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Mazel tov: First edition of Yiddish ‘Harry Potter’ sells out in less than 48...

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Less than 48 hours after the Yiddish edition of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” translated by Arun Viswanath, became available for pre-order, the book sold out its first print run of 1,000 copies....
Street signs in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Source: IsraelCNN.com.

Dutch city to keep street signs claiming Israelis cities are located in ‘Palestine’

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A Dutch city has decided to postpone a decision to change street signs that identify Israeli cities as Palestinian, JTA reported on Sunday. A spokesperson of the municipality of Eindhoven in the eastern Netherlands on Friday wrote on Twitter...
A view of the United Nations Security Council in 2018. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Palestinians reportedly pull vote on UN resolution condemning Trump peace plan due to lack...

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The Palestinians appear to have withdrawn their request for a vote on a U.N. resolution condemning the Trump Mideast peace plan released last month, according to AFP, which cited on Monday unnamed diplomats who said...
Former Tunisian Ambassador to the U.N. Moncef Baati. Credit: Flickr.

Tunisia dismisses UN ambassador for purportedly being too critical Trump Mideast plan

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Tunisia sacked its ambassador to the United Nations, Moncef Baati, on Friday for allegedly not consulting with the country’s foreign ministry on issues, including the Trump administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. “Tunisia’s ambassador to the United...
Khartoum, Sudan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Sudan gives Israel initial approval for overflights

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Sudan has tentatively agreed to allow flights heading to Israel to cross its airspace, Sudanese military spokesman Amer Mohamed al-Hassan said on Wednesday. An agreement has been worked out “in principle” for the use of...
The Middle East is seen from 250 miles above in this April 14, 2016 photo from the International Space Station. Countries seen, left to right, along the Mediterranean coast include Egypt, Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. Credit: NASA via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel, Italy eye joint scientific space venture

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A unique space launch will take place at the end of March this year as part of a joint Israeli-Italian microgravity medical experimentation project. The cooperation between the two countries in space mirrors the strengthening...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni in Kampala, Uganda, on Feb. 3, 2020. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

Israel sees dawn of a new era as African and Arab countries seek diplomatic...

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They say history repeats itself, but sometimes, history is made. When eight Arab countries gathered in 1967 in Khartoum, Sudan, to condemn Israel just months after the Six-Day War and announce what became known as...
Sudan's transitional leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Sudan’s leader: Goal of Netanyahu meeting was to protect national security

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Breaking the silence on his Monday meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in Uganda, Sudan’s transitional leader, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said its aim was protecting his country’s national security. “I took this step from the...
High Representative of the European Union Josep Borell, Oct. 7, 2019. Source: European Parliament via Wikimedia Commons.

EU resolution against Trump peace plan blocked

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At least six European member states on Tuesday opposed a push by E.U. foreign policy chief Josep Borrell for a joint resolution by the 27 members states of the E.U. Foreign Affairs Council criticizing...
Cathy Berx, the governor of the Antwerp Province in Belgium, as well as a legal scholar and university professor Credit: Courtesy.

For Antwerp leader Cathy Berx, Israel represents ‘the summary of humankind’

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With the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, world leaders and particularly European leaders came to Jerusalem not just to commemorate the attempts of Jewish genocide that took place on their soil, but...