Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Basel Awidat/FLASH90 Joint Arab List chairman Ayman Odeh reacts to election results, September 17, 2019 The Joint Arab List will be part of Benny Gantz’s coalition negotiations, as, for the first time in 20 years, it is being invited to the discussion table alongside all the other Knesset factions, Reshet Bet radio reported […]

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Photo Credit: Carter Center Jimmy Carter Former President Jimmy Carter, 95, on Monday night was admitted to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA, for observation and treatment of a minor pelvic fracture. Deanna Congileo, director of communications for the Carter Center, said in a statement Tuesday: “He is in good spirits and is looking […]

Photo Credit: Secretary Pompeo / US State Dept. / Twitter US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Although the administration prefers “peace to war,” U.S. President Donald Trump is “fully prepared” to authorize military action against Turkey, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday. While the administration’s preferred measures were economic and diplomatic, he […]

Photo Credit: Gili Yaari/Flash 90 The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has withdrawn from a 75-mile area between the border towns of Ras al-Ayn and Tal Abyad in compliance with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, and will move back 19 miles from the Syria-Turkey border, a senior SDF official told the Associated Press on Monday. SDF official […]

Photo Credit: Majdi Fathi/TPS Gazans protest against the PA’s move to block 59 internet sites. A recent decision by the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Attorney General to block 59 Media pages and websites has generated outrage in the PA, with social media users responding angrily with criticism under the banner “blocking is a crime.” The decision […]

Photo Credit: Flash90 Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank {Originally posted to the JNS website} In a two-part article in the Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat al-Jadida last month, journalist Muwaffaq Matar called for the adoption […]

Photo Credit: pixabay Facebook announced that it has removed four separate networks of accounts, Pages and Groups for “engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram,” meaning they were engaged in disinformation campaigns. Facebook said in a statement Monday that three of the networks originated in Iran and one in Russia, and they targeted […]

Photo Credit: Pixabay Woman in Gaza Encouraged by the protests in Lebanon, groups in the Gaza Strip are working to launch protests against Hamas’ rule under the slogans “Enough! We were getting tired” and “civilian disobedience.” In messages circulated in the media and on social networks, leaders called on Gazans to take to the streets […]