Abbas won’t meet Kushner, Greenblatt or any of Trump peace team; Far-right to run Austrian defense, foreign affairs; Seinfeld: Israeli Jews less whiny

2017. december 17 16:49

Abbas won’t meet Kushner, Greenblatt or any of Trump peace team; Far-right to run Austrian defense, foreign affairs; Seinfeld: Israeli Jews less whiny

 

Palestinians won’t meet with Kushner, Greenblatt or any US officials on peace
BY DOV LIEBER
In wake of US administration’s Jerusalem stance, Abbas aide says, PA adamant in boycotting entire Trump team; PA also says Greenblatt, due this week, hasn’t sought Ramallah meet
Fatah calls for ‘angry’ protests against US during Pence’s Jerusalem visit
BY AGENCIES AND TOI STAFF
Furious Palestinians reject White House talk of Western Wall as Israel’s forever
BY ERIC CORTELLESSA AND AGENCIES
UN Security Council considering resolution to annul US Jerusalem decision
BY AGENCIES
Vote possible in next few days; US veto would stop move; Turkey has vowed to go to non-binding General Assembly if thwarted at Security Council
PM applauds US for ‘pushing back’ against UN moves on Israel
BY TOI STAFF
Arab Israelis protest US Jerusalem recognition in Jaffa, north
BY TOI STAFF
Nazareth’s Muslim mayor reinstates Christmas
BY TOI STAFF
Family of billionaire Canadian Jewish couple refutes murder-suicide claims
BY MARC BRAIBANT
‘Shocked’ children of Barry and Honey Sherman ‘think it’s irresponsible that police sources have reportedly advised the media of a theory’ they firmly reject
Teva workers barricade themselves in Jerusalem plant, burn tires
BY TOI STAFF
200 pharma employees and family members lock themselves in facility, prevent managers from leaving as protests against layoffs sweep country
Airport, ministries, companies reopen after Teva ‘solidarity’ strike
BY TOI STAFF AND AFP
Hebrew media review /Addicted to Teva
BY JOSHUA DAVIDOVICH
Austrian far-right Freedom Party gets interior, defense, and foreign ministries
BY TOI STAFF AND AGENCIES
New coalition government to block Turkey from joining EU, crack down on illegal migrants
European far-right leaders get together for anti-EU bid
BY AP
Heinz-Christian Strache, from neo-Nazi youth to Austria’s next vice-chancellor
BY AFP
Defender of Spicer’s Hitler remark seen as top GOP pick for N Dakota Senate race
BY AP AND TOI STAFF
LIVE UPDATES
Erdogan says Turkey hopes to open Palestinian embassy in East Jerusalem
BY TAMAR PILEGGI
Protesting shift in US policy, Turkish president says Israeli ‘occupation’ in capital preventing Ankara from opening mission to Palestinians
Palestinian arrested outside West Bank military court with pipe bombs
BY TOI STAFF
Sappers defuse explosives, one of which was strapped to suspect’s body; would-be attacker was stopped at entrance by Israeli forces
Gabon arrests dozens after stabbing over Trump Jerusalem move
BY AFP
Indonesia clerics urge US boycott as 80,000 protest Jerusalem recognition
BY AP AND TOI STAFF
8 killed in pre-Christmas suicide bomb attack on Pakistan church
BY MAAZ KHAN
RABBIS ON SKATES!
In Budapest, Hanukkah comes out of the shadows and onto the ice rink
BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
In a post-socialist society, a public menorah lighting bridges gaps between Jews young and old, secular and religious
It’s always Hanukkah in this picture-perfect Italian town
BY RUTH ELLEN GRUBER
Bright spots / This year, a girl band leads the Hanukkah vid hit parade
BY TRACY FRYDBERG
In Tel Aviv, anti-Netanyahu protest becomes a civics lesson for kids
BY RAOUL WOOTLIFF
Among demonstrators thronging Rothschild Boulevard calling for the prime minister to resign, hundreds of children learn about participatory democracy and corruption
Thousands protest in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu over graft probes
BY RAOUL WOOTLIFF
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