Israel News Review

Rotherham police did not do enough to protect girls from abuse by Asian men, says watchdog

Press Association — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 20:13:54 -0400

Iran's Quds Force aimed to launch terror groups in Africa, UN hears

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 20:06:37 -0400

A report by the UN's Panel on the Central African Republic details how the Quds Force allegedly met with the country's former president to offer him backing in return for amassing a terror group.
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Trump warns Khamenei to be ‘careful with his words’ following Tehran sermon

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 20:04:45 -0400

US president mocks Iranian supreme leader, writes in support of the 'noble people of Iran,' after Khamenei attacks US and Europe in speech

Iran's Khamenei stands by Guards after unrest over downed plane

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 20:03:53 -0400

US President Donald Trump hit back later on Twitter, writing that Khamenei should be careful what he says.
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NHS tells video game firms to stop luring children into gambling

Henry Bodkin — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 20:01:00 -0400

For First Time, Ukrainian Parliament Marks int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 19:53:42 -0400

"I am proud to stand here today and to affirm that I, Jonathan, carry on the name of my great-grandfather who was burned in this land just because he was a Jew!” Rabbi Markovich said in his address.
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Republican Muslim former refugee launches bid to take Ilhan Omar's seat

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 19:53:02 -0400

Dalia al-Aquidi is tired of Ilhan Omar playing identity politics. "Muslims, Christians, Jews are all Americans," she said.
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Hank Azaria Says He Will No Longer Voice Apu on 'The Simpsons'

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 19:47:06 -0400

"I won't be doing the voice anymore, unless there's someway to transition it or something," Azaria said in an interview with SlashFilm.
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Macron: France will deploy aircraft carrier to the Middle East

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 19:30:20 -0400

The nuclear-powered ship is meant to assist French operations in Syria and Iraq.
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Iranian protester speaks to Israeli station I24News, risks his life

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 19:23:23 -0400

He provided his opinion on the current political reality in Iran, Soleimani and Iran's nuclear weapons program. "What the Iranian people want with all their being, is that the regime will fall."
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Does Bennett victory over Netanyahu mean he’s no longer in his pocket?

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:40:39 -0400

Bennett did not blink. He kept refusing Netanyahu until the prime minister gave into him.
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Murder-suicide suspected in Petah Tikva: Bodies of man and woman found

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:38:25 -0400

A man and a woman were found dead in a Petach Tikva apartment on Friday evening, discovered by the woman’s son.
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Petah Tikva couple found shot dead in suspected murder-suicide

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:22:20 -0400

Police say man, 62, appears to have murdered his partner, 57, before killing himself; he reportedly worked as security guard, had a gun license

Brave Iranian journalists

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:03:15 -0400

Awed by the senior journalists who broadcasting state-promoted lies and even apologized for their part in spreading them

Jury of 7 men, 5 women selected for Weinstein rape trial

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:49:35 -0400

Lawyers for disgraced film mogul deny trying to keep young women off panel, say they wanted jurors who understood male-female interactions in 1990s: 'That was a different time'

I’m pro-choice, even when it comes to my food

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:46:47 -0400

When you know that the Torah is biologically inaccurate - an approximation only - then why keep kosher?

BBC defends story asking how to tell a cat that its owners have split up

Anita Singh — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:30:00 -0400

GCHQ to mentor 11 Manchester startups to improve cyber security in smart devices

Mike Wright — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:30:00 -0400

US Supreme Court takes up presidential Electoral College dispute

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:12:49 -0400

The Supreme Court will take up appeals in two cases involving electors who decided to vote in the Electoral College process for someone other than Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.
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Hezbollah warns of ‘chaos’ if Lebanon government delayed

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:09:18 -0400

Plan to appoint a new cabinet again stalls amid a crippling financial crisis and ongoing mass protests against the country's ruling elite; UK adds all of Hezbollah to terror list

Hezbollah warns of ‘chaos’ if Lebanon government further delayed

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:09:18 -0400

Plan to appoint a new cabinet again stalls amid a crippling financial crisis and ongoing mass protests against the ruling elite; UK adds all of Hezbollah to terror list

Jean-Paul Gaultier announces his final fashion show to celebrate 50 years in the industry

Telegraph Reporters — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:06:01 -0400

Canada provides money to families of those killed in plane shot down by Iran

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:50:22 -0400

Justin Trudeau says Tehran must ultimately compensate the loved ones of the 57 Canadian citizens, 29 permanent residents who were on board aircraft downed by Iranian missile

Blue and White expected to back request to disqualify Arab MK — report

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:32:57 -0400

Ahmad Tibi warns that support by Gantz's party for barring Heba Yazbak from running in elections over her alleged terror support will be 'viewed severely' by the Joint List

Blue and White said expected to back request to disqualify Arab MK

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:32:57 -0400

Ahmad Tibi warns that support by Gantz's party for barring Heba Yazbak from running in elections over her alleged terror support will be 'viewed severely' by the Joint List

After Soleimani: Israel's challenges through the eyes of experts

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:27:53 -0400

"The one common denominator expressed by all the experts was the importance of maintaining the strength of the US-Israel relationship."
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Iran’s role after Soleimani

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:27:16 -0400

Why is Nasrallah suddenly meddling in Iraqi politics.
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Leave Iran to the Americans

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:26:23 -0400

The removal of Iranian IRGC Maj.-Gen. Qasem Soleimani in an efficient, limited action by the US on January 3, was a praiseworthy move.
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Reflecting on Raoul Wallenberg’s fate 75 years after his disappearance

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:25:47 -0400

On January 17, 1945 – 75 years ago – Raoul Wallenberg was arrested by the Soviet military intelligence apparatus, never to be seen again.
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A crucial message to the Holocaust Forum is needed

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:25:20 -0400

Tens of heads of state will come to Jerusalem to participate in the Fifth Holocaust Forum.
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Tehran Children: A 13,000-mile journey to escape the Nazis

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:24:50 -0400

In her book, Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey, Mikhal Dekel retraces the journey of her father, Hannan, who escaped the Nazis, including by taking refuge in Iran.
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Brazil minister fired after speech parroting Nazi propagandist Goebbelsl

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:02:50 -0400

Culture secretary Roberto Alvim made comments while launching arts initiative focused on nationalism and religion; also gave interview with Wagner playing in background

Brazil minister fired after speech parroting Nazi propagandist Goebbels

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:02:50 -0400

Culture secretary Roberto Alvim made comments while launching arts initiative focused on nationalism and religion; also gave interview with Wagner playing in background

UK museums may have to follow 'decolonisation' checklist

Craig Simpson — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:00:00 -0400

‘Uncut Gems’ uses age-old Jewish stereotypes nonstop. Why is there no backlash?

