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Blue and White Party No. 2 Yair Lapid delivers a statement during a faction meeting in Tel Aviv, Sept. 19, 2019. Photo by Avshalom Shoshoni/Flash90.

Lapid said to refuse to serve under Netanyahu, unity government or no

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Blue and White Party No. 2 Yair Lapid will not join a government headed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even if Netanyahu’s Likud Party and Blue and White form a unity government, party...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud Party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Sept. 23, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Likud up to 32 seats, UTJ down to seven after election panel amends results

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Israel’s Central Election Committee announced late on Tuesday night that it was amending the final election results following an investigation into electoral fraud, bumping the Likud Party from 31 to 32 seats, and the...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikipedia.

Erdoğan compares Israel to Nazi Germany; Netanyahu dismisses comments

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan compared Israel to Nazi Germany on Tuesday, even comparing Jews in Europe during World War II to the situation in the Gaza Strip. “The immediate establishment of an independent Palestinian...
People pay their respects at a memorial in front of the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh to the 11 Jewish victims of a mass shooting one week earlier, Nov. 4, 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Pittsburgh Jewish community reflects on turbulent year, discusses future plans

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Members of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community convened a press conference late last week to talk about the Oct. 27 synagogue massacre almost a year ago and their plans moving forward. At the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, a...
Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party UK with MP Andrew Gwynne. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

British Labour Party adopts anti-Israel policies, including first formal one on BDS

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The British Labour Party voted in on Tuesday several anti-Israel policies, including what is believed to be its first formal policy regarding BDS. During the Labour Party conference in Brighton, delegates voted to support a...
Ahead of Passover, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is sponsoring gift coupons of $139.12 for 8,500 Israeli lone soldiers and soldiers from low-income families. Credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.

Israeli soldiers to receive gift cards to purchase items for Rosh Hashanah

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Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) are providing High Holiday gift cards to some 9,000 soldiers in need and lone soldiers serving in the Israel Defense Forces so they can help celebrate Rosh...
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labor Party. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Corbyn faces scandal after revelation of document accusing Israel of ‘apartheid’

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British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn signed a 2002 document that accuses Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinian people, it was revealed over the weekend. The Cairo Declaration calls for a boycott of Israel, and accuses...
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 24, 2019. Credit: UN Photo/Cia Pak

Trump at UN: US sanctions on Iran ‘will be tightened’

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In his speech at the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump called on the international community to take action against the threat from Iran, which he said...
Hillel Foundation International Center in Washington, D.C. Credit: Flickr.

The David Project officially becomes Hillel’s Center for Community Outreach

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The David Project, an Israel-advocacy group, has evolved into Hillel International’s Hillel U Center for Community Outreach. It became part of Hillel International’s Israel Engagement and Education department in 2017 after it was founded by...
A Hyundai fuel-cell bus. Credit: Wikipedia Commons.

Hyundai to test hydrogen-fueled trucks in Israel

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The Hyundai Motor Company is planning to conduct a test program in Israel for hydrogen-fueled trucks during 2020, according to a report by the Israeli business daily Calcalist. A delegation from Hyundai visited Israel last month...