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Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen delivers his inaugural speech at the ministry in Jerusalem, Jan. 2, 2023. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Cohen blasts EU foreign policy chief for comparing Palestinian terror with IDF ops

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Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen sharply criticized E.U. foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell for equating Palestinian terror attacks with operations undertaken by the Israel Defense Forces. “There is no place for comparisons and creating a balance...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog participates in a forum at the Bahrain Economic Development Board, Dec. 4, 2022. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Bahrain could follow Saudis in restoring ties with Iran

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Manama and Tehran have held secret talks in recent months, and Bahrain could follow the Saudis in restoring relations with the Islamic Republic. A “senior regional source” told the U.K.-based Amwaj.media news outlet that “low-profile...
Boys raise their hands at a U.N. school in the Gaza Strip, September 2011. Credit: U.N. Photo/Shareef Sarhan.

UN schools glorify terrorism, demonize Jews

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Teachers and schools of the U.N. agency that runs education and social services for Palestinian Arabs “regularly call for the murder of Jews,” a new report by two Israeli NGOs finds. Teaching materials of the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, March 13, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu accuses media of bias in coverage of judicial reform

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Israel’s premier on Monday called out “leftist” and “biased” media for what he said was their one-sided coverage of the government’s proposed judicial reform. Speaking before a Knesset faction meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed...
The Knesset assembly hall, on March 13, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Judicial reform: Override clause passes first Knesset reading

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Israel’s coalition took an important step toward realizing its judicial reform plan on Tuesday, with a key bill passing the first of three votes needed to become law. The bill, an amendment to Israel’s Basic...
Palestinian children look at the image of PLO chief Yasser Arafat and terrorist Marwan Barghouti during a demonstration in the southern Gaza Strip calling for the release of prisoners held in Israeli jails on Oct. 6, 2011. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Former Arafat aide and oldest Palestinian prisoner released from Israeli jail

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A former aide to Yasser Arafat and the oldest Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail was released on Monday after serving 17 years for arms smuggling, according to local media reports. Fuad Shubaki, 83, was...
Israelis block a road and clash with police as they protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, March 1, 2023. Photo: Erik Marmor/Flash90.

Hebrew University bars use of educational platform to encourage students to protest

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Administrators at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have barred staff from using the Moodle educational platform to encourage students to protest against the Israeli government’s judicial reform plan. The move came in response to a...
Centrifuges at the Iran nuclear energy exhibition at the Islamic Revolution and Holy Defense Museum in 2018. Credit: Maps/Shutterstock.

Time to ‘snapback’ sanctions on Tehran, experts say

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Leading Israeli and American experts on Iran’s drive for nuclear weapons capability are calling for immediate sanctions on the clerical regime and opposition to a renewed concessionary atomic accord with the Islamic Republic. The recent...
Silicon Valley Bank headquarters and branch in Santa Clara, Calif. Credit: Sundry Photography/Shutterstock.

Saved by the Feds? US government steps in to help customers of Silicon Valley...

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There was a tongue-in-cheek scene in the 1964 children’s film “Mary Poppins,” in which young Jane and Michael Banks, demanding their tuppence (“two pence”), inadvertently cause a run on an English bank. Chaos ensues...
The front door of Chabad of Cape Coral, Fla., after a man threw bricks at the front door, as well as toppled a menorah and damaged the rabbi's car, during Shabbat-morning services on March 11, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Chabad rabbi in Cape Coral, Fla., reports congregation resolute after building attack

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Rabbi Yossi Labkowski, director of Chabad of Cape Coral, Fla., wants to make it clear that he and his congregation “will not cower,” despite an attack on their synagogue following Shabbat-morning services on March...