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 15:46:35 -0400

In his latest film, Adam Sandler depicts a sleazy, greasy, greedy, dishonest diamond businessman. How have he and the Jewish directors avoided criticism?

Iran says it’s been banned from hosting international soccer

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 15:31:18 -0400

Iranian soccer federation doesn't specify why it was handed down ban from Asian Football Confederation, whether decision was linked to shootdown of passenger plane

University cancelled seminar by feminist speaker following threats of protest from transgender activists

Camilla Turner — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 15:09:39 -0400

Egypt extends the detention of Coptic activist by 15 days.

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:48:34 -0400

The activist was told that if he wishes to be released, he must stop writing about violations of freedom of religion or belief in Egypt.
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Police Scotland 'faces staffing crisis' as annual budget down £200m since devolved force was created

Izzy Lyons — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:48:08 -0400

Second largest Israeli food and beverage company bans animal testing

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:47:32 -0400

Following criticism regarding a recent study in which mice were starved, killed and dissected, Strauss Group announced that it is banning animal testing.
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Facebook bars Israeli firm that claims to ‘subconsciously influence’ people

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:44:15 -0400

Social media giant accuses The Spinner of using fake accounts on its platforms; company says it can affect behavior by exposing people to articles 'disguised as editorial content'

Burglars strike at footballer's home and make off with £500,000 worth of goods

Martin Evans — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:43:14 -0400

Brazil's culture minister sacked after speech echoing Nazi propagandist Goebbels

Joe Talora — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:36:03 -0400

Donald Trump adds celebrity lawyer and investigator of Bill Clinton's affair to trial defence team

Ben Riley-Smith — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:34:27 -0400

Hundreds protest in Jordan against gas deal with Israel

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:27:11 -0400

Demonstrators in Amman chant slogans against Jewish state, call for cancellation of multi-billion-dollar contract to buy gas from field off Israeli coast

Two hunt stewards allegedly assaulted by man who claimed he was 'convicted murderer'

Phoebe Southworth — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:53:36 -0400

Dutch art detective 'beats Iranian secret service' to recover stolen ancient Persian poems in London

Henry Samuel — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:51:51 -0400

UK adds entire Hezbollah movement to terror blacklist and freezes assets

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:41:40 -0400

Israel and US welcome move and call on other nations to blacklist the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group; step follows British government decision last March

UK adds entire Hezbollah movement to terror blacklist and freezes its assets

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:41:40 -0400

Israel and US welcome move and call on other nations to blacklist the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group; step follows British government decision last March

Chinese New Year 2020: Rats, luck and why you should avoid medicine, laundry and crying children

Telegraph Reporters — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:23:43 -0400

Vicar accused of bullying church choir in row described as 'disgrace to Christian community'

Phoebe Southworth — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:16:38 -0400

Muslims chant about killing Jews outside Jerusalem’s Temple Mount

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:07:40 -0400

Police disperse crowd at holy site following Friday morning prayers; Hamas had called for mobilization at Al-Aqsa Mosque against 'Zionist occupation'

European Commission mulls ban on facial recognition technology

James Crisp — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:52:27 -0400

Friday evening news briefing: Bill for Big Ben to bong 35 times more than cost of it ringing on New Year's Eve

Chris Price — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:34:00 -0400

Dershowitz to defend Trump at impeachment to protect ‘integrity of constitution’

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:33:26 -0400

Harvard law professor says he will present oral arguments during Senate trial; Whitewater investigator Ken Starr and ex-Florida AG Pam Bondi also part of the team

Netanyahu spoke with Putin: "We will do everything to get Naama back home"

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:25:17 -0400

A week before the Russian president is set to arrive, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video where he reveals he spoke with him: "I'm optimistic, I feel he truly wants to reach a solution"
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Chelsea soccer club unveils mural with Jewish soccer players killed at Auschwitz

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:24:02 -0400

Club, owned by Russian-Israeli Roman Abramovich, honors murdered German and Hungarian players and a British POW who survived death camp

Rain douses some Australian bush fires but flash floods now threaten wildlife

Giovanni Torre — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:19:19 -0400

Quentin Tarantino on Tel Aviv, missiles, and learning Hebrew.

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:14:52 -0400

The director is married to Israeli singer/model Daniella Pick, who is pregnant with their first child, and he said he doesn’t just feel at home in Tel Aviv — it really is his home now.
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Ukrainian parliament commemorates Holocaust for the first time

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:03:21 -0400

At memorial ceremony, lawmaker says genocide by Nazis 'was a disaster not only for the Jewish people but for the whole world and specifically the Ukrainian people'

Rare Edward VIII coin with monarch facing 'wrong' direction bcomes most valuable British coin ever sold

Helena Horton — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:56:23 -0400

Rare Edward VIII coin with monarch facing 'wrong' direction becomes most valuable British coin ever sold

Helena Horton — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:56:23 -0400

Israeli diplomat blasts German peace conference as antisemitic

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:54:17 -0400

Conference excluded German Jew who rejects BDS
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Shas lawmaker forgoes ministerial appointment after approval delayed

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:51:00 -0400

Yitzhak Cohen says he doesn't want to hurt chances of current minister getting another cabinet post, after top court questioned transition government's authority to name ministers

Drinkers in City pub being charged more after 10pm as they pass council late night levy' on to customers

