Arch-terrorist and mass-murderer Marwan Barghouti, who has led a hunger strike by jailed terrorists held in Israeli prisons, has been eating in secret while maintaining the pretenses of his own hunger strike, footage released Sunday reveals. Barghouti, who is believed to be responsible for the deaths of 26 people in suicide bombings and shooting attacks […]
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Middle EastSebastian Gorka, the White House special adviser on counter-terrorism, fielded questions on accusations that he endorsed and participated in far-right anti-Semitic organizations in Hungary at the annual Jerusalem Post diplomatic conference Sunday, “I have spent my life fighting against totalitarian ideologies,” Gorka said in response to the idea that he might have supported fascist groups.
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International, USABritish Jewish-born star was asked on Irish TV what he’d say to God if he, she or it existed. Viewed on YouTube 7 million times, his bitter answer led to a police investigation By Times of Israel staff Stephen Fry pictured at a 2012 Pride Parade in London (Photograph at WorldPride / Wikipedia) English comedian,
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International, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe Progressive Party in Norway, one of the two ruling parties in the country (along with the Conservative Party) has announced that it intends to initiate a law banning circumcision in the country for males under the age of 16. Over the weekend, the party held a national assembly, in which the bill was put
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International, Jewish ReligionFormer NBA rebounding machine and notorious tough guy Dennis Rodman is backing his dude Kim Jong-un and claims the dictator “jokes,” loves the “Rocky” theme song and is “just like anybody else.” RELATED: Donald Trump just got a glowing endorsement from one of Kim Jong Un’s biggest supporters Watch the video In an exceedingly bizarre
Hanover, Germany (dpa) – German authorities on Sunday uncovered three World War II-era bombs as part of the second-largest operation to remove unexploded ordnance in the country’s history. The city of Hanover evacuated some 50,000 people from their homes before two British 500-kilogram bombs and one 1,000-kilogram bomb were found. The city wrote on Twitter
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InternationalTourists visit the Palace Museum in Beijing, May 6, 2017. [Photo/VCG] The Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, will expand the sale of online tickets on a trial basis in July. The trial run will last from July to October to test the feasibility of online sales of tickets for everyday,
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International, Travel and FoodLast week’s Google Docs phishing attack sent waves across social media, as users including journalists, academics and employees from high-profile corporations were affected. As part of the phishing attempt, users received an email with an invite to a Google Doc that appeared to be from a person they would know. The email then directs users
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Travel and FoodPresident Trump displayed severe signs of a balanced approach to Israel and Palestine on Wednesday. After hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in February, this week he met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House. In a photo op brimming with good cheer, Trump gushed optimism about the prospects for peace: it’s “not as
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Middle East, USABooks of the People: Revisiting Classic Works of Jewish Thought by Dr. Stuart W. Halpern, Editor, Maggid Books, Jerusalem, © 2017, ISBN 978-1-59264-470-4, hardcover, p. 350, including list of contributors, $29.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – The editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, in the early 1950s, basing their judgment on just three simple criteria:
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionOn an East London street corner where the looming glass of the finance district hits the tangled alleyways of what used to be the working class East End, there’s a space where a battered white kiosk once was. “Tubby Isaac’s Jellied Eel Stall” served whelks, oysters and its titular slippery delicacies—essentially boiled and spiced eels—from
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International, Travel and FoodFormer President of the Versailles Jewish Community Samuel Sandler spoke to Arutz Sheva about the special request he would like to make of France’s Culture Ministry. Sandler lost his son and two grandsons in a terror attack in Toulouse in 2012. In the interview, Sandler said he had turned to the Culture Ministry and requested
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InternationalThe Nationality Law was approved at noon today (Sunday) by the Ministerial Committee on Legislation at the initiative of acting committee chairman, Tourism Minister Yariv Levin. The bill was initiated by MK Avi Dichter (Likud), but due to various disagreements, its advancement has been long stuck in committee. The proposal anchors the fact that the
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Middle EastThe European Jewish Congress has strongly condemned the decision of the Walloon region in southern Belgium to back the formal proscription of the slaughter of non-stunned animals as of 2019, thereby effectively banning shechita, the Jewish form of humane slaughter for meat. EJC President Dr. Moshe Kantor described the decision as “scandalous” and said it
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