NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Mexican Foreign Ministry today signed an agreement that will create a framework across the U.S. to provide assistance to people of Mexican heritage who are victims of discrimination, bigotry, bullying and hate crimes. The Memorandum of Understanding signed Tuesday at a ceremony in […]
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International, USAFor the first time in history, the United States on Monday established an official, permanent military base in Israel: an air defense base in the heart of the Negev desert. Dozens of US Air Force soldiers will call home the new base, located inside the Israeli Air Force’s Mashabim Air Base, west of the towns
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Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The company that manages the Russian news outlet R.T. (Russia Today) announced last week that it had received a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice requiring it to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The Russian news outlet Sputnik International may be next. FARA was passed in 1938 to require entities or
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International, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — I’ve written numerous times about the danger of Iran controlling a swath of the Middle East through Iraq and Syria (and/or Lebanon) to the Mediterranean Sea. Prime Minister Netanyahu should be commended for steadfastly reminding the world, the UN, and even the US Congress, of the disastrous consequences
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Middle EastUS flies bombers over Korean peninsula for drill: Seoul The US flew four stealth fighter jets and two bombers over the Korean peninsula on Monday in a show of force after North Korea’s latest nuclear and missile tests, South Korea’s defence ministry said. Four F-35B stealth fighters and two B-1B bombers flew over the peninsula
White supremacist groups marked the start of the 2017-18 school year by papering dozens of colleges and universities with hate posters aimed at recruiting young white members. Their latest stop: The University of Houston (UH), where students discovered racist, anti-Semitic propaganda plastered across their campus last week. Flyers that read “Beware the International Jew,” “Imagine
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USAUS President Donald Trump again expressed his hopes for a peaceful settlement to the Middle East crisis Monday as he met Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu was the first leader to have a one-on-one with Trump at the US president’s first United Nations General Assembly, an annual week of high-level diplomacy. The conversation in
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Middle East, USAIran’s newly-appointed army chief on Monday warned the Islamic Republic would raze the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa if the “Zionist regime” makes “any wrong move.” In remarks delivered at an event in the holy city of Qom, General Abdolrahim Mousavi said previous warnings that Israel will not exist in 25 years did
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Middle EastIsraeli President Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nechama on Monday held a pre-Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) reception at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. Attending the event were various foreign ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps serving in Israel. “On this special occasion, it is important for all of us to remember that a
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International, Middle EastRamallah – Palestinian presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudainah said President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech before the United Nations General Assembly later this week will be extremely important. Abu Rudainah said Abbas will emphasize the need for a two-state solution for Palestine and Israel, based on the 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as the capital of
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Middle EastBy JT – Sep 18,2017 – Last updated at Sep 18,2017 AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday met with representatives of American Jewish organisations in New York, in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Rania. During the meeting His Majesty and the representatives outlined efforts to revive the peace process, as well as
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Middle East, USAWitnesses have been urged to come forward after a “shocking unprovoked” attack on a young boy in Stamford Hill. An eight-year-old has been left “traumatised” and required treatment in hospital after the incident, which has been reported to the police. The Met Police told Jewish News they were called just after 7.30pm on Monday after
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InternationalThe powerful head of Poland’s governing right-wing party denounced anti-Semitism and hailed Israel at a ceremony Monday honouring Poles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, widely regarded as Poland’s de facto decision-maker, made the comment after the European Jewish Congress (EJC) voiced “grave concerns” over an increase in anti-Semitic acts under the government
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InternationalIsrael’s Jewish population tops 6.5 million Israel”s Jewish population grew 2.3% percent from September 2016 to September 2017, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported Monday, rising to approximately 6,523,000. Out of a total population of 8,743,000 people, Jews make up 74.6% of Israel”s population – a slight decrease compared to 2016, when Israel”s 6,377,000 Jews