Helena Horton — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:37:52 -0400

US, Israel cooperation leads the way in pediatric disaster preparedness

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:31:00 -0400

Physical and psychological factors make children particularly vulnerable but their specific needs are now being addressed, thanks to a close partnership between American and Israeli experts.
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Football for sale: Agents and manager sentenced over corruption scandal

Patrick Sawer — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:15:28 -0400

Netanyahu says Russia showing ‘real willingness’ to free jailed backpacker

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:58:49 -0400

PM reiterates his optimism amid Russian media reports Putin considering pardoning Naama Issachar, imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, ahead of his visit to Israel next week

Drugs fighting cancer, depression and HIV added to health basket

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:34:08 -0400

The Health Basket Committee announced the addition of 141 medical technologies worth NIS 500 million.
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‘Amazing’ photographer of 50s-60s Israel emerges with posthumous exhibit

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:25:36 -0400

Sarah Ayal took photos as part of her governmental work, but never had them displayed until her granddaughter got to work

‘Days of God’: A look at Iran’s mounting crises

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:25:28 -0400

Islamic Republic reeling from US killing Soleimani to shooting down a Ukrainian airliner, while dealing with sanctions, protests and an economic meltdown

Religious Zionists do not feel their faith needs any political help

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:23:32 -0400

‘Does it sound logical?” wondered Defense Minister Naftali Bennett. “Imagine an American congressman hanging in his living room the picture of a man who murdered tens of Jews in a synagogue.
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Know Comment: What’s Yitzhak Yosef’s strategy?

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:22:44 -0400

One must wonder what Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef was thinking when last week he launched into a tirade against non-Jewish Russian immigrants to Israel.
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Iran can take fight beyond its borders, Khamenei says in rare sermon

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:10:59 -0400

In his first Friday prayers sermon in eight years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also told thousands of Iranians who chanted "Death to America!" that European powers could not be trusted.
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China's Xi Jinping visits Burma in boost for Aung San Suu Kyi ahead of genocide ruling

Sophia Yan — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:01:48 -0400

Drugs fighting measles, depression and cancer added to health basket

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:55:01 -0400

The Health Basket Committee announced the addition of 141 medical technologies worth NIS 500 million.
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China's birthrate falls to lowest level under Communism despite push for more babies

Sophia Yan — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:53:35 -0400

Put rotting logs in your garden to help bugs whose habitats are being destroyed by patios and decking, nature organisations say

Helena Horton — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:51:39 -0400

LISTEN: Why Israelis may be arrested for the ‘war crime’ of settlement building

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:49:16 -0400

Episode #19: Anti-Semitism still plagues UK Labour Party * What does the ICC war crimes investigation mean for Israel? * African-American pastor reaches to Jews across racial lines

Why Democrats are leaving out Israel while debating the Mideast

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:41:41 -0400

On a frigid winter night in an auditorium on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, six Democratic presidential candidates talked for 30 minutes on Tuesday about the Middle East.
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Despite economic growth, most Egyptians still struggling

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:40:05 -0400

While Egypt boasts one of few countries in the MENA region whose economy improved, the relief is not being felt on the microeconomic level
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Ugly anti-Semitic remnant at center of German court battle

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:20:21 -0400

Jewish activist wants 700-year-old 'Jew pig' sculpture on Wittenberg's church removed; parish agrees it's an 'insulting' piece of history but contends it is part of its inheritance

Anti-Semitic ‘Jew pig’ sculpture at center of German court battle

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:20:21 -0400

Jewish activist wants 700-year-old relief on Wittenberg's church removed; parish agrees it's an 'insulting' piece of history but contends it is part of its inheritance

Gantz says PM ‘unfit’ for office over attempt to bring Kahanists into Knesset

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:11:17 -0400

Blue and White's Nissenkorn demands Knesset legal adviser's position on speaker's failure to convene plenum to push forward on Netanyahu immunity request

Running in circles: 6 things to know for January 17

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:03:28 -0400

Logic dictates that taking a right, a left and a u-turn will land you right back where you started, but don't expect Israeli politics to stop its treadmill of tears

German foreign office apologises over visa seduction joke on Twitter

James Crisp — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 08:51:16 -0400

UK expands Hezbollah asset freeze, targets entire organisation

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 08:41:17 -0400

Previously it was only Hezbollah's Military Wing which was subject to asset freezing under UK government rules.
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Laurence Fox says accusing him of 'white male privilege' is racism as he gets into Question Time row over Duchess of Sussex media coverage

Jamie Johnson — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 08:23:59 -0400

Reading Exodus in Senegal

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 08:12:12 -0400

The Israelites ultimately experienced redemption, but what about the millions of Africans who were sold into slavery and lost everything?

Explosive device attached to balloons from Gaza land near Ashdod

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 08:05:26 -0400

The episode marks the last of a series of incidents occurring in the past few days.
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In latest broadside, Moscow says Polish resistance army killed Jews in WWII

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 08:04:17 -0400

Russia's defense ministry accuses Armia Krayova of 'destroying Jews' in Warsaw amid feud with Poland over war's history

What’s in a story?

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 08:01:47 -0400

A constant awareness of the Israelites’ experience in Egypt helps block the real possibility that we free people could become oppressors (Shemot)

Prince Charles comes to Israel amid royal storm

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 07:52:16 -0400

Prince Charles is scheduled to attend the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem on January 23, 2020 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
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World leaders converge on Jerusalem to send a message against antisemitism

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 07:48:59 -0400

Next week’s arrival of leaders from 46 countries aims to send a powerful message against antisemitism. But will it be clouded by current events and long-standing feuds?
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Iran’s Khamenei: IRGC Quds are humanitarian organization with human values

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 07:38:44 -0400

Iran's leader delivers Friday prayer sermon for the first time since 2012.
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Pain still acute as Hungary's Jews mark liberation of Budapest ghetto

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 07:37:46 -0400

Budapest today boasts a large and vibrant Jewish community, but antisemitism remains a persistent problem. Nearly 20% of people dislike Jews, according to a 2018 CNN poll.
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Netflix docuseries revives debate over Argentine prosecutor’s death

