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Fatah Central Committee secretary and president of the Palestinian Football Federation Jibril Rajoub speaks during a press conference in Ramallah on Feb. 12, 2014. Photo by Issam Rimawi/Flash90.

Watchdog: IOC must take action against PA for urging boycotts of Israeli athletes

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Palestinian Media Watch sent a complaint to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) against the chairman of the Palestine Olympic Committee for his support of boycotts against Israeli athletes. PMW wrote in its letter to the IOC on...
Hamas members attend a rally in Beit Lahiya in the Gaza Strip on May 30, 2021. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.

Campaign Against Antisemitism calls on UK to blacklist entire Hamas terrorist group

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The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) recently wrote to all members of the British Parliament, urging them to ask Home Secretary Priti Patel to ban the terrorist group Hamas in its entirety from the United...
The election Jewish MPs in Montreal targeted with anti-Semitic graffiti. Credit: Friends of Simon Wisenthal Center.

B’nai Brith Canada calls slew of swastika vandalism around the country ‘reprehensible and unacceptable’

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B’nai Brith Canada condemned the recent increase in swastika vandalism that has taken place across the country. “The continued use of the Nazi swastika in an attempt to intimidate Jewish communities is reprehensible and unacceptable,” said B’nai...
Demonstrators in front of the White House protesting the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Credit: john smith 2021/Shutterstock.

Taliban triumph in Afghanistan has Arab states and Israel hedging dependence on US

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The Taliban’s quick takeover of Afghanistan has Middle Eastern countries deeply concerned about their dependence on the U.S. security umbrella. Elliott Abrams, who served as Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela during the Donald Trump...
A member of the Taliban's religious police beats an Afghan woman in Kabul on Aug. 26, 2001. The footage, filmed by the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, can be seen at: pz.rawa.org/rawasongs/movie/beating.mpg. Credit: Wikipedia.

Watchdog: Western Islamists express pride, joy as Taliban takes over Afghanistan

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Despite most Americans being shocked at the events unfolding in Afghanistan over the past few days, a number of Western Islamists have via social media welcomed the return of the fundamentalist Taliban forces, according...
Zebulon Simentov, Afghanistan's last Jewish resident. Source: Twitter/Screenshot.

Despite Taliban takeover, Afghanistan’s last Jew opts to remain

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Despite the takeover of Afghanistan this week by the Taliban, the country’s last remaining Jew said on Tuesday that he intends to stay. In an interview with the New Delhi-based international English-language news channel WION, Zebulon Simentov explained...
Polish President Andrzej Duda. Credit: Grabowski Foto/Shutterstock.

Will the Polish anti-restitution law permanently harm ties with Israel and Jewish community?

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Despite international pressure to veto the bill, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a bill passed by the Polish legislature on Aug. 14 that would prevent individuals with property seized by either the Nazis during...
The Polish flag with Warsaw in the background. Credit: Velishchuk Yevhen/Shutterstock.

Polish appellate court throws out ruling against two Holocaust scholars

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A Polish appellate court threw out a February ruling against two Holocaust scholars that said they needed to retract their research, claiming it defamed a Polish man by saying he was complicit in the...
A statue dedicated to Ukrainian Roman Shukhevych was defaced with the words "actual Nazi" in August 2021. Credit: Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center in Canada.

Canadian Jewish group renews campaign to remove World War II-era monuments

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The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center in Canada is renewing a call for the removal of two longstanding memorials in the Edmonton area that many say honor Nazi collaborators. The request comes after the...
Rabat, Morocco, site of an Israeli liaison office. Credit: Pixabay.

Lapid inaugurates liaison office in Morocco, reveals opening of mutual embassies within months

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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid inaugurated the Israeli liaison office in Rabat, Morocco, on Thursday, formally re-establishing ties between the two nations. According to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lapid was joined by Moroccan...