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World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Credit: U.S. Mission Geneva/Eric Bridiers via Flickr.

World Health Organization’s singling out Israel over health conditions in disputed territories a ‘fantastic...

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The 72nd assembly of the U.N.’s World Health Organization (WHO) voted 96-11 this week for a resolution, co-sponsored by the Arab bloc and the Palestinian delegation, which singled out Israel over “health conditions in the occupied...
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May. Credit: Flickr.

Jewish organizations react to May’s resignation as British prime minister

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British Jewish organizations expressed appreciation towards British Prime Minister Theresa May, who announced on Friday that she will resign after failing to deliver an exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union. She is...
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison celebrating his election victory on May 18, 2019. Credit: Scott Morrison via Twitter.

Scott Morrison’s win in Australia foretells even stronger ties with Israel

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The surprise election victory of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison last weekend not only shook up the country’s political landscape, but also potentially bodes well for another country thousands of miles away, Israel. “We have...
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Polish prime minister: Restitution to Holocaust victims a ‘victory for Hitler’

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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday that were Poland to pay restitution for those whose property was stolen in the Holocaust it would violate “international law and would also be a posthumous...

WATCH: Al Jazeera: ‘Holocaust paved way’ for Jewish immigration to ‘Palestine’

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AJ+ Arabic, an online media platform run by the Qatari Al Jazeera network, posted a video on May 18 about “the story of the Holocaust” on Twitter and Facebook. The video was titled: “The...
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini. Credit: Annika Haas via Flickr.

European Union to scrutinize Palestinian textbooks for signs of hatred, incitement

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The European Union will investigate whether E.U. funds are going towards Palestinian textbooks teaching incitement to hatred and violence, its High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, announced on Wednesday. The investigation...
Rabbi Yehuda Sarna. Credit: Screenshot.

NYU chaplain to become first chief rabbi in the Emirates

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New York University chaplain Rabbi Yehuda Sarna will be the first chief rabbi of the Jewish community in the United Arab Emirates, announced the international affairs director for the Anti-Defamation League on Tuesday. “It’s a...
Kuwait Airways Boeing 777-369(ER) departing to Kuwait City. Credit: Photo by Oliver Holzbauer/Flickr.

Kuwait Airways sued over denying service to Israeli businessman

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Kuwait Airways has been sued over denying service to an Israeli businessman who booked a flight from Munich to Sri Lanka in November. This is the second case in which the Lawfare Project has represented...
The Dutch parliament building. Credit: Michiel Jelijs/Flickr.

Jewish man assailed by Dutch soccer fans praising Nazis

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A Jewish man, identified in the Dutch media only as “Joram,” was verbally and physically assaulted on a national holiday known as Liberation Day, on Sunday by a group of 50 men as police...
President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's first-ever Jewish president, held a high-profile meeting with Ukraine's regional chief rabbis on May 6. Here, the comedian-turned-politician is presented with a Chumash in Russian translation by Rabbi Shmuel Kaminezki and Rabbi Avraham Wolff, as other members of the delegation look on. Credit: Chabad.org/News.

First Jewish president of Ukraine holds ‘historic’ meeting with community-based rabbis

Ukraine’s president-elect Volodymyr Zelensky held what was called a “historic” meeting on May 6 in Kiev with the six leading representatives of the country’s Jewish community. The meeting with the chief rabbis of Ukraine’s six...