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 07:21:12 -0400

'The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy' examines still unsolved death of Alberto Nisman after he accused then-president Kirchner of cover-up in 1994 bombing of Jewish center

DC’s 'Harley Quinn' fights off allegations of antisemitism

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 07:12:14 -0400

The petition also accused three of DC’s comic creators of antisemitism after they reportedly referred to the character Sy Borgman as being “Half man, Half Jew."
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Police sappers called as balloon-borne bomb found in Ashdod

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 07:02:47 -0400

Police call on public to alert authorities to suspicious-looking objects and refrain from approaching them; Thursday saw bomb detonate shortly after landing in open field

Iran's supreme leader says Europe 'cannot be trusted' in rare Friday prayers address

Telegraph Reporters — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:55:22 -0400

Hospital demanded fingerprints from doctors in the hunt for a whistleblower, as inquest hears that ‘things did go wrong’

Mason Boycott-Owen — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:45:59 -0400

Ukraine PM offers to resign after tape suggests he criticised president

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:27:37 -0400

Honcharuk said on Friday the recording had been doctored and was made up of different fragments of what had been said at government meetings.
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Drugs fighting measles, depression and cancer added to 2020 health basket

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:22:34 -0400

The Health Basket Committee announced the addition of 141 medical technologies worth NIS 500 million.
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Ze’ev Elkin has found the enemy and it’s not pollution

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:11:14 -0400

The environment minister was asked to lay out his plan to protect Israel’s natural resources. He chose to slam activists instead

Moshe’s life: The trailer

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:04:31 -0400

The biblical leader walks away, apparently refusing to take the Israelites out of Egypt. Until it becomes clear that all he has done foreshadows exactly that

Promise-breaking politicians may actually be good news for ending deadlock

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 05:59:33 -0400

Party leaders' refusal to renege on vows over past year has helped keep country in deadlock, but recent walk-backs and compromises suggest potential breakthroughs on the horizon

Promise-breaking politicians may actually be good news for ending stalemate

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 05:59:33 -0400

Party leaders' refusal to renege on vows over past year has helped keep Israel in deadlock, but recent walk-backs and compromises suggest potential breakthroughs on the horizon

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 05:51:54 -0400

See Shabbat times for your area.
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Olim struggle to find work as immigrant employment fair kicks off

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 05:49:24 -0400

Over 1,000 olim attended an employment fair organized by the Immigration and Absorption Ministry.
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Amid internal unrest, Khamenei says Trump is a ‘clown’ who will betray Iranians

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 05:21:28 -0400

Nation's top leader says outpouring of grief for slain general shows Iranians support Islamic Republic; claims missile attack in Iraq was a 'blow to America's image'

Khamenei calls Trump a clown who’ll betray Iranians, hails missile hits in Iraq

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 05:21:28 -0400

Supreme leader says outpouring of grief for slain general Soleimani shows Iranians support the regime; claims missile barrage on US forces was 'blow to America's image'

Iran calls on world not to make downing of passenger plane ‘political’

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 05:15:36 -0400

Tehran expresses 'surprise' at criticism of probe by countries whose citizens were killed, insists it is engaging in 'far-reaching cooperation'

Iran urges world not to turn downing of passenger plane into a ‘political’ issue

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 05:15:36 -0400

Tehran 'surprised' by criticism of probe by countries whose citizens were among 176 killed when missiles hit Ukraine airliner, insists it is engaging in 'far-reaching cooperation'

On rulers and royal flushes of embarrassment

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 05:04:44 -0400

My Word: This being 2020, when even discussion of the weather is political, the decision by Harry and Meghan (we’re all on first-name terms now) quickly became split along Left-Right lines.
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They support BDS and promote draft resistance: Is this human rights?

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 05:00:29 -0400

Meet Prof. Rachel Giora and Dr. Anat Matar from Tel Aviv University.
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Italian police arrest suspected synagogue vandal caught on video

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 04:56:04 -0400

Man in Trieste accused of breaking two windows 'for the purposes of ethnic-religious hatred'

LA-area man ordered to remove swastika, threatening material from balcony

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 04:56:02 -0400

'This type of material and language has no place in our community,' Calabasas mayor says

The Briefing: Sign up for two-minute audio news updates on WhatsApp, Apple, Spotify and Alexa twice a day

Telegraph Reporters — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 04:52:31 -0400

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett: Doing the right thing

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 04:38:37 -0400

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett did that late Wednesday evening by steadfastly refusing to incorporate the far-right, Kahanist Otzma Yehudit Party onto his Yamina list.
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Iranian foreign ministry: Don't turn plane crash into a political issue

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 04:35:57 -0400

Abbas Mousavi said Tehran had cooperated "beyond expectations" with countries whose citizens were killed in the crash.
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How Naftali Bennett played his cards right

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 04:31:58 -0400

IF YOU needed an example of how the political wheel works, all you had to do was watch the dramatic last-minute developments at the Knesset on Wednesday night.
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Disturbances on Temple Mount during Friday prayers at al-Aqsa

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 04:31:00 -0400

On Thursday, Hamas called for Palestinians to protest against Israeli “violations” at religious sites in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
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IDF razes Palestinian home, school as Israel tightens hold on Area C

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:32:53 -0400

A small clash broke out at the scene between the IDF and Palestinians.
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JRR Tolkien's son Christopher hailed as a 'titan' following his death aged 95

Telegraph Reporters — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:32:51 -0400

Friday morning news briefing: Big Ben Brexit bongs farce

Danny Boyle — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:31:56 -0400

Man who hugged Nazi camp guard in court withdraws as plaintiff amid controversy

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:30:46 -0400

Moshe Peter Loth presented himself as a child Holocaust survivor, but may have invented his story

Vandal paints swastika on stairs of Nebraska synagogue, then takes photo

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:30:44 -0400

Lincoln Police Department investigating incident as a hate crime

Australia raises matter of imprisoned academic with Iran

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:30:03 -0400

Kylie Moore-Gilbert was convicted of spying and sentenced to 10 years in prison; she says it is an attempt to extort Canberra and says her conditions are intolerable

