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Texas governor names five appointees to new Holocaust, genocide and anti-Semitism commission

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed five people to the state’s new Holocaust, Genocide and Anti-Semitism Advisory Commission. The commission, which was created in September, “shall conduct a study on anti-Semitism in the state, provide...
Palestinians receive food aid at an UNRWA distribution center in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on May 26, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Biden administration ‘deeply blind’ to inherent flaws of UNRWA, say Mideast experts

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The U.S. State Department’s Population, Migration and Refugees Bureau ended 2021 with another payment to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), a move some experts have criticized as wrongheaded and in line...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). Credit: Screenshot.

ZOA calls on Ocasio-Cortez to fire staffer who called Israel ‘racist European ethnostate’

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The Zionist Organization of America has asked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to “immediately” dismiss legislative assistant who made anti-Semitic comments targeting Israel on social media. “Hussain Altamimi has made false, hateful, anti-Semitic, anti-Israel accusations on...
Gilad Erdan, then Israeli Minister of Interior Security and now Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks at the 17th annual Jerusalem Conference of the “Besheva” group, on Feb. 24, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Erdan submits UN resolution opposing Holocaust denial and distortion

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Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan has submitted a resolution to the U.N. General Assembly to combat Holocaust denial and Holocaust distortion. The resolution defines Holocaust denial; calls on countries and social-media companies...
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Republican senators urge SEC to investigate if Unilever lied to shareholders

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 Three Republican senators have sent a letter to the chairman of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission asking him to consider whether the ice-cream giant Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company lied to...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a press availability with Israeli Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 13, 2021. Credit: State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha.

Blinken speaks with Lapid amid fresh round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid on Wednesday about a number of diplomatic matters, especially security. According to the State Department, the two leaders discussed “a range of...
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Young Israel partners with Jewish security firm to safeguard congregations from threats

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A new partnership between two Jewish organizations is aimed at preventing acts of terror against synagogues nationwide, specifically in the wake of increased anti-Semitic attacks. The National Council of Young Israel and the Community Security...
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Police search for two suspects behind violent assault on Brooklyn Jewish man

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The New York Police Department is searching for two suspects who are responsible for the recent attack on a Hassidic Jewish man in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that left the victim with lacerations to his legs...
New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov speaking at a rally anti-Semitism. January 2, 2022. Source: Screenshot.

Protest against anti-Semitism held in Brooklyn after Jews attacked in hate crime assault

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New Yorkers gathered in Brooklyn to protest anti-Semitism following the recent attack on two Jewish men in the neighborhood of Bay Ridge. An estimated 100 people gathered for Sunday’s protest, which was held exactly a...
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Emma Watson draws controversy over solidarity with ‘Free Palestine’ movement on social media

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On the same weekend that Harry Potter, the series that made her famous, celebrated its 20th anniversary, the Instagram account belonging to Emma Watson released a post in support of a “Free Palestine.” Watson, aka Hermoine...