Nikki Haley, the United States Ambassador to the UN, on Tuesday spoke before the World Jewish Congress” (WJC) Plenary Assembly in New York, vowing that “it”s a new day for Israel at the United Nations.” “The United States will no longer be silent as Israel is unfairly attacked at the United Nations. Silence is not […]
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International, Middle East, USABritain”s Liberal Democrat party on Tuesday suspended one of its members due to anti-Semitic posts he distributed on social media. According to the Daily Mail, Ashuk Ahmed, 51, was suspended by the party after the newspaper revealed his anti-Semitic posts. Ahmed had posted a series of posts comparing Jews to Nazis, suggesting that Zionists controlled
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International, Middle EastArab MK Talab Abu Arar (Joint Arab List) claimed Israel’s government is responsible for “racist attacks” against Israeli Arabs. Abu Arar’s attack follows the arrest of youths, including soldiers, after they attacked Arabs who dated Jewish girls. In an interview with Quds Paras, Abu Arar said the “Palestinian presence in Be’er Sheva is angering the
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Middle EastIsrael has appointed a female judge to a Sharia court for the first time, breaking with the country’s Jewish ultra-Orthodox ideology that forbids women from serving as jurists in religious courts. The Judicial Appointments Committee —headed by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked of the ultra-nationalist Jewish Home party — voted unanimously for the appointment of Hana
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Middle EastTurkish authorities arrested another thousand people on Wednesday over suspected links with the exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, the archenemy of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It’s the latest in a massive purge targeting civil servants since a failed coup nine months ago, which Turkey blames on Gulen’s supporters. In the wake of the July coup attempt,
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International, Middle EastA U.S. Navy destroyer fired a warning flare at an Iranian vessel in the Persian Gulf on Monday after the Revolutionary Guard ship came within 1,100 yards of the USS Mahan before turning away. The Associated Press reported the Mahan made a number of attempts to contact the incoming Iranian vessel by radio, issuing warning
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Middle East, USAThough British MP Andrew Percy always had an affinity for the Jewish state, he didn’t imagine that it could be more than that — until he converted to Judaism By Jenni Frazer LONDON — Andrew Percy is a successful Conservative politician. He’s a Member of Parliament and Minister for the Northern Powerhouse, a campaign to
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Scientists believe that schizophrenia, a disorder caused by an imbalance in the brain’s chemical reactions, is triggered by a genetic interaction with environmental factors. A new Tel Aviv University study published in Human Molecular Genetics now points to cannabis as a trigger for schizophrenia. The research, conducted by Dr. Ran Barzilay
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s pretty much the same across the 40 or so countries that can claim to be functioning democracies. Elected officials sit at the top, and claim to be running things, but they are dependent on professionals in the administrative departments to advise them on what is possible and wise, and
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastRebecca Zeff Today at the beach, an Arab asked me if he could use my sunscreen, after a couple of Israeli girls denied him and his friends their sunscreen “because…you are Arabs.” But that was after he and his friends denied the girls some of their vodka (to go with the girls’ energy drinks) “because…you
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Middle East, Travel and FoodThe growing phenomenon of water theft in the northern Jordan River Valley area is leaving some local farmers in dire straits, with little water left over after the illegal siphoning for irrigation. Yehuda Reines, a Jewish farmer and one of the founders of the town of Mehola in the Jordan River Valley, spoke with Arutz
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Middle EastPresident’s war against French presidential candidate Le Pen earns praise, while Netanyahu picks a fight with Germany By Ilan Ben Zion President Reuven Rivlin, Jerusalem, April 4, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) President Reuven Rivlin’s scathing criticism of French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen during a Holocaust memorial ceremony on Monday night drew headlines around the
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International, Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had cancelled on him, after Gabriel refused to accede to the Israeli leader’s ultimatum. There was no immediate comment from Netanyahu’s office. Netanyahu had reportedly told Gabriel that he had to pick between either meeting him or
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International, Middle EastBEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have found that babies born from mothers who underwent fertility treatments are at increased risk of developing many types of pediatric cancers and tumors (neoplasms). According to the American Cancer Society, the most common pediatric neoplasms are leukemia, brain and spinal cord tumors, neuroblastomas, Wilms
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