Iran's Khamenei to deliver Friday morning sermon for first time since 2012

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:29:30 -0400

Iran's leader will deliver a sermon when he is expected to throw his support behind the Revolutionary Guards after their belated admission that they downed an airliner in error.
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Woman who alleged rape by Israelis appeals conviction to Cyprus supreme court

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:03:28 -0400

19-year-old found guilty of lying about assault was released home last week; her lawyers are now seeking to overturn the ruling, saying she was not given a fair trial

UK woman convicted of falsely accusing Israelis of rape appeals sentence

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:51:39 -0400

The British teenager was convicted for lying about being gang-raped by a group of young Israeli men but she states that the police forced her to retract her accusations.
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UNRWA head says 'difficult' year ahead, amid funding cuts and Israeli pressure

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:40:00 -0400

The U.N. agency faced budgetary difficulties since 2018, when the United States halted its annual aid of $360 million; former commissioner-general resigned amid probe into misconduct allegations

Acting UNRWA head says U.S., Israel working against it

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:40:00 -0400

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees faced budgetary difficulties since 2018, when Trump halted annual American aid of $360 million while its former commissioner-general resigned amid probe into misconduct allegations

Iran’s top leader to lead Friday prayers at time of crisis, in first since 2012

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:35:46 -0400

Tehran's admission of responsibility in downing passenger jet amid high military tensions with US triggered days of street protests

Khamenei to lead Iran’s Friday prayers at time of crisis, in first since 2012

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:35:46 -0400

Tehran's admission of responsibility in downing passenger jet amid high military tensions with US triggered days of street protests

Police break up ‘disorderly conduct’ at Temple Mount after hundreds march, chant

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:25:51 -0400

Authorities say some worshipers fomented unrest at holy site following Friday morning prayers

Despite 'Year of Tolerance,' human rights violations abound in Middle East

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:05:11 -0400

The latest World Report from Human Rights Watch makes for gloomy reading.
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3 neo-Nazis who planned to bring guns to rally arrested by FBI

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 01:11:04 -0400

The rally is scheduled for the Martin Luther King Day holiday on Monday to protest gun control measures proposed by the state legislature and its new Democratic majority.
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Iranian celebrities become public voice of protests

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 01:00:29 -0400

Actors, athletes and TV presenters articulate widespread frustration with regime

Iran’s celebrities defy regime amid anger over plane lies

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 01:00:29 -0400

Actors, athletes and TV presenters express widespread frustration with leadership

US military admits troops were injured in Iranian strike

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:40:46 -0400

Disclosure comes a week after Trump declared ‘no Americans were harmed’ from blasts

Cancer researchers develop method to streamline treatment for diseases

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:35:16 -0400

‘By using our method, the time frame for generating the drug can now be much shorter.’
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Pentagon acknowledges 11 US soldiers were hurt in Iran missile strike

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:08:30 -0400

Military says 11 soldiers airlifted to Germany and Kuwait to be treated for concussion from blasts, despite US earlier saying no troops were injured in Jan 8 attack

Pentagon acknowledges 11 US troops were hurt in Iran missile strike

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:08:30 -0400

Military says soldiers airlifted to Germany and Kuwait to be treated for concussion from blasts, despite US earlier saying no troops were injured in Jan 8 attack

Pentagon now says 11 US troops were hurt in Iran missile strike

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:08:30 -0400

Military says soldiers airlifted to Germany and Kuwait to be treated for concussion from blasts, despite US earlier saying no troops were injured in Jan 8 attack

Jerusalem exhibition unveils rich history of Yemenite Jewry

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:01:19 -0400

Bible Lands Museum show details mysterious kingdom that abandoned polytheism and adopted Jewish rituals nearly 2,000 years ago
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Turkey considering ‘mission accomplished’ in Syria - experts

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:57:14 -0400

Turkish and Syrian intelligence chiefs reportedly discussed a ceasefire in rebel-held Idlib and the status of eastern-based Kurdish forces.
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Damaged but not drowned Venice Jewish ghetto counts blessings after record flood

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:53:41 -0400

November's deluge causes an estimated billion dollars in damage citywide, but the historic enclave central to a close-knit community gets off relatively easy

Damaged but not drowned, Venice Jewish ghetto counts blessings after flood

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:53:41 -0400

November's record deluge caused an estimated billion dollars in damage citywide, but the historic enclave central to a close-knit community got off relatively easy

Damaged but not drowned, Venice Jewish ghetto counts its blessings after flood

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:53:41 -0400

November's record deluge caused an estimated billion dollars in damage citywide, but the historic enclave central to a close-knit community got off relatively easy

Rabbi officiates bar mitzvah aboard United Airlines flight – watch

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:39:56 -0400

“He remarked that he knows the Shema, and says it sometimes, but he said he is 44 years old and had never put tefillin on in his life,” Rabbi Kalman Weinfeld explained.
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Seven people killed in Panama religious ritual in which victims were tortured, burned and hacked to death

Our Foreign Staff — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:23:01 -0400

NJ pizzeria fired manager for antisemitic text over Rosh Hashanah

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:05:02 -0400

The family that owns Maurizio’s Pizzeria & Italian Ristorante in Eatontown, New Jersey, also has apologized to the teen who worked as a pizza delivery driver.
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US Synagogues should not arm ordinary congregants, Jewish security agency says

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:57:31 -0400

Secure Community Network says that trained police officers would better be able to deal with high stress situations like Poway shooting

Antisemitic vandal paints, photographs swastika in Nebraska synagogue

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:55:50 -0400

The graffiti discovered on Wednesday morning on the South Street Temple was drawn in orange spray-paint
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LA county condo owner ordered to remove antisemitic, hateful material

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:50:16 -0400

The signs on the second floor condo also threaten Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney
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Italian police arrest suspect in videoed antisemitic vandalism - watch

