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Palestinian Authority: It’s Lawful to Murder Israelis; It’s Unlawful to Arrest Palestinian Murderers
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as he visits the Istishari Cancer Center in Ramallah, in the West Bank, May 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman Naive European leaders embrace and praise Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas as a peacemaker — but the PA continues to justify and even glorify terror when the Europeans…
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New UN Nominee: Walk Out on Bibi & Get An Elite UN Position To Harm Israel
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, center, in Brussels, June 9, 2024. Photo: BELGA via Reuters Connect UN Secretary-General António Guterres has nominated former Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo to lead one of the world’s most powerful UN agencies. If confirmed, De Croo would be ensconced in a role that gives him major influence…
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Advocates decry ‘pogrom on the playground’ after Jewish children targeted in Chicago suburb on Oct. 7
A heavily Jewish suburb of Chicago has condemned antisemitism after an investigation confirmed reports that a group of Jewish children were attacked with pellet guns and subjected to antisemitic rhetoric in a public park earlier this month. The incident took place on Oct. 7, the first day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and the…
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Jewish and Israeli Leading Figures Call for Israel Sanctions, Accountability for Alleged ‘Violations of International Law’
Jewish director Jonathan Glazer poses with the Oscar for Best International Feature Film for “The Zone of Interest” in the Oscars photo room at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, March 10, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Carlos Barria Dozens of leading Jews and Israelis in the entertainment industry published an open letter this…
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Last Fighter of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Dies at Age 99 in Israel
One of the most famous pictures of Jews being rounded up by Nazi Germans during the Holocaust, this from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in May 1943. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Michael Smuss, who was the last surviving fighter from World War II’s Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, died in Israel at the age of 99, the Embassy of…
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Netanyahu and far-right ministers do damage control on West Bank vote and Saudi Arabia comments that angered Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to distance himself Thursday from a Knesset vote that granted preliminary approval to a bill annexing the West Bank, after the measure drew strong condemnation from the White House. At the same time, a far-right Israeli lawmaker apologized after making a dismissive and, some said, offensive comment about Saudi…
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Cuomo slammed for ‘Islamophobia’ after interview with Jewish shock jock Sid Rosenberg
This piece first ran as part of The Countdown, our daily newsletter rounding up all the developments in the New York City mayor’s race. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. There are 11 days to the election. Cuomo accused Andrew Cuomo has been widely accused of Islamophobia after a radio interview Thursday…
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Katherine Janus Kahn, illustrator of ‘Sammy Spider’ Jewish children’s books, dies at 83
More than 30 years ago, a colorful little eight-legged spider named Sammy made his picture book debut and scurried into the homes of Jewish families across the country. Sammy Spider and his mother live in a house with a young Jewish boy named Josh Shapiro and his family. Starting with “Sammy Spider’s First Hanukkah,” he…
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In memory of the quiet hero from Nepal, Bipin Joshi
זונטיק, דעם 19טן אָקטאָבער 2025, צוויי יאָר און כּמעט צוויי וואָכן נאָכן בלוטיקן זיבעטן אָקטאָבער האָבן מיר זיך געזעגנט בײַם בן־גוריון־פֿליפֿעלד אין ישׂראל, מיט ביפּין דזשאָשי. ווער איז ביפּין דזשאָשי? אפֿשר געדענקט איר ביפּין דזשאָשין? איר ווייסט נישט, ווער ער איז? ביפּין דזשאָשי איז געווען אַ 23־יאָריקער נעפּאַלער יונגערמאַן, ווען ער איז געקומען קיין ישׂראל…
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‘The church is asleep right now’: Ted Cruz calls on Christians to confront right-wing antisemitism
(JTA) — Sen. Ted Cruz used his keynote address at a major gathering for Christian supporters of Israel this week to warn of “a growing cancer” of antisemitism on the right, which he said church leaders are failing to address. “I’m here to tell you, in the last six months, I have seen antisemitism rising…
