Snowstorm hitting northern Israel also blankets Syria, Lebanon Snow blankets parts of Syria, Lebanon and Israel, blocking roads, disrupting traffic and postponing exams at some universities. Large parts of Syria were covered, including the capital Damascus which is witnessing this winter’s first snowfall. Snow was as high as 15 centimeters (6 inches) in the mountains […]
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More schools set to reopen next week as Health Ministry amends criteria
Hungary Amends its Constitution: ‘The Mother Is a Woman, the Father a Man’
Photo Credit: Andrew Shiva/Wikipedia (Evangelical Focus) — The Hungarian Parliament has passed several amendments to the country’s constitution to better protect the definition of marriage. Changes in the Fundamental Law of Hungary (the official name of the Constitution) included a “de facto” ban of adoption of children by homosexual couples. The amendments put forward by […]
Hungary amends constitution to effectively ban gay adoption
Hungary amended the definition of family in its constitution Tuesday to allow an effective ban on adoption by same-sex couples, another win for the ruling conservatives but decried by one pro-LGBTQ group as “a dark day for human rights.”The nationalist Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has worked to recast Hungary in a more […]
China in, Denmark out: Israel amends COVID quarantine requirements for returning passengers
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Coronavirus Israel live: Health Ministry amends quarantine requirements for returning passengers
Israel, the West Bank and Gaza are dealing with a renewed coronavirus outbreak, leading to proposals and measures intended to curb its spread and mitigate the economic ramifications of the crisis by both Israeli and Palestinian authorities. Israel currently has 8,010 active cases; 2,678 people have died. In the West Bank, there are 4,565 active […]
The Balfour Declaration: Time to Say Sorry and Time We Made Amends
In a letter to a local newspaper about Brexit and the way prime minister Theresa May is handling it, I happened to mention in passing the Balfour Declaration, criticising her plans to celebrate the centenary “with pride” and invite Israel’s PM Netanyahu to the fun. This drew a sharp response from someone spouting the usual […]
The Balfour Declaration: Time to say sorry. Time we made amends.
By Stuart Littlewood In a letter to a local newspaper about Brexit and the way Prime Minister Theresa May is handling it, I happened to mention in passing the Balfour Declaration, criticising her plans to celebrate the centenary “with pride” and invite Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, to the fun. This drew a sharp response […]
Full Moon in Scorpio – Revealing Reality and Changing Our Core Beliefs
21st April 2016 By Simon Vorster & Jennifer Langstone Contributing writers for Wake Up World We are in the process of bringing life to our new inner knowing, and taking active and innovative steps to actively bring the new paradigm to life. We are creating a new collective identity, one that is far removed from the philosophies […]
Did the Panama Papers catch UK politicians off guard?
Although Washington is using the so-called Panama Papers to wage a propaganda war against politicians it despises, especially in Russia and China, this operation has recently come to a screeching halt due to the lack of convincing evidence in those papers. So what we are witnessing now is simple allegations that the political elites […]
South Korean Workers Fight Conservative Government
Print Friendly Above Photo: From PopularResistance.org. Over the last month, South Korea has made headlines because of huge protests with more than 130.000 participating, and a pending general strike, called for 16 December. This will be the second general strike this year, after 100,000 workers rallied on 24 April to oppose planned labour law reforms […]