Amid Surge In US Weapon Sales To Saudi Arabia, Top Saudi Cleric Calls For Killing Of Shia, Christians And Jews

Meanwhile, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir appeared on CNN on Tuesday, lecturing Syria on human rights, as Riyadh continues to bomb civilians and hospitals in Yemen.

Sputnik News
By Sputnik News
Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh

Video of a daily prayer service at the Saudi Arabian Masjid al-Ḥarām, the largest mosque in the world, reveals a top Saudi imam calling for the killing of Shia Muslims, Jews, and Christians. This as the West continues to send billions of dollars worth of military aid to Riyadh. Masjid al-Ḥarām, also known as the Sacred Mosque, or the Great

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‘Still Playing By The Rules’: Poll Reveals The Outsider Nature Of Palestinian Participation In Israeli Public Life

The poll conducted among Israeli Jews and Palestinians underscores the notion that Israel has been remarkably blessed with a minority which resents, but does not rebel against its second-class status. But that doesn’t mean Palestinians will await justice forever.

Richard Silverstein
By Richard Silverstein
A Palestinian is pushed an Israeli policemen. Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

SEATTLE --- As Europe grapples with the Syrian refugee crisis and an accompanying rising tide of Islamophobia, Israel faces an issue even more intrinsic to its existence. Before it was born in 1948, the land Israel occupies was home to a large Arab majority. Nearly 1 million indigenous Arab inhabitants were expelled, but 250,000 remained and

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Jewish Man Goes On Stabbing Rampage At Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade

A similar attack took place at the event in 2005.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
The man suspected of stabbing several people at the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade, July 30, 2015.

JERUSALEM — Israeli police say a man has stabbed several people at a gay pride parade in central Jerusalem. Spokeswoman Luba Samri says the attack took place Thursday evening. Eli Bin of Israel's emergency service said six young people were wounded, two of them seriously. Witnesses told Channel 2 TV that an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man rushed

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Exploring Identity In Israel, “A Bubble Inside A Bubble Inside A Bubble…”

Being a Jew in Israel goes beyond a simple declaration of faith or a social reality. It carries and implies therein a certain political and legal standing, adding additional dimensions to individuals’ sense of self. So what is Jewish identity?

Catherine Shakdam
By Catherine Shakdam
Israeli soldiers and relatives of new Jewish immigrants from the U.S. and Canada, wave Israeli flags to welcome them as they arrive at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, July 23, 2013.

Israeli soldiers and relatives of new Jewish immigrants from the U.S. and Canada, wave Israeli flags to welcome them as they arrive at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel.  Photo: Ariel Schalit/AP In 2013, Lia Tarachansky, an Israeli national and the Israel-Palestine correspondent for The Real News Network (TRNN), directed “On the Side

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