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:42:36 -0400

The suspect was accused of breaking two windows “for the purposes of ethnic-religious hatred,” police said.
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US Vice President Mike Pence to attend Holocaust forum in Israel

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:18:34 -0400

This year’s conference coincides with the 75th anniversary of the Allies’ liberation of Auschwitz
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Trump says he doesn’t know Parnas after being implicated in Ukraine scandal

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:17:07 -0400

Giuliani associate says president was fully aware of efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, he 'knew exactly what was going on'

Trump says he doesn’t know Parnas, after being implicated in Ukraine scandal

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:17:07 -0400

Giuliani associate says president was fully aware of efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, 'knew exactly what was going on'

Hong Kong Express Airways says sorry after forcing passenger to take pregnancy test

Telegraph Reporters — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:15:03 -0400

The narrative of intersectionality fails Jews

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:13:33 -0400

Identifying Jews as white in the context of American history is not only a perversion of the Jewish past but a denial of its peoplehood.
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In 'Incitement,' director Zilberman tries to get in Yigal Amir's head

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:55:40 -0400

In Zilberman’s retelling, Amir’s road to perdition is paved with real or perceived personal slights and the misguidance of certain rabbis — and even of his own mother.
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This Jewish blogger will soon have traveled to every country

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:44:53 -0400

The last five countries he has yet to visit are Ghana, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador, Jamaica and Palau.
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170 people ill in possible norovirus outbreak in Yosemite National Park

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:36:50 -0400

Most of those who became ill spent time in Yosemite Valley during or around the first week in January, park spokesman Scott Gediman said in a written statement
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Rouhani says Iran wants dialogue, working daily to ‘prevent war’

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:31:18 -0400

Iranian president's comments come amid increasing pressure from Canada for answers to shooting down of passenger jet, fresh protests against government

Philip Green: US court delays sex assault hearing

Telegraph Reporters — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:07:16 -0400

Cyprus rape case: Teenager launches appeal against conviction for lying

Telegraph Reporters — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:53:06 -0400

Israel Air Force inaugurates its second F-35 squadron

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:52:44 -0400

'Lions of the South' will operate out of Nevatim base in Negev desert; IAF chief hails move as 'part of our qualitative advantage over our enemies'

Operation Midland: Metropolitan Police refers itself to watchdog over Carl Beech blunders

Martin Evans — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:41:35 -0400

British Airways emits most carbon emissions compared with rival carriers, study reveals

Phoebe Southworth — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:26:33 -0400

Brooklyn high school students have questions on Jews answered in Holocaust class

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:18:28 -0400

Many of the mostly African-American youth lived in close proximity to Jewish neighbors for years but rarely interacted with the insular group; now they discover their similarities

Trump impeachment trial opens; White House faulted on Ukraine aid freeze

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:17:05 -0400

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump called the whole impeachment process a "big hoax."
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Pharmacists should tell plump shoppers to lose weight, NHS guidance says

Laura Donnelly — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:01:00 -0400

Backlash against Sarah's Law NDAs: Woman who discovered paedophile neighbour taken to court after being accused of telling neighbours

Gabriella Swerling — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:01:00 -0400

ISIS 'mufti' weighing 300 lbs captured by Iraqi SWAT

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:42:27 -0400

Shifa al-Nima was accused of ordering destruction of heritage sites in Mosul, he was so fat during capture he had to be put in back of truck
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Glowing stones form new Dutch memorial to Holocaust victims

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:31:50 -0400

'Light of Life,' takes inspiration Jewish custom of placing stones on or near a grave to honor dead; 104,000 light-emitting pebbles commemorate each Dutch victim

FBI arrests 3 neo-Nazis ahead of Virginia pro-gun rally

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:54:47 -0400

The 3 members of violent white supremacist group, The Base, planning to attend meeting after Virginian governor declared state of emergency and banned weapons from rally

Busy week for Israel's basketball and soccer leagues

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:29:18 -0400

Hapoel Jerusalem, Mac TA victorious in continental play • Haifa ousts Uhm El Fahem in State Cup
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Accused Monsey stabber pleads not guilty to attempted murder, hate crimes

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:24:44 -0400

Grafton Thomas denies denies all charges as lawyer says he suffers from mental illness and is not responsible for Hannukah attack that wounded 5, including 1 critically

IDF strikes Hamas in Gaza in response to explosive balloons from Strip

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:02:31 -0400

Israeli helicopter hits terror infrastructure in northern part of Palestinian territory, army says, following at least 2 airborne bombs landing in southern Israel

Bureaucracy and brutality: New evidence exposes Islamic State hierarchy

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:56:35 -0400

Trove of documents compiled by a US-based Syrian rights group could be used in international prosecutions of jihadists

In film ‘Crescendo,’ an Israeli-Palestinian orchestra struggles to get in tune

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:36:25 -0400

True to its name, the German film directed by filmmaker Dror Zahavi reaches a fever pitch as musicians from both sides of a conflict learn to play in sync. Premiering January 16

UNRWA head: 2020 to be a 'difficult' year with fund cuts, Israeli pressure

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:23:49 -0400

Christian Saunders also said Israel was seeking to replace UNRWA services for Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem with those of its own.
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Bringing the True North to Canadian lone soldiers in the IDF

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:17:38 -0400

Aim of the event is to show the appreciation and care felt by the embassy for the lone soldiers who’ve left their home to serve in the IDF.
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Polls show right-wing lagging, stalemate persisting after party mergers

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:12:48 -0400

Network surveys see Blue and White edging out Likud, but neither camp able to muster 61 seats without Avigdor Liberman, even if Otzma Yehudit somehow makes it into the Knesset

Polls show right and left blocs even, stalemate persisting after party mergers

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:12:48 -0400

Network surveys see Blue and White edging ahead of Likud, but neither camp able to muster 61 seats without Avigdor Liberman, even if Otzma Yehudit somehow makes it into the Knesset

Poll shows Otzma Yehudit clearing threshold, as right-left stalemate persists

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:12:48 -0400

Network surveys see Blue and White edging ahead of Likud, but neither camp able to muster 61 seats without Avigdor Liberman, even if extremist party somehow makes it into Knesset

