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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

minorities in the Middle East

Afghan refugees wait for registration after their deportation from Iran, at a registration center near the Afghanistan-Iran border in the Islam Qala district of Herat province, Sep. 12, 2024. (Mohsen KARIMI / AFP)
September 25, 2024, 11:42 am
Driven out of Iran, Afghan refugees tell of government-led persecution, torture
Having fled decades of war and unemployment, refugees are now blamed for soaring crime and prices, with authorities vowing to expel them and punish those who help them
By Pascale TROUILLAUD and Qubad Wali
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks at a conference of the Israeli newspaper "Makor Rishon" at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, February 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 15, 2022, 12:24 pm
As Druze officer is hailed as a hero, lawmakers join call to ‘fix’ Nation-State Law
Liberman assails ‘contradictions’ in controversial legislation, despite supporting it in 2018; Blue and White party pledges to bring equality bill to committee hearing next week
By Tobias Siegal
Illustrative image: A screen with different faces, like those used in Hebrew University research which concluded that people tend to over-estimate the presence of minorities. (iStock via Getty Images)
May 10, 2022, 7:21 pm
Prejudice psychology? Israeli study finds brain inflates numbers in minority groups
Subjects consistently overestimated minority numbers in series of tests run by Hebrew University psychologists; they believe the mind trick may fuel intolerance
By Nathan Jeffay
A still of 'Amin' from 'Flee' by filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen. (Courtesy of Neon)
December 10, 2021, 3:40 pm
In documentary ‘Flee,’ animation helps an Afghan refugee open up to an old friend
The film opened in US theaters Dec. 3 and is sweeping up awards; in it, ‘Amin,’ a gay academic with family in Afghanistan, tells a harrowing story that is far too common
By Jordan Hoffman
Yifat Bitton, co-founder and chair of Tmura, the Israeli Anti-Discrimination Center, gave the keynote address at the first-ever Mizrahi Legal Studies conference at Harvard Law School, held on December 10 and 11, 2019. (Rich Tenorio/ Times of Israel)
December 13, 2019, 12:56 am
Harvard hosts first-ever conference for emerging field of Mizrahi legal studies
Diverse speakers and listeners including Palestinians and Israelis, participate in inaugural confab for those seeking to curb inequality for Israel’s Middle Eastern Jews
By Rich Tenorio
Mustafa hopes that the Jewish of Qamishli, Syria will be able to return once the radical Islamist factions are gone. (Ziv Genesove/ Times of Israel)
July 6, 2018, 1:49 am
Devoid of Jews for decades, one Syrian city would be ready to welcome them back
Residents of Qamishli, a liberal enclave that has grown amid the civil war, tell a ToI writer they’d greet Jewish returnees with open arms — however unrealistic that seems today
By Ziv Genesove
Iraqi Kurdistan Jewish representative Sherzad Mamsani speaks at a Holocaust Memorial Day event on May 5, 2016. (Judit Neurink/Times of Israel)
March 15, 2018, 6:53 pm
Kurdistan sacks Jewish community representative to appease Baghdad
Two years after being asked to rebuild a decimated community, Sherzad Mamsani has been removed from his position. The catch: He was an unpaid volunteer
By Judit Neurink
British and French diplomats Mark Sykes (L) and François Georges-Picot (Public Domain)
May 14, 2016, 2:21 pm
100 years since Sykes-Picot: The deal that changed the Mideast forever
British-French WWI deal to carve up areas under Ottoman rule has been blamed by many for region’s woes; others say that’s an excuse for failed leadership
By AFP
US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington DC, March 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
March 17, 2016, 4:40 pm
Kerry determines IS committing genocide in Iraq, Syria
Announcement that Christians, Yazidis and Shiites are victims of genocidal atrocities won’t obligate US to further action
By Matthew Lee
A supporter of pro-Kurdish People's Democracy Party (HDP) makes a victory sign as she celebrates the results of the HDP party as part of the legislative election in Ankara, on June 9, 2015. (AFP photo/Adem Altan)
June 11, 2015, 3:06 pm
Women and minorities shake up Turkey’s parliament
Pro-Kurdish party’s success increases the number of women, Armenians, Yazidis and Roma in the chamber
By Fulya Ozerkan
Pope Francis (L) speaks with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I after they signed a joint statement at St George church, on November 30, 2014 in Istanbul as part of a three day visit in Turkey. (photo credit: AFP / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE)
November 30, 2014, 3:35 pm
Pope, Orthodox head pledge to protect Mideast Christians
Condemning ‘barbaric violence’ from Islamic State, two leaders in Turkey sign a joint statement also calling for ‘constructive dialogue with Islam’
By AFP
A Druze family stands silent during a Memorial Day ceremony at the military cemetery of Ussefiya on Mount Carmel, April 2010 (photo credit: Matanya Tausig/Flash90)
May 15, 2014, 1:31 pm
From Israel’s most loyal minority, draft objectors emerge
Stop trampling our religious sensibilities and treating us like a herd, Druze activists demand, fed up with state discrimination
By Elhanan Miller
US Secretary of State John Kerry speaking at AIPAC, March 2014 (photo credit: JTA Photos)
April 28, 2014, 11:03 pm
AIPAC: Kerry’s comments ‘offensive, inappropriate’
In unusually blunt rebuke, pro-Israel group blasts top diplomat, calls Israel the region’s ‘lone stable democracy’
By Haviv Rettig Gur
From the WebOctober 26, 2013, 2:40 pm
Iran gives Christians 80 lashes for communion wine
Four men break Islamic Republic’s alcohol laws, sentenced to corporal punishment, Fox News reports
File: A blindfolded man waits to be hanged in public as two police officers look on in Shiraz, Iran, April 16, 2011. (AP/Mehr News Agency/Mohammad Hadi Khosravi)
October 24, 2013, 3:23 am
UN reports widespread human rights abuses in Iran
New document cites rise in number of jailed journalists, censorship of 5 million websites and persecution of minorities
By Alexandra Olson
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