A low cloud that partially obscured the huge clocks atop the new Abraj al-Bait Tower in Mecca frightened visitors and pilgrims, who feared that the tower was on fire.
Al Arabiya reports that a combination of the thick cloud and the illumination from the clock made Meccans think that there was a huge smoky blaze on top of the new landmark.
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Weekend long read
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chose Naftali Bennett’. “The day after the invasion began in February,...
The post...
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In January 1939, the London Times published documents such a letters and
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Palestine P...
Rosh Chodesh Sivan Women's Prayers
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Ladies, please join us
The spirit of the Biblical Chana can still be felt, along with the holiness
of the *Mishkan*, Tabernacle.
Tel Shiloh is a wonde...
CNN find their ‘Dancing Israelis’
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Two days ago CNN produced a report that claimed that Israel deliberately
targeted Shireen Abu Akleh, the Al Jazeera journalist. The facts themselves
are ...
US Economic ‘Aid’ to Israel No Longer Exists
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US Economic ‘Aid’ to Israel No Longer Exists IsraelSeen.com
US Economic ‘Aid’ to Israel No Longer Exists Algemeiner by Lenny Ben-David
/ JNS.org Following...
David Rovics on Jenin 2002
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On my way to my 50th Reunion, I spoke with a musician classmate, Leonard
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editorial endo...
A “Dear Europe” Letter
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Negotiations are underway between Israel and the European Union for Israel
to sell natural gas to Europe, which wishes to end its dependence on Russia
for ...
A Strange Way to Say Thank You
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While Israel always gets blamed for anything worse than a paper cut among
the Palestinians, a website called Elder of Ziyon notes that some Gazan
casualtie...
‘Test & Trace’ is a mirage
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Lockdown II thoughts: Day 1 Opposition politicians have been banging on
about the need for a ‘working’ Test & Trace system even more loudly than
the govern...