Israel & The Region

Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs

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October 26, 2016
3:26 am

File: US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper in Washington, DC, February 26, 2015. (Evy Mages/Getty Images/AFP)

US official: Russia might shoot down US aircraft in Syria

In interview, intel chief James Clapper says ridding North Korea of nukes ‘is probably a lost cause’

By Deb Riechmann

October 26, 2016
3:06 am

This file photo taken on May 25, 2016 shows armed men in uniform identified by Syrian Democratic forces as US special operations forces riding in the back of a pickup truck in the village of Fatisah in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)

US says coalition laying groundwork to retake Raqqa from IS

As jihadist group loses ground in its last Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, Western powers look to dislodge it from its Syrian capital

By Lolita C. Baldor

October 26, 2016
2:16 am

This March 11, 2016, file photo shows the Mar-A-Lago Club, owned by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Trump brand loses luster with affluent

Contentious election rhetoric and sexual boasts turn many away from tycoon’s properties, but some see opportunity in his lower-income base

By MAE ANDERSON and Bernard Condon

October 26, 2016
1:56 am

Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz says he is giving $35 million to help defeat Donald Trump (Eric Risberg/AP)

Young Jewish billionaire pledges $35m to thwart Trump

Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz calls GOP nominee’s promises ‘a deliberate con’ as he joins ranks of major political donors

By Eric Cortellessa

October 26, 2016
12:34 am

Illustrative: Palestinian security forces patrol in the West Bank city of Nablus on August 19,2016 amid clashes. (AFP Photo/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)

Anti-Abbas clashes erupt in three West Bank refugee camps

PA security forces reportedly use live fire to suppress marchers in ongoing Fatah feud, at least 2 said injured

By Avi Issacharoff and Dov Lieber

October 26, 2016
12:15 am

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre on October 24, 2016. in Tampa, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)

Trump: Clinton would start a nuclear WWIII over Syria

Republican nominee says rival’s calls for a no-fly zone would put US in direct conflict with Russia, ‘where the nukes work’

By Stuart Winer

October 25, 2016
10:58 pm

Iraqi forces flash the V-sign as they stand on an infantry fighting vehicle loaded on a truck driving through the Al-Shura area, south of Mosul, on October 24, 2016, during an operation to retake the main hub city from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Iraqi special forces evacuate villages close to Mosul

UN refugee agency prepares to house at least 150,000 ahead of battle with Islamic State for crucial city

By Sarah Benhaida

October 25, 2016
10:06 pm

Bassem Abu Amar, the father of Nimer Bassem Abu Amar, a 15-year-old Bedouin Israeli who was killed in a shooting on October 25, 2016 near the Egyptian border, where he worked for a subcontractor hired by the Defense Ministry. (Screen capture: Ynet)

Father of teen killed on Egypt border: Authorities ‘abandoned him’

Bassem Abu Amar claims army didn’t guard workers; military, Defense Ministry mum on who fired the shot

By Judah Ari Gross

October 25, 2016
9:58 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Collier County Fairgrounds on October 23, 2016 in Naples, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)

Trump vows to ‘repeal and replace Obamacare’ as costs climb

GOP nominee says he’ll scrap healthcare law as premiums rise; some of highest increases are in hotly contested states

By Heather Scott

October 25, 2016
9:25 pm

David Friedman, Donald Trump's adviser on Israel, speaks to Channel 10 News on September 14, 2016. (screen capture: Channel 2)

Trump’s Israel adviser denies anti-Semitism among supporters

‘Danger in the US is on the left,’ David Friedman tells Israeli TV; says ADL ‘lost all credibility’ by speaking to J Street students

By Times of Israel staff

October 25, 2016
9:04 pm

Nabil Shaath at his Ramallah office, January 18, 2012 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Palestinian lawmaker: Boycott of Israel is our best ‘weapon’

Senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath urges economic pressure on Jewish state, says ‘Israel does not give anything to anybody for free’

By Times of Israel staff

October 25, 2016
8:40 pm

Illustrative: IDF soldiers stand with their weapons during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday, October 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Report: IDF finds troops’ lives were not at risk in killing of Palestinian teen

Proper conduct could have prevented two deaths, multiple injuries in past two weeks, according to internal army memo published by Israel Radio

By Judah Ari Gross and Times of Israel staff

October 25, 2016
7:55 pm

Zionist Union MK Omer Bar-Lev holds a press conference at the Knesset on November 30, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

MKs slam Defense Ministry after employee aged 15 killed by border gunfire from Egypt

Omer Bar-Lev calls for Nimer Bassem Abu Amar to be recognized as fallen defense worker; Yehudah Glick sends condolences to family; terrorism ruled out

By Judah Ari Gross and Times of Israel staff

October 25, 2016
7:31 pm

(R-L) Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the joint Nobel Peace Prize winners for 1994, in Olso, Norway. (Photo by Government Press Office via Getty Images)

Hamas returns Arafat’s Nobel prize to PA

Medal, missing since 2007 following takeover of Gaza Strip, to go on display at new Ramallah museum

By Agencies

October 25, 2016
7:30 pm

An Antonine-era mummy portrait of a young woman from the University of Zurich restituted to the heirs of a German Jewish publisher in April 2016. (Frank Tomio/University of Zurich)

Mummy portraits stolen by Nazis, recovered, sell for over $300,000

Swiss university bought the two paintings from widow of ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ author, recently returned them to heirs of German Jew

By Ilan Ben Zion

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