Middle East

Linda Sarsour highlights her anti-Zionism at anti-Semitism event

A private research university in New York City held a panel discussion on anti-Semitism Tuesday, featuring five far-left activists, including anti-Zionist, Sharia advocate Linda Sarsour. The event, titled “Antisemitism and the Struggle for Justice”, was hosted by the New School on its Manhattan campus. While the panel was ostensibly charged with discussing the rise of

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Middle East, USA

‘Palestinians’ pursuit of terror is reason to move embassy’

The American Jewish Congress issued a statement encouraging the US administration to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as soon as possible. On Tuesday, US Vice President Mike Pence said US President Donald Trump and his administration will “always stand with Israel,” and that Trump was considering when to follow

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Middle East, USA

Netanyahu lifts off for whirlwind Kenya visit to meet 11 African leaders

By TOI staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plane lifted off for Kenya Tuesday morning for an official visit that will include meetings with 11 African leaders. The purpose of the one-day trip to Nairobi, Netanyahu said before boarding the plane, “is to deepen [Israel’s] ties with Africa, including by establishing connections with nations with which

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International, Middle East

The American Jew who went from UAE student to IDF soldier

By Judah Ari Gross With disarming honesty, passable Arabic and an eyebrow ring, self-described “proud pro-Israel American Jew” Michael Bassin set off for the United Arab Emirates as a junior for a study abroad program at the American university in the midst of the 2006 Second Lebanon War. His parents weren’t thrilled. So begins Bassin’s

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Middle East

U.S. won’t serve as honest broker for Palestinian Authority leaders compromised by terror

The Palestinian Authority (PA), it appears, has decided to cut off communication with the American government as a result of a series of American actions the Palestinians believe disqualify Washington from acting as an honest broker in what passes for a “peace process” with Israel. This includes the Taylor Force Act, but most specifically it

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Middle East, USA

Iran wrestler throws bout to avoid fighting Israeli

Iran’s government has paid tribute to one of the country’s wrestlers who threw an international bout when he was ahead because winning would have meant fighting an opponent from Israel. The Islamic republic does not recognise the Jewish state, placing it in the same “Great Satan” category as the United States, and forbids its sportsmen

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions

Mike Pence: Trump considering when to move embassy to Jerusalem

Vice President Mike Pence declared Tuesday that President Trump and his administration will “always stand with Israel,” adding that the president was considering when to follow up on his campaign promise to relocate the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. The Vice President”s comments were made during the keynote address at an event in the

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Middle East, USA

‘Israel’s legitimacy will never be up for question’

The World Jewish Congress and Israel”s Mission to the United Nations will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the November 29, 1947 United Nations vote that called for the establishment of a Jewish state, with a reconstruction of events in the very structure that served as the UN headquarters at that time. U.S. Vice President Mike

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International, Middle East, USA

Too much anti-Semitism at Nottingham U

Daniel Kosky The Freshers Fair, one of the key events in one’s first week at university. Putting aside all the clubbing and induction lectures, the Freshers Fair gives new university students the chance to see the sports clubs, societies and events available at the university. For many, it is their first real impression of university

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