Middle East
Baghdad estimated that 6,000 to 7,000 Jews would leave; 125,000 did.
Iran’s “Mehr” news agency reported the formation of a new organization pledging “to defend Syria from occupation.” The move signals an Iranian effort to preserve its influence in the region.
An Arab League summit in Cairo on Tuesday endorsed the $53 billion five-year plan for the war-torn coastal enclave.
An Arab League summit in Cairo endorsed the roadmap for the coastal enclave’s future, urging swift action to implement it.
An event at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun in Manhattan focused on “voices of change” in the Arab world.
Hisham al-Sayed, who was freed after spending nearly a decade in Hamas captivity, “doesn’t know how to speak, he doesn’t have a voice, he doesn’t remember anything,” his father told reporters.
The Saudi summit focused on an Egyptian proposal for the war-torn coastal enclave.
The terror master led the Iranian-backed organization for three decades before the Israeli Air Force killed him.
The document is unusual for its use of forensic accounting to quantify the losses incurred by some 135,000 people who escaped persecution.
Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani “has an opportunity RIGHT NOW to show the world why he should or should not be prime minister,” said U.S. Ambassador Adam Boehler.
Palestinian workers are reportedly being allowed into the Israeli security buffer zone along the border.
The White House believes that removing Hamas from power is a bigger obstacle to a Gaza plan than is reconstruction or relocation of Gazans.
