
Omar Abdel-Baqui
Middle East Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal
Middle East correspondent @WSJ // Email: [email protected] / Signal: omarabdelb.10
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Anat Peled |Omar Abdel-Baqui
TEL AVIV—A Palestinian co-director of an Oscar-winning film was attacked by Israeli settlers in the West Bank on Monday and then blindfolded and taken into custody by Israeli forces, according to his lawyer, footage from the scene and witnesses. Settlers descended on the West Bank village of Susiya, the hometown of Hamdan Ballal, a co-director of “No Other Land,” according to witnesses. Ballal was injured in the attack, according to his lawyer.
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1 month ago |
tovima.com | Omar Abdel-Baqui
Émigrés hope the battered country—sometimes a haven, sometimes a persecutor—can again be home under the new governmentDAMASCUS, Syria—Dust filled the air as Rabbi Yosef Hamra opened a long-sealed closet containing holy scrolls untouched since he last held Jewish services in the centuries-old synagogue three decades ago. His family had left Syria along with many other Jews in the 1990s.
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2 months ago |
msn.com | Omar Abdel-Baqui |Adam Chamseddine |Saleh Al-Batati
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2 months ago |
wsj.com | Omar Abdel-Baqui
BEIRUT—Tens of thousands of people gathered for a massive funeral for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut on Sunday, as the Lebanese militia tries to showcase its power after an Israeli offensive that killed much of its senior leadership and severely weakened the group. Beirut was overwhelmed by visitors, many of whom flew in from other countries. Hezbollah’s yellow and green flags flew from cars and buildings. Billboards bearing Nasrallah’s face paid tribute to the slain leader.
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2 months ago |
msn.com | Omar Abdel-Baqui
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Israeli police have raided the best-known Palestinian-owned bookshop in Jerusalem and detained its two owners https://t.co/IEUQv3vJfO via @guardian