Rabbis Deny 1 in 10 Jews the Right to Marry in Israel
Supreme religious body faces growing backlash as critics compare Israel’s religious freedoms to Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan More than one in 10 Israeli Jews cannot marry legally in their own country,...
View ArticleDemocracy in Israel (AIPAC - American Israel Public Affairs Committee)
(Source: AIPAC - American Israel Public Affairs Committee) 8fd110fd-2af4-4b83-9b3d-b4ba368a927e.pdf January 25, 2016 Democracy in Israel Jan. 25 marks the 67th anniversary of Israel's first...
View ArticleWhy a nuclear Iran is more threatening than a nuclear Israel
ELEANOR HALL: The fourth round of Iran nuclear talks came to an end last week in Vienna with all sides conceding they're still far from a final deal. Iran's new moderate president is negotiating with...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Possible New Flogging for Prominent Blogger (HRW - Human Rights...
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Beirut) - Saudi authorities could resume lashing liberal activist and blogger Raif Badawi on June 12, 2015. On June 7, Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court upheld a sentence...
View ArticleMiddle East frenemies: Concerns about Iran
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View ArticleAmerican Reform rabbis warn of 'alienation' after visit to Jerusalem
Recent gathering of American Reform rabbis in Jerusalem marred by series of comments by Israeli leaders denigrating the group...
View ArticleIsrael rejects book on Jew-Arab love for school curriculum
Israel has refused to include a novel about a love affair between a Jewish woman and a Palestinian man in the country's high school curriculum, reportedly over concerns that it could encourage...
View ArticleCourt nixes push for 'Israeli nationality'
Nazareth, Israel - A court decision this month that rejected Israelis' right to a shared nationality has highlighted serious problems caused by Israel's self-definition as a Jewish state, say lawyers...
View ArticleHow the right to deny the existence of God is under threat globally
Atheists and humanists are increasingly being targeted as distinct minorities in “hate campaigns” across the globe, according to a new report which found that religious and political leaders are...
View ArticleBroad Coalition Of American Jews Seeks To Break Israel's Chief Rabbinate...
(RNS) A broad coalition of American Jews last month formed the Jewish Religious Equality Coalition — or J-REC — to pressure Israel to diminish the role of Orthodox rabbis who control so much of Jewish...
View ArticleIsrael To Allow Gay Jews To Immigrate With Non-Jewish Same-Sex Spouses
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it will now allow Jews to immigrate to Israel with their non-Jewish same-sex spouses. In a directive publicized Tuesday, Israeli Interior Minister Gideon Saar told...
View ArticleIsrael allows gay Jews to immigrate with spouses
JERUSALEM: Israel says it will now allow Jews to immigrate to Israel with their non-Jewish same-sex spouses. In a directive publicized on...
View Article>Israel OK's gay Jews to immigrate with spouses
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it will now allow Jews to immigrate to Israel with their non-Jewish same-sex spouses. In a directive...
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India air force base attack leaves 4 gunmen, 2 troops dead PATHANKOT, India (AP) — Suspected militants infiltrated an Indian air force base near the border with Pakistan on Saturday and exchanged fire...
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India air force base attack leaves 4 gunmen, 2 troops dead PATHANKOT, India (AP) — Suspected militants infiltrated an Indian air force base near the border with Pakistan on Saturday and exchanged fire...
View ArticleIsraeli rabbis create independent Jewish conversion court
A group of Israeli rabbis has created an independent Jewish conversion court, defying the country's Orthodox establishment's monopoly on religious affairs. While the conversions will not be officially...
View ArticleBacklash after Saudi court upholds brutal 10 year sentence against blogger
A Saudi court has upheld a harsh sentence against a blogger for insulting Islam, drawing international condemnation and sparking a campaign on Twitter to draw attention to the case. See also: Room for...
View ArticleAl Saud puppet regime of US, Israel: Analyst
Press TV has conducted an interview with Gearoid O Colmain, a political commentator and journalist from Paris, to investigate Saudi Arabia’s aggression against Yemen. Press TV: Mr. Colamian Amnesty...
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Influential Shiite cleric among 47 executed in Saudi Arabia RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's execution Saturday of 47 prisoners, including an influential Shiite cleric, threatened to further...
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Influential Shiite cleric among 47 executed in Saudi Arabia RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's execution Saturday of 47 prisoners, including an influential Shiite cleric, threatened to further...
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India air force base attack leaves 4 gunmen, 2 troops dead PATHANKOT, India (AP) — Suspected militants infiltrated an Indian air force base near the border with Pakistan on Saturday and exchanged fire...
View ArticleIsrael OK's gay Jews to immigrate with spouses
JERUSALEM — Israel says it will now allow Jews to immigrate to Israel with their non-Jewish same-sex spouses. In a directive publicized Tuesday, Israeli Interior Minister Gideon Saar told...
View ArticlePresident Rivlin swears-in new President of the Supreme Court, Justice Miriam...
(Source: The President of The State of Israel) President Rivlin addressed the swearing-in ceremony, at the President's Residence, for new President of the Supreme Court, Justice Miriam Naor, and the...
View ArticlePalestinians threaten walkout in Mideast talks over Israel’s refusal to free...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Obama administration sought Friday to keep peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians from falling apart over Israel’s refusal to free about two dozen Palestinian...
View ArticleThere is absolutely no reason why Israel cannot have diplomatic relations...
Israel’s Ambassador to Norway Raphael Schutz, in an Exclusive interview with The Oslo Times International News Network’s Editor-in-Chief Hatef Mokhtar, spoke about Israel, the Human Rights situation in...
View Article‘Women’s studies’ is betraying women under Sharia law
Last week, the National Women’s Studies Association membership voted to boycott Israel. The resolution reads, in part: “As feminist scholars, activists, teachers, and public intellectuals . . . we...
View ArticleSummary of editorials from the Hebrew press (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel) Two newspapers criticize Israeli bookstore chain Steimatzky for acceding to demands not to sell the commemoration issue of the Charlie...
View ArticleAnti-Semitism Watch: ‘Gas All Jews’ Call Is ‘Understandable,’ Says U.K....
The Saudi Gazette, founded in 1978, is an English-language daily newspaper based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In the paper’s August 12 edition, as well as on the Saudi Gazette online site, the paper...
View ArticleAmerican Reform rabbis warn of alienation from Israel
A recent gathering of American Reform rabbis in Jerusalem was meant to celebrate the small gains the liberal Jewish movement has made in Israel in recent years. But a series of comments by Israeli...
View ArticleCircumcision ruling upsets liberal Jews
A one-year-old baby is at the centre of growing controversy that has pitted the rights of individual Israelis to follow their conscience against the formidable powers of the country's Orthodox...
View ArticleCivil unions challenge 'Jewish state'
A proposal to allow civil unions in Israel has drawn attention to the country's strict religious controls on marriage and divorce, and gets to the heart of what Israel's self-definition as a "Jewish...
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