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Remembrance Day, the Netherlands. Source: Facebook/Embassy of the Netherlands in the United States.

On ‘Remembrance Day,’ Zelenskyy asks Dutch to mourn dead Ukrainians

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On a visit to the Netherlands on the country’s Remembrance Day—held annually on May 4 at 8 p.m. to commemorate soldiers and civilians who died in World War II, and in other wars and peacekeeping...
Centrifuges at the Iran nuclear energy exhibition at the Islamic Revolution and Holy Defense Museum in 2018. Credit: Maps/Shutterstock.

Iran blames the West for lack of nuclear deal

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An Iranian official said on Monday that it was still possible to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal, blaming stalled negotiations on the West, and particularly, the United States. A deal was “possible both in terms of...
Saudi Crown Prince Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Source: Twitter.

Israeli official: Chances of breakthrough with Riyadh remain slim this year

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Against the backdrop of renewed efforts by the Biden administration to normalize ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia, Israel Hayom‘s reporting indicates that a breakthrough in relations is unlikely to occur in the coming months...
The illegal Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, on Highway 1 between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. Photo by Josh Hasten.

Israel’s High Court rejects petition to evacuate illegal Bedouin outpost

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Israel’s High Court of Justice on Sunday rejected a petition to immediately demolish the illegal Bedouin Arab outpost of Khan al-Ahmar. In dismissing the 2019 petition, the judges sided with the government’s position that current security concerns and...
Aviva Steinberger, director of Innovation Diplomacy at Start-Up Nation Central, addresses the "Women Connect to Innovate" conference in Morocco, May 4, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

Female business leaders gather in Morocco to forge regional connections

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Some 100 female business leaders from across four continents gathered in Morocco last week for the “Women Connect to Innovate” conference. The aim of the event is to forge new business collaborations and explore...
President Isaac Herzog speaks with King Charles III at the coronation reception in London on May 6, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Herzog meets Arab leaders on sidelines of Charles III’s coronation

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog mingled with an array of national leaders, including those from a string of Arab countries, at a reception at Buckingham Palace on the sidelines of King Charles III’s coronation in...
U.S. Capitol building in backdrop of American money. Credit: Karolina Grabowska via Pexels.

New research: $2 million in federal grants went to domestic Islamist groups

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Of 60 federal grants, worth $15 million, given to Muslim organizations in 2022, $2 million went to groups “controlled by Islamists or involved in Islamist networks.” That’s according to a May 3 article by Sam Westrop...
Bus with Hebrew lettering in Williamsburg in New York. Credit: alexat25/Shutterstock.

Daily Signal: New York Times doesn’t deserve Pulitzer for series on Chassidic schools

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A late December 2022 New York Times article about Chassidic schools reaping a special-education funding “windfall” is “a plausible and powerful story, but almost every detail of it withers under scrutiny.” That’s according to a May...
Aerial view of buildings in the University of California, Berkeley campus. Credit: Sundry Photography/Shutterstock.

Brandeis Center sues Berkeley for withholding requested records

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The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law recently sued the University of California, Berkeley for failing to promptly make documents available. “It is part of civil rights to be able to get...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) delivering a speech at the American Muslims for Palestine convention in Chicago on Nov. 30, 2019. Credit: American Muslims for Palestine.

Erdan: ‘Tlaib’s ignorance and hate toward Jews and Israel know no bounds’

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Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan responded to a tweet on May 3 from Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), who wrote that “Speaker McCarthy wants to rewrite history but the apartheid state...