International

Labour MPs seek quick action against anti- Semitism

Senior UK Labour Party lawmakers called on party leader Jeremy Corbyn to take greater action against anti-Semitism among its members, after two senior politicians were dismissed for anti-Semitic remarks. The Labour Party’s shadow home secretary Andy Burnham told Sky News on Friday that opposition party members “have made anti-Semitic comments” and that “these allegations, when […]

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Bavaria considers use of Mein Kampf in schools

Berlin (dpa) – The Bavarian parliament was debating Thursday whether an annotated version of Adolf Hitler’s opus Mein Kampf should be authorized for educational use in schools and other establishments. The 2,000-page version of the text, which climbed to the top spot on Der Spiegel’s nonfiction bestseller list this month, includes 3,700 annotations that attempt

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International, Jewish History

Israeli-made ‘black hole’ could win Hawking a Nobel

British physicist Stephen Hawking could finally win a Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking theory on black holes thanks to new research out of Israel’s Technion university. In 1974, Hawking hypothesized that black holes are slowly evaporating, challenging the conventional understanding that nothing could escape from the void of a black hole. The theory, known as

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Friends of Israel report: Marshall Islands, April 28, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued the following statement on Thursday, April 28: On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I offer my warmest congratulations to the citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on the 37th anniversary of your nation’s independence this May 1. Brought

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International, USA

Italy Uncovers Plot to Attack Vatican, Israeli Embassy

Italian authorities arrested four people suspected of extremism on Thursday and issued arrest warrants for two more operating in Syria, according to the Milan prosecutor. Authorities said one of the suspects is a Moroccan-born national living in Italy who had received orders from the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) to conduct an attack in Rome

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International, Middle East

COP condemns Nazi allusions by P.A. envoy

NEW YORK (Press Release) –Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Thursday, April 28, condemned the offensive, outrageous, anti-Semitic statement made on Wednesday by the Palestinian Permanent Representative at a press conference in the United Nations (UN). In his appalling statement, Dr. Riyad Mansour compared the recent Palestinian knife, gun and car-ramming

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International, Middle East, USA