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Lebanon considering banning Wonder Woman due to Israeli lead Gal Gadot

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Lebanon’s ministry of economy is seeking to ban the 2017 Wonder Woman movie because its lead actress – Gal Gadot – is an Israeli, though a formal request for a ban has not yet...

Ahead of vote, Jewish groups urge european parliament to adopt antisemitism definition

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Jewish groups have called on members of the European Parliament to support the adoption of the international Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism when it's put to vote on Thursday. “We fundamentally believe that...

Manuel Noriega, former dictator of Panama, dead at 83

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Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who spied for the United States before his drug trafficking and brutality triggered a U.S. invasion to oust him in 1989, has died at 83. President Juan Carlos Varela announced...

Sunday Times: Rising anti-Semitism among migrants in Germany highlighted in case of Jewish teenager...

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Ferdinand, 14, who was born in London to a British mother and a German father, told the British paper’s reporter Bojan Pancevski  he feared for his life after being repeatedly kicked and punched by...

‘Both Estonia and Israel know what works to maintain identity’

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Last Thursday marked the 10th Anniversary celebration of the Jewish Community Center in Tallinn, Estonia. This center was the first Jewish establishment built in Estonia since the Holocaust. Attending the event were Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid;...

Western Wall elevator project approved

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The government approved this morning the “Western Wall Elevator” project. The decision comes after 13 years of declarations which did not lead to an actual decision on the matter. The approved project calls for immediate...

Manila deploys commandos, helicopters to retake city from islamists

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The Philippines mobilized attack helicopters and special forces to drive Islamic State-linked rebels out of a besieged southern city on Thursday, with six soldiers killed in street combat amid heavy resistance. Ground troops hid behind...

Bulgarian deputy PM defends ‘jokes’ about Holocaust

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Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov is under fire after reportedly making light of anti-Semitism and cracking jokes about the Holocaust. Pavel Tenev, appointed as a deputy minister from the United Patriots party in the...

Facebook ‘irresponsible,’ should treat anti-Jewish online terror like child porn

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On Thursday, a federal judge in New York dismissed two lawsuits that sought to hold Facebook liable for allegedly providing a platform for terrorists. The case was brought by two groups of plaintiffs, one a group of 20,000...

Best picture: prize-winning Israeli student film “Roads” sets Guinness World Record

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When Israeli filmmaker Lior Geller was a Tel Aviv University film student shooting a gritty 20-minute crime-drama called Roads in 2007, he never thought his short film would one day hold a Guinness World Record title. Now, exactly ten years later, Roads has...