Muslim pilgrims descend on Mecca for haj, Saudis warn against politics

MECCA, Saudi Arabia - Hundreds of thousands of white-clad pilgrims, many gripping umbrellas to ward off Saudi Arabia's blistering summer sun, descended on Mecca this week ahead of the annual haj. Saudi officials asked Muslims to focus on rituals of worship, …
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Palestinian leaders express outrage at Jewish calls to visit Temple Mount

On Wednesday, the London-based Saudi daily Asharq Al-Awsat reported that the "extremist Jewish 'Union of Temple Organizations'" called for Jews to storm the Al-Aqsa mosque on the occasion of Tisha Be'Av, which runs into the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha this…
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Clashes erupt between Indian, Pakistani forces in Kashmir

Clashes broke out on Wednesday between Indian and Pakistani troops along the border in Kashmir, according to Fars news. Local media reported that troops on the border had exchanged heavy fire and that Pakistani troops have fired mortars in the clashes. On M…
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Slain Yeshiva student found with stabbing wounds, IDF searching the area

IDF troops are canvassing the West Bank after the body of a Yeshiva student was found with multiple stab wounds on Thursday morning near the community of Efrat in the West Bank. var cont = `Join Jerusalem Post Premium Plus now for just $5 and upgrade your ex…
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Slain Yeshiva student was 19-year-old poet and nature lover

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Salesforce to acquire Israeli company ClickSoftware for $1.35bn.

American cloud technology giant Salesforce has agreed to acquire Israeli-founded field service management company ClickSoftware Technologies for $1.35 billion. ClickSoftware, founded by Moshe BenBassat in Givat Shmuel in 1997, has been owned by American priv…
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Politicians call for West Bank annexation in response to terror attack

Right-wing politicians and settler leader called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the West Bank settlements in response to Thursday morning's terror attack, in which 19-year-old Dvir Sorek was stabbed to death. Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein of …
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Protests planned for ceremony honoring far-right rabbi

Left-wing politicians and protestors are planning to stage a protest at a prize giving ceremony honoring far-right religious leader Rabbi Yitzhak Ginsburg in Givat Shmuel on Thursday. Transportation Minister and senior United Right leader MK Bezalel Smotric…
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Reform movement asks to disqualify far Right candidates

The Central Elections Committee should prevent the Otzma Yehudit party and candidates Itamar Ben-Gvir, Baruch Marzel and Bentzi Gopstein from running in the September 17 election, the Reform Movement petitioned the committee on Thursday. The deadline for sub…
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