The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/saddam-hussein/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:39:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Saddam Hussein | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/saddam-hussein/ 32 32 ‘Sacred job’: Iraqi Kurds digitize aging manuscripts to save vulnerable culture https://www.timesofisrael.com/sacred-job-iraqi-kurds-digitize-aging-manuscripts-to-save-vulnerable-culture/ Sun, 10 Mar 2024 07:32:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3241959 Archival crew pursues rare documents that offer insight into nation's history, carefully scans them for website set to launch in April

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]]> Hundreds of Iraqi notables call to join Abraham Accords, make peace with Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-iraqi-notables-call-to-join-abraham-accords-make-peace-with-israel/ Sat, 25 Sep 2021 09:23:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2621227 At Erbil conference, participants also urge rebuilding ties with the country's dispossessed Jewish diaspora; normalization remains a crime under Iraqi law

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]]> Over 300 prominent Iraqis publicly call for full peace with Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/250-prominent-iraqis-publicly-call-for-full-peace-with-israel/ Fri, 24 Sep 2021 19:09:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2621181 Unprecedented event in Erbil features Sunni and Shiite leaders and activists demanding that Baghdad join Abraham Accords; Lapid: Event in Iraq is a 'source of hope and optimism'

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]]> Mom of Iraqi reporter killed in 1990 as Israeli spy says he was lured into trap https://www.timesofisrael.com/mom-of-iraqi-reporter-killed-in-1990-as-israeli-spy-says-he-was-lured-into-trap/ Sun, 15 Aug 2021 06:39:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2599689 Mother of journalist Farzad Bazoft says documents relating to UK connections to so-called supergun were stolen from him days before he traveled to Baghdad

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]]> Ramsey Clark, US ex-attorney general and Saddam Hussein’s lawyer, dies at 93 https://www.timesofisrael.com/ramsey-clark-us-ex-attorney-general-and-saddam-husseins-lawyer-dies-at-93/ Sun, 11 Apr 2021 02:01:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2522198 An advocate for Soviet and Syrian Jews, antiwar activist outraged many Jews over other clients, including Nazi prison camp guard, PLO

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]]> What it was like growing up as a hidden Jew in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-its-like-growing-up-as-a-hidden-jew-in-saddam-husseins-iraq/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:57:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2159953 Ceen Gabbai survived 2003 invasion, received asylum in US; in home country, family had to move 5 times due to anti-Semitism, but her Muslim friends secretly recorded 'Hatikvah'

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]]> Three Iraqi delegations said to make unprecedented Israel visits, meet officials https://www.timesofisrael.com/three-iraqi-delegations-said-to-make-unprecedented-israel-visits-meet-officials/ Sun, 06 Jan 2019 19:47:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1993360 TV report says secret taboo-busting trips arranged with goal of building basis for future ties; delegates tour Yad Vashem, meet academics, discuss Iraqi Jewish heritage

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]]> Bush, a president who grappled with Jewish leaders, engineered rescue of Jews https://www.timesofisrael.com/bush-a-president-who-grappled-with-jewish-leaders-engineered-rescue-of-jews/ Sat, 01 Dec 2018 07:12:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1971888&preview=true&preview_id=1971888 The 41st president, who died Friday, had an often contentious relationship with the community and Israel, but his legacy has come to be viewed far more kindly

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]]> Former US president George H.W. Bush dies at age 94 https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-president-george-h-w-bush-dies-at-age-94/ Sat, 01 Dec 2018 06:12:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1971853 Youngest pilot in the Navy, his stellar political career saw him preside during collapse of Soviet Union and final months of Cold War; term marked by tensions with Shamir, US Jews

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]]> Iran: If US attacks, its leaders will face same fate as Saddam https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-if-us-attacks-its-leaders-will-face-same-fate-as-saddam/ Wed, 23 May 2018 18:33:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1856706 'There is no doubt that the Americans will be defeated,' says supreme leader Khamenei

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]]> Tehran rejects Pompeo demands, vows to push ahead with weapons development https://www.timesofisrael.com/tehran-rejects-pompeo-demands-vows-to-push-ahead-with-weapons-development/ Wed, 23 May 2018 09:09:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1856282&preview=true&preview_id=1856282 Iran's military chief says US is imposing sanctions because it is afraid to face Iran in battle, accuses Washington of acting for Israeli interests

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]]> Iran said to destroy mass graves of those executed in 1988 https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-said-to-destroy-mass-graves-of-those-executed-in-1988/ Mon, 30 Apr 2018 03:08:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1840080 Authorities said to be targeting burial sites of up to 5,000 people killed in purge at end of bloody war with Iraq

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]]> For Pyongyang, Mideast offers cautionary nuclear tale https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-pyongyang-mideast-offers-cautionary-nuclear-tale/ Thu, 08 Mar 2018 10:30:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1805991 Holding nuclear, chemical weapons gives leaders leverage, while giving them up can end pariah status, bring economic benefits

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]]> Now-dispersed Iraqi Jewish community fights for access to its legacy https://www.timesofisrael.com/now-dispersed-iraqi-jewish-community-fights-for-access-to-its-legacy/ Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:03:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1739662&preview=true&preview_id=1739662 With a stolen trove of historical documents slated for return to Baghdad, Jews from Iraq demand their personal effects back -- with many of their Muslim former neighbors' support

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]]> A slap in America’s face https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-us-pulls-down-its-statues-the-pa-puts-them-up-and-the-us-looks-the-other-way/ Mon, 06 Nov 2017 13:40:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1724884 There's a new statue honoring Saddam Hussein in the Palestinian Authority city of Qalqilya

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