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Firas Kazaz, a Palestinian muezzin — the person appointed to recite the Muslim call to prayer — calling for prayer from the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, Nov. 21, 2016. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)

Israeli Knesset Gives Initial Approval to Anti-adhan Bill

by Nazir Majli | Mar 9, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv- The Israeli Knesset gave a preliminary approval on Wednesday to a bill that would ban the use of loudspeakers to amplify the Muslim call to prayer (adhan). The Knesset’s majority voted in favor of two measures because those who have introduced the bill...

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Former Israeli Minister Tzipi Livni. AFP

Livni Cancels Brussels Visit over Interrogation Fears

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 26, 2017 | Middle East

London, Brussels- Former Israeli Minister Tzipi Livni has cancelled a visit she was expected to make to Brussels after Belgian prosecutors confirmed they wanted to question hear over war crimes allegations. Local newspaper Le Soir said prosecutors had been hoping to...

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Women Constitute 40% of Israeli Mossad

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 4, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv- Israel’s renowned spy agency, the Mossad, has started its first recruitment campaign specifically designed to attract women. With ads splashed across newspaper pages and on its official website, the agency has declared it’s on the hunt for new female...

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Israel’s chief negotiator and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (R) turns to chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat (L) as she speaks to the press with US Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department in Washington,DC on July 30, 2013.

Israelis and Palestinians agree nine month deadline for peace talks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 31, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed on Tuesday to use the next nine months to seek a “final status” peace deal. The news was announced by US Secretary of State, John Kerry, following preliminary talks between the two sides in Washington...

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Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni chats with Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat at a dinner hosted by US Secretary of State John Kerry, before the opening of Middle East peace talks at the State Department in Washington, DC, USA, 29 July 2013. EPA/MIKE THEILER

Kerry appoints Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

by Mohammad Ali Salih | Jul 30, 2013 | Middle East

Washington and Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—US Secretary of State John Kerry has appointed Martin Indyk as US special envoy to the preliminary peace talks set to begin this week between Israeli and Palestinian representatives. Indyk, who is 62, served as a National...