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An Israeli tank patrols near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip. May 29, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

US, European leaders decry rocket barrage from Gaza

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American and European leaders expressed their solidarity with Israel on Tuesday in the face of dozens of rockets and mortars fired by Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza Strip. Jason Greenblatt, the Trump administration’s special envoy...
Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, makes a rare public appearance in a suburb of Beirut in July 2008. Credit: Ferran Queved/Flash90.

UAE paper: Hezbollah chief’s net worth is $250 million, in large part due to...

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has amassed a net personal worth of around $250 million due to his organization’s illegal drug smuggling operations, Al-Ittihad, an Arabic-language newspaper published in the United Arab Emirates, reported on Monday. According...
Foreign Affairs chief of the European Union Federica Mogherini. Credit: Annika Haas via Flickr.

Minister calls on EU foreign policy chief to halt BDS funding

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Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan has called on the European Union to end its “hypocrisy” and stop funding organizations that support the boycott of Israel. In a letter to European Union foreign policy chief Federica...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2011. Credit: EPA/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE

Netanyahu to meet Merkel and Macron as EU considers salvaging nuclear deal with Iran

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next week. Netanyahu is expected to press the European leaders on Iranian...
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a press conference at the United Nations on Sept. 19, 2017. Credit: U.N. Photo/Kim Haughton.

Poll: 52% of French public believe Zionism is a ‘racist ideology’

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An online poll in France this month found that 52% the French public believe Zionism is a “racist ideology” and 54% believe Zionism is an “international organization that seeks to influence the world and societies...
Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011. William is scheduled to visit Israel in June. Credit: Tsaiproject via Flickr.

A royal first: Prince William to make official visit to Israel

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For the first time, a member of Great Britain’s royal family will arrive for an official visit in Israel, according to a statement issued by Kensington Palace on Friday. Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge,...
Bernard Lewis. Credit: Agence Opale-Alamy

Revered Middle East scholar Bernard Lewis dies at age 102

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Professor Bernard Lewis, a world-renowned expert and historian whose prolific writings helped the world understand the complexities of the Middle East, passed away over the holiday of Shavuot at the age of 102. Lewis was...
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ADL slams controversial ‘Country of Rescued Jews’ exhibition and Bulgarian Deputy PM Simeonov’s comments

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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has slammed the controversial “Country of the Rescued Jews” exhibition, and comments by Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov that it said were anti-Semitic for singling out Jews as responsible...
Israelis celebrate Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim), marking the reunification of the city, at the Western Wall in June 2011. Credit: Nicky Kelvin/Flash90.

AFP captions call Jerusalem parade-goers Jewish ‘settlers’

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Numerous Agence France-Presse photo captions generalized all participants in Sunday’s Jerusalem flag parade as “settlers,” despite the fact that the crowd hailed from across Israel, within the Green Line, as well as outside. A...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley addresses a U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria, Sept. 27, 2017. Credit: U.N. Photo/Evan Schneider.

At UN, Haley and Danon defend US embassy move, blaming violence at Gaza border...

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikky Haley forcefully defend Israel’s reaction to the protests along the border with the Gaza Strip on Monday that resulted in as many as 60 Palestinian deaths. “I ask...