1of 3 polls shows Otzma Yehudit clearing threshold; right-left still deadlocked

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:12:48 -0400

Network surveys see Blue and White edging ahead of Likud, but neither camp able to muster 61 seats without Avigdor Liberman, even if extremist party somehow makes it into Knesset

Calves survive Australian bushfires just to be shipped to Israel for slaughter

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:05:05 -0400

New video footage of cows who made it through the flames and were sent to Eilat draws fresh criticism of intense suffering endured during live shipping

Iran says enriching more uranium than before 2015 nuclear accord as countries demand compensation over downed airliner

Josie Ensor — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:00:18 -0400

Tech companies launch legal action to force Government to bring in under 18s porn ban

Mike Wright — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:00:00 -0400

Iran’s strategic mistake: Too many enemies

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:56:11 -0400

When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hitler was delighted. Japan, as an ally, he reasoned, was going to attack the Soviet Union from the East.
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My word: On rulers and royal flushes of embarrassment

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:51:11 -0400

This being 2020, when even discussion of the weather is political, the decision by Harry and Meghan (we’re all on first-name terms now) quickly became split along Left-Right lines.
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Libyan rebel Gen Haftar has agreed to abide by ceasefire and will join conference in Berlin, Germany says

Agence France-Presse — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:50:32 -0400

Right from wrong - Neda Soltan’s message from the grave

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:49:31 -0400

Neda was among the millions of Iranians of all walks of life who had taken to the streets of Iran to protest the regime representative’s false claims of victory.
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Poll: Gantz beats Netanyahu again, but still lacks majority to form gov't

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:48:21 -0400

Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu Party remains the kingmaker; Otzma Yehudit passes the electoral threshhold to enter the Knesset.
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Leave Iran to the American

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:45:51 -0400

The removal of Iranian IRGC Maj.-Gen. Qasem Soleimani in an efficient, limited action by the US on January 3, was a praiseworthy move.
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England and Scotland at odds over whether to ban children from heading footballs following dementia study

Henry Bodkin — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:44:59 -0400

Religious-Zionist parties; Outward unity, inner turmoil

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:38:49 -0400

Making order of the political chaos in the religious-Zionist sector.
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Editor's Notes - Keep your hands on the political wheel

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:36:24 -0400

IF YOU needed an example of how the political wheel works, all you had to do was watch the dramatic last-minute developments at the Knesset on Wednesday night.
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Italy’s Salvini, accused of insensitivity to antisemitism, combats it

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:35:33 -0400

The Italian opposition leader lamented: “We have an EU that denies its Judeo-Christian roots and labels Israeli products, a UN that in 2018 condemned Israel with 18 resolutions."
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Federal watchdog: White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:35:32 -0400

Government Accountability Office says 'the President is not vested with the power to ignore or amend' funding approved by Congress

Santander heir gets £44m fine for trying to smuggle Picasso painting out of Spain on his yacht

James Badcock — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:35:16 -0400

The week when Megxit overtook Brexit

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:22:59 -0400

The topic of discussion however was not the upcoming trade negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union, but the saga that has engulfed the British news cycle.
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Poll: Still no majority to form a gov't, Otzma gets into Knesset

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:22:11 -0400

If true, the results means that no bloc will be able to form a government, and Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu Party remains the kingmaker.
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Exhibition upgraded at Wannsee Conference villa where Holocaust was planned

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:20:33 -0400

New permanent exhibit at Berlin site, where Nazis plotted genocide of the Jews while sipping cognac, aims to attract wider audience, director says

Texas governor Abbott endorses deeper collaboration with Israeli start-ups

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:19:41 -0400

“There is a connection between businesses in Israel and Texas that make both Israel and Texas far better,” governor Greg Abbott said.
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Italy's former royals in feud over reform to ancient succession law

Nick Squires — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:10:46 -0400

Nazi official who risked life to save hundreds of Jews posthumously recognized

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:05:34 -0400

40 years after his death, Helmut Kleinicke, who kept mum about sheltering and helping Jewish laborers avoid deportation to death camps, designated as Righteous Among the Nations

Israel says citizens being arrested across Europe while trying to smuggle khat

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:02:51 -0400

Young people trafficking in the drug, which is legal in Israel, arrested in Vienna, Copenhagen, London, were likely paid by criminal groups in Israel

Final hurdle preventing Netanyahu immunity removal likely next week

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:02:21 -0400

Netanyahu announced on Thursday that he was formally joining the Likud's petition to the High Court against Knesset legal adviser Eyal Yinon's ruling allowing the House Committee to be formed.
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Mikhail Mishustin confirmed as Russian prime minister amid questions over property portfolio

Nataliya Vasilyeva — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:57:03 -0400

Prostate cancer checks could prevent one in six deaths from the disease

Laura Donnelly — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:40:04 -0400

World leaders converge on Jerusalem

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:36:39 -0400

Next week’s arrival of leaders from 46 countries aims to send a powerful message against antisemitism. But will it be clouded by current events and long-standing feuds?
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Man dies in Beersheba of flu complications as death toll climbs

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:34:06 -0400

32 deaths reportedly linked to aggressive strain of virus since start of season, almost double total for all of 2018-2019 season

UK's Robert Jenrick to 'Post': Gov't to take strong action against BDS

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:30:51 -0400

Next week, Jenrick will travel to Jerusalem together with Prince Charles to attend the Holocaust ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
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Putin said mulling pardon for Israeli jailed in Russia

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:12:00 -0400

Report in local media says Kremlin still smarting at Israel's extradition of hacker to U.S.; president set to join dozens of world leaders in Jerusalem next week for Holocaust memorial; claim comes hours after PM raised issue of Naama Issachar during phone call with Putin

Iranian militia declares Iraq not for ‘filthy homosexuals, collaborators'

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:10:41 -0400

"If God wills it, we will shut down [anti-government protesters’] squares of prostitution, humiliation... spies, scandal and abasement; eliminate them and drive them out of Iraq," the official said.
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Startup Grind Israel - Building the global bridge for entrepreneurs

