahed, a Palestinian girl who stood up to Israeli forces?
Sharing stories in the South Hebron Hills.
On Our Land Project
Cultural heritage establishes closer ties between a community and the land it lives – and relies – on.
Israeli soldiers in a tank.
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Last week’s Gazan rocket fire and Israeli airstrikes were logical consequences of both sides’ brinkmanship negotiating strategies.
The Rainbow Pride flag.
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Changes that protect or increase human rights should always be welcomed – but we should check motives, too.
Indonesia is an underappreciated market for Australian services.
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Indonesia is more important to Australia than many Australians realise.
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad expressed his displeasure to Scott Morrison this week over Australia’s proposed move of its Israel embassy.
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the Malaysian leader has a history of making derogatory comments about Jews.
Benyamin Netanyahu is sending mixed messages.
Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu is surprisingly muted when faced with some attacks on Jews. Here’s why…
After his Monday meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Turnbull made it clear how off-the-cuff the Morrison announcement looked – in contrast to his own administration’s policy.
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An observer – or the Indonesians - might ask: would the real prime minister please stand up?
Monitoring sewage for virus allows for a quick public health response if any polio is detected.
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Polio can be circulating through a community long before anyone is paralyzed. Monitoring sewage for the virus lets public health officials short-circuit this ‘silent transmission.’
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s suggestion that Australia might move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem puts us on a slippery foreign policy slope.
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Australia should focus on playing a positive role in the ongoing Middle East process, rather than auctioning off its foreign policy for the sake of winning the Wentworth byelection.