Sunday, September 29, 2019

Links For Rosh Hashannah - Part 2

As the Jewish New Year arrives, here are some more things going on:

From Arutz Sheva, negotiations between the Blue and White party and Likud end in deadlock.

From The Times Of Israel, eight must-read Jewish news stories from the year 5779.

From The Jerusalem Post, a Palestinian Islamist who had sought asylum in Germany is convicted of attempted murder.

From YNetNews, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor lends a shofar smuggled out of Auschwitz to a traveling exhibition.  (A shofar is a ram's horn, which is traditionally blown at the start of Rosh Hashannah.)

From Egypt Today, the remains of a temple built by Ptolemy IV are found in Kom Shakau, Egypt.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan police and gendarmerie find 11 kilos of cocaine in a truck at the Tangier Med Port.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, Turkey will develop its own fighter jets.

From Rûdaw, the world's largest Yezidi temple opens in Aknalich, Armenia.

From In-Cyprus, the defense ministers of Greece and Serbia plan to attend the annual military parade which marks Cyprus's Independence Day.

From StepFeed, nearly all Egyptian women have experienced some form of sexual harassment.

From Radio Farda, an Iranian legislator presents a motion against recording and broadcasting forced confessions.  (The forced confessions themselves, however, would not appear to be affected.)

From Dawn, two people are killed and three others injured by shelling from Indian troops across the Line of Control in Kashmir.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan accuses India of having conducted state terrorism for 30 years.

From Pakistan Today, according to the chairman of the Pakistan People's Party, Prime Minister Imran Khan failed Kashmir at the U.N. General Assembly.

From Khaama Press, U.S. and Afghan forces send 70 terrorists to their virgins.

From The Hans India, the Pakistani Army targets villages and posts along the Line of Control in Kashmir.

From the Hindustan Times, can you tee the putty tat?

From ANI, 11 people are arrested for alleged human trafficking in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.

From India Today, Indian special forces carry out war games near the border with Pakistan.

From the Daily Mirror, a Brazilian woman is arrested at a Sri Lankan airport with pellets of cocaine in her stomach.  (The authorities can find it in your truck and in your stomach, so take my advice and don't go smuggling cocaine.)

From the Colombo Page, according to Sri Lankan wildlife officials, there is no evidence that seven wild elephants were poisoned.

From Pajhwok, technical difficulties prevent hundreds of Afghans from voting.

From Swarajya, in New York, pro-Pakistan people attack author Tarek Fatah for supporting Sindhi and Baloch activists.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia will join an international board game exhibition in Germany.

From The Straits Times, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam decides to spend China's National Day in China.

From the Borneo Post, tons of plastic waste is imported into Malaysia.

From Free Malaysia Today, open burning and the resulting haze continue.

From The Mainichi, the government of Hiroshima is creating a multilingual app to help evacuation from unfamiliar places.

And from Gatestone Institute, Iranian President Rouhani exposes the futility of European diplomacy.

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