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:06:58 -0400

The organization is based on three core values – Give First don't Take, Make Friends not Contacts and Help Others before Yourself.
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Putin could pardon backpacker ahead of Israel visit — Russian media

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:06:58 -0400

Israeli officials tell TV station there has been 'progress' in talks to secure freedom of Naama Issachar, 27, jailed in Russia on drug charges

Putin could pardon jailed backpacker ahead of Israel visit — Russian media

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:06:58 -0400

Israeli officials tell TV station there has been 'progress' in talks to secure freedom of Naama Issachar, 27, imprisoned in Russia on drug charges

Case of the Cat groomer: Chelsea Flower show winner taken to court by neighbours after she ‘adopted’ their cat

Jamie Johnson — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:00:00 -0400

Teenager launches online course to help break smartphone addiction

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:58:35 -0400

With half of all children receiving their first phone between the ages of 10 and 12, smartphone addiction is becoming a problem worldwide.
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Primary school teachers investigated over cheating in Sats on the rise

Camilla Turner — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:53:03 -0400

Almost four in five students now get a First or 2.1 amid warnings over grade inflation

Camilla Turner — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:51:14 -0400

Hamas says it won’t accept Israel dragging feet on lifting Gaza blockade

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:49:20 -0400

Senior official Khalil al-Hayya also defends participation of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the funeral of slain Iranian general Qassem Soleimani

There are 192,000 Holocaust survivors living in Israel

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:48:45 -0400

Last year 14,800 Holocaust survivors died, making it more important than ever to honor those we have with us.
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Charges read out on floor as Trump impeachment trial opens in Senate

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:48:44 -0400

'Today we will make history,' says Nancy Pelosi as she presents documents, 'This president will be held accountable'

Detention extended for Jewish terror suspect

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:39:23 -0400

The Petah Tikvah Magistrate's Court on Monday had already ordered three other suspects released, while extending the prime suspect's detention until Thursday.
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US threatens tariffs on Europeans unless Iran nuke deal scrapped

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:35:39 -0400

Tehran says European governments sacrificing agreement to avoid trade reprisals from 'bully' Trump, after Washington says it will levy fees on car imports

Netanyahu calls on Otzma to drop out, Otzma refuses

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:33:20 -0400

Bayit Yehudi in chaos, with efforts afoot to oust leader Rabbi Rafi Peretz.
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Poll: No majority to form a govt, Otzma in Knesset

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:28:11 -0400

If true, this means no bloc will be able to form a government.
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Putin weighing up Naama Issachar release before Israel visit - report

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:26:20 -0400

The conversation "strengthened the prime minister's optimism that the matter of Naama Issachar's release is progressing towards a solution."
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Football fan who attacked Owen Jones denies homophobia and claims the left-wing campaigner 'spilled his pint'

Martin Evans — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:14:27 -0400

Court shuts doors on Amnesty bid to revoke NSO license

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:02:13 -0400

The case has huge implications for national security and human rights.
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Ottawa demands answers on Iran plane crash as compensation sought

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:50:24 -0400

Foreign ministers of Canada, the UK, Afghanistan, Sweden and Ukraine demand that Tehran take 'full responsibility' for shooting down passenger plane, killing 176

Terrorist minor involved in murder of Tuvia Weissman gets life in jail

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:45:46 -0400

The tougher sentence came after an appeal by the IDF Prosecution from a Judea Military Court decision to the Military Appeals Court.
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Ukraine opens probe into possible surveillance of US ambassador

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:42:20 -0400

US State Department won't comment on Kyiv's investigation into alleged illegal activity targeting Marie Yovanovitch

Accelerating interest: 'Everyone is converging in the healthtech space'

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:41:23 -0400

"We see a lot of convergence. We are looking at companies together with pharma companies, and examining companies together with some of the tech companies."
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Detention extended for suspect in Shin Bet case against right-wing activists

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:38:28 -0400

The Petah Tikvah Magistrate's Court on Monday had already ordered three other suspects released, while extending the prime suspect's detention until Thursday.
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Minister derided for nixing bus trips coinciding with Shabbat’s start, end

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:37:21 -0400

Party leaders call Bezalel Smotrich a 'fanatic,' 'bully,' allege he canceled lines to take revenge for Tel Aviv running buses on Jewish day of rest

New Jersey pizzeria fires manager who allegedly sent anti-Semitic texts

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:35:20 -0400

Teenage employee says he received anti-Jewish hate messages, including Hitler reference, when he asked superior for permission to take off for Rosh Hashanah

Florida Democrat: Calling Israel an apartheid state isn't antisemitism

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:26:26 -0400

William Byatt, a supporter of Senator Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, refused to back down from the comments, expressing surprise over criticism.
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Parashat Shemot: An antisemite, an apathetic man and a righteous gentile

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:25:09 -0400

Only when we are confident in the possibility of reality being better can we wholeheartedly devote ourselves to repairing humanity.
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Guns at synagogue: New white paper explains how to arm and not arm

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:23:07 -0400

In the paper, SCN recommends that if armed guards are going to be employed, highly trained on- or off-duty law enforcement officers are the best option.
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Former Iranian Crown Prince: We are beginning to see end of the regime

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:18:36 -0400

He said that there is no point to try and negotiate with the Islamic Republic.
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Jewish Prayer: On finding the ‘wow’

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:17:39 -0400

Those of us who pray regularly can’t help but ask whether prayer works, as if “works” is defined by whether the entire universe bent to your wishes and desires, based on your simple request.
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Hamas calls for mass attendance at Al-Aqsa, Cave of the Patriarchs prayers

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:16:16 -0400

The Fajr prayers, the first ones of the day before sunrise, are being held to protest 'Israeli judaization schemes' at religious sites in the West Bank, including the Temple Mount.
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Balloons from Gaza carrying suspected explosives land in south as tensions rise

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:08:58 -0400

No injuries or damage reported as airborne arson attacks from coastal enclave appear to resume after monthslong reprieve