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Egypt reinforces security presence along Gaza border

Published by DPA Egypt has reinforced its security presence along the border with Gaza, witnesses and a security source told dpa on Monday. Security reinforcements and intensive security patrols were seen along the border, especially in the area of the Rafah crossing and the Kerem Shalom crossing, according to witnesses. Security forces have been redeployed

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Anti-Israel Demonstrators Protest at Rep. Mike Levin’s Oceanside Office

Seated in the office, they read a letter to their representative, read, poetry, chanted and recited names of children killed in Gaza. They also held up a clothesline of baby clothes with the names of dead Palestinian infants. After three hours they marched out of the office to join nearly 50 demonstrators outside.  [Miriam Raftery, East County Magazine]

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Jewish audience members ‘hounded out’ of theatre as comedian encouraged chants of ‘get the f*** out’

Published by GB News A central London theatre has been forced to apologise after reports of a comedian encouraged chants of “get the f*** out.” Comedian Paul Currie allegedly encouraged his audience to chant “get the f*** out” and “free Palestine” while performing at the Soho Theatre last weekend. It has been reported that the

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International, Israel, Nordot

UNRWA chief has no intention to resign over allegations, hopes EU will continue funding

Published by Euronews (English) “No, I have no intention to resign,” Lazzarini, who heads the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, told reporters in Brussels following a meeting of EU foreign ministers. Members of the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu have called on Lazzarini to step down after serious allegations against his staffers emerged. “We

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‘A little contradictory’: Borrell slams US for deploring Gaza deaths while sending weapons to Israel

Published by Euronews (English) Speaking in Brussels on Monday, hours after Israeli forces bombarded the southern Gazan town of Rafah, the EU’s foreign policy chief called on Washington to stop pleading with Israel to cease the killing of civilians and to start “doing something” instead. “How many times have you heard the most prominent leaders

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Katie Porter, Adam Schiff and Barbara Lee Swore Off Corporate PAC Money. What Does That Mean?

Rep. Katie Porter — who, of the three, has the shortest tenure in Congress — notes that her campaign has never received corporate PAC money, while Reps. Adam Schiff and Barbara Lee only began to reject corporate PAC money this election. The issue could come up again tonight, when the three Democrats and Republican Steve Garvey face off in the second televised U.S. Senate debate, hosted by KTLA, KRON and other Nexstar Media Group stations. [Yue Stella Yu, CalMatters]

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Jewish Trivia Quiz: Ed Sullivan

In ‍1930, ‍Sullivan, ‍a ‍Catholic, ‍married ‍Sylvia ‍Weinstein, ‍a ‍Jewish ‍woman, ‍against ‍the ‍wishes ‍of ‍both ‍families. ‍What ‍did ‍Sylvia ‍Weinstein ‍do ‍to ‍mollify ‍her ‍family ‍when ‍she ‍and ‍Ed ‍Sullivan ‍started ‍dating? [Mark D. Zimmerman]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Judy Blume

Blume’s fight against the book banners, led to her becoming active in the National Coalition Against Censorship. Her treatment of menstruation, masturbation, teen sex, and birth control in different books have prompted calls for their banning. In 2000, the Library of Congress named her a “Living Legend.” [SDJW staff]

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Jewish Biography: The Love and Death of Ferdinand Lassalle

Lassalle was a “wunderkind” of the socialist movement. At the age of 23, during the revolution of 1848, he was already a prominent figure in the radical Democratic Party in Prussia. As an employee of the radical New Rhine Gazette, whose editors were Marx and Engels, he claimed to be a follower of their ideas. Lassalle defied the authorities by “challenging them to a duel” with his vivid sociopolitical agitation. His fame was aided by the charge of high treason for this activity. He was arrested, the jury acquitted him, but the correctional police court sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment. In 1858 he became known as a philosopher by publishing a work on the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus. Three years later he became famous as a jurist through the publication of a major work, The System of Acquired Rights (1861). In 1863 Lassalle founded the workers’ union, from which today’s Social Democratic Party of Germany grew. [Alex Gordon, Ph.D]

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Two hostages rescued by Israel from Gaza’s Rafah amid airstrikes; Argentinian President welcomes operation

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 12 (ANI): Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday hailed the “impressive rescue operation” in which two hostages were rescued from Hamas captivity in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported. The overnight rescue, amid air strikes, marks the second such operation of its kind since October 7.

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How California’s U.S. Senate candidates would differ from Feinstein and each other

Published by The Mercury News California voters showed their approval of late Sen. Dianne Feinstein by repeatedly re-electing her over a more than 30-year career that ended with her September death. The leading candidates jostling for her job include three fellow Democrats — all further to her left on some key issues — and a

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Texas GOP leaders reverse course — and ban antisemites from the party

Published by AlterNet The Republican Party of Texas’ executive committee voted Saturday to censure House Speaker Dade Phelan and passed a resolution stating that the party will not associate with antisemites — a reversal from December, when a similar measure was narrowly and controversially defeated following outcry over a major donor group’s ties to white

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Israel’s allies urge Netanyahu to reconsider Rafah ground offensive

Published by DPA International Israel’s allies warned that an “unspeakable humanitarian catastrophe” would unfold if there was an invasion of Rafah, the southern city in Gaza, into which hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled Israeli bombardment. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said he was “deeply concerned” about the prospect of a military offensive, while

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