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US Senate votes to continue security aid to Israel

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The U.S. Senate passed a $740.5 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2021 on Thursday that includes the continuation of American assistance to Israel for missile-defense programs and other initiatives. The vote tally was...
Solent University in Southampton in thge United Kingdom.Credit: Google Maps.

UK academic is fired, in part for saying Jews are ‘cleverest people in world’

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An engineering lecturer in the United Kingdom has been fired for making racial remarks, including saying Jews “are the cleverest people in the world” and had “a particular gift” for physics. An employment tribunal this...
“Quds Day” protests in Tehran, July 1, 2016. Credit: Meghdad Madadi via Wikimedia Commons.

German foreign ministry hires woman who supports anti-Israel rally in Iran

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The German Foreign Ministry hired Nurhan Soykan, a woman who has defended the annual Iranian “Quds (Jerusalem) Day” rally that calls for the destruction of Israel. Andreas Görgen, director of the Foreign Ministry’s department for...
Progressive Democratic congressional candidate Antone Melton-Meaux, who is challenging incumbent Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Credit: Antone Melton-Meaux for Congress.

Omar’s challenger Antone Melton-Meaux: Progressive and pro-Israel not mutually exclusive

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Since taking office in 2019, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has become one of the most outspoken critics of Israel in the U.S. Congress. She has become part of a growing cadre of young progressives...

Scholar: Palestinians have up to 15 children, moms ‘willing to sacrifice two or three’

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Palestinian scholar Mahmoud al-Shajrawi said during a recent interview with Turkey’s Channel 9 TV that the Jews will never give the Palestinians land on which they can establish a Palestinian state because they are “tight-fisted,” as...
The entrance to the Stutthof concentration camp in Poland, 2008. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

German court convicts 93-year-old SS guard

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A German court convicted a 93-year-old former concentration-camp guard on Thursday on 5,232 counts of accessory to murder. Bruno Dey, who served as a guard at the Stuthoff concentration camp during the final months of World...
Benny Gantz attends a Memorial Day ceremony at the Knesset on April 21, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Gantz reiterates commitment to return abducted soldiers, civilians from Gaza

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Defense Minister Benny Gantz reiterated his commitment on Wednesday to return the remains of Israel Defense Forces’ soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin, as well as abducted civilians Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed, believed...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz lead the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 7, 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Netanyahu calls for $960 million supplement to defense budget

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed the Finance Ministry, together with the National Security Council and defense officials, to locate budgetary sources for a NIS 3.3 billion ($960 million) supplement to the defense budget...
Then-Israeli Health Ministry Director-General professor Roni Gamzu attends a Finance Committee meeting in the Israeli parliament on Jan. 7, 2014. Photo by Flash90.

Ronni Gamzu selected as Israel’s national coronavirus project manager

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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center CEO and former Health Ministry director general professor Ronni Gamzu was appointed on Wednesday night to lead Israel’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The appointment, made by Israeli Prime...
Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) head Nadav Argaman attends the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, on March 20, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel Security Agency chief: Israel ‘spares no effort’ to protect prime minister

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The Shin Bet provides full protection for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family, and public officials should avoid “fanning the flames” of the country’s current heated political debate, ISA director Nadav Argaman...