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How Maduro’s Arrest Became Another Anti-Israel Campaign
A demonstrator uses a megaphone during a protest against US military action in Venezuela, at Lafayette Square in front of the White House, following US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the US military has struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 3, 2026. Photo:…
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Saudi Coalition Says Separatist Leader Fled Yemen With UAE Help, Advances to Aden
Soldiers gather outside the headquarters of the Southern Transitional Council in Aden, Yemen, Jan. 8, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Fawaz Salman The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates had spirited a separatist leader out of the country by boat in a dramatic twist to a rift between the Gulf powers, as Saudi-backed forces advanced to the port of Aden after losing ground…
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New York’s Cooper Union Settles Campus Antisemitism Case, Pledges Reforms
Pro-Hamas activists gather in Washington Square Park for a rally following a protest march held in response to an NYPD sweep of an anti-Israel encampment at New York University in Manhattan, May 3, 2024. Photo: Matthew Rodier/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art will take steps to reduce antisemitism and other harassment…
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When Standards Disappear: What the Mamdani Reversals Reveal About Jewish Political Vulnerability
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers a speech during his inauguration ceremony in New York City, US, Jan. 1, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Kylie Cooper When New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office, he pledged to “protect our Jewish neighbors.” Within hours of taking power and very deliberately, he reversed two policies that many Jewish New…
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Shelling Rocks Syria’s Aleppo as Clashes Intensify Between Government, Kurdish Fighters
Members of the Syrian Civil Defense work to extinguish a fire after shelling amid renewed clashes between the Syrian army and the Syrian Democratic Forces in Aleppo, Syria, Jan. 8, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Karam al‑Masri Fighting intensified on Thursday between Syrian government troops and Kurdish fighters in the northern city of Aleppo, with a fierce exchange of fire extending into the night and rescue…
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Bob Dylan warned us about guys like Stephen Miller
Is Stephen Miller a closeted Bob Dylan fan? The question arose the other day when Miller, defending talk of a possible U.S. takeover of Greenland, said, “We live in a world, in the real world … that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron…
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Israel’s Arkia Forges Deal With JetBlue on Flight Connections in US
A JetBlue Airways jet comes in for a landing at Laguardia Airport in New York City, New York, US, Jan. 11, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Segar Israel’s Arkia Airlines said on Thursday it signed a deal with low-cost US carrier JetBlue Airways that would allow its customers to connect on JetBlue flights in the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean. Privately…
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Jewish cuisine in Warsaw, 1938
ס׳איז לעצטנס אַרויס אַ העברעיִשע איבערזעצונג פֿון בני מערס בוך וועגן דעם פֿאַר־מלמהדיקן ייִדישן כאַראַקטער פֿון סמאָטשע־גאַס אין וואַרשע. דאָס נײַע בוך, „מורה דרך: ורשה היהודית 1938“, דינט ווי אַ מין וועגווײַזער פֿאַר ישׂראלדיקע לייענער פֿון יענעם באַרימטן ייִדישן קוואַרטאַל, באַטאָנענדיק זײַנע באַזונדערע מנהגים, מאכלים, לשון, ליטעראַטור, קולטור און רעליגיע. קיין שום פּרט אין בוך…
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JD Vance continues to minimize right-wing antisemitism as fringe influencers gain ground
(JTA) — Vice President JD Vance again downplayed the idea that conservatives should safeguard their ranks against antisemitism, a week after his ally Tucker Carlson hosted yet another antisemitic conspiracy theorist on his web show. Vance’s latest brief comments, made Tuesday during an interview with conservative radio host and CNN pundit Scott Jennings, came in…
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EU-Funded NGO Backed Online Platform Targeting Jewish Businesses in Catalonia
Supporters of Hamas demonstrate outside the Israeli Embassy in Madrid, Oct. 18. Photo: Reuters/Guillermo Yllanes Gonzalez The controversial online platform mapping Jewish-owned businesses, schools, and Israeli-linked companies in Catalonia, a region in northeastern Spain, was promoted by an EU-funded non-governmental organization. On Tuesday, NGO Monitor — an independent Jerusalem-based research institute that tracks anti-Israel bias…
