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Twitter intends to remove posts denying the Holocaust

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Twitter announced last week that it will remove posts that deny the Holocaust. Bloomberg first reported the move on Oct. 14. “Our Hateful Conduct Policy prohibits a wide range of behavior, including making references to violent events or...
A photo accompanying an article in a Belgium newspaper about global deaths due to the coronavirus. Source: Screenshot/The Brussels Times.

Israeli envoy asks Belgian news site to remove photo of masked ultra-Orthodox Jew

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Israeli Ambassador to Belgium Emmanuel Nahshon is accusing a major English-language news outlet in Belgium, The Brussels Times, of anti-Semitism after the paper used an image of an ultra-Orthodox Jew wearing a mask to illustrate...
The scene of the Jan. 7, 2015 Islamist terror attack on the offices of the “Charlie Hebdo” satirical newspaper in Paris. Credit: Thierry Caro via Wikimedia Commons.

Paris teacher beheaded after showing class Muhammad cartoon

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A history teacher in a Paris suburb was beheaded on Oct. 16 after he showed his class cartoon pictures of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The victim, identified as Samuel Paty, 47, taught at a middle...
Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Jonathan Sacks at a National Poverty Hearing in 2006 at Westminster, London. Now emeritus chief rabbi, he left the position in 2013 after holding it for more than 20 years. Source: cooperniall/Flickr.

Former Chief Rabbi Sacks of United Kingdom is diagnosed with cancer

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Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1991 to 2013, has been diagnosed with cancer, announced a spokesperson on Thursday. “Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks has been recently diagnosed with cancer and...
The Sejm, or lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland in 2014. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Polish Senate votes to delay bill that would ban exports of kosher meat

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The Polish Senate voted on Wednesday to postpone provisions to a controversial animal-rights bill banning the export of kosher meat until 2025. Last month, the Sejm, the Polish parliament’s lower house, passed the bill. But...
“Selection” of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland, May-June 1944, during the final phase of the Holocaust. Jews were either sent to work or to the gas chamber. Yad Vashem Photo Archives, Jerusalem.

Holocaust Claims Conference says Germany agrees to give $662 million to survivors

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The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany announced on Wednesday that after negotiations with the German government on behalf of Holocaust survivors, it has agreed to give $662 million in aid to an...
UNRWA staff members protest against cuts in financial aid outside the agency's offices in Gaza City on April 14, 2019. Photo by Hassan Jedi/Flash90.

Australia halves its financial aid to UNRWA

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The Australian government has followed in U.S. footsteps and cut financial aid to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), according to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade budget...
A Paris bagel shop with the German word “Juden” (“Jews”) spray-painted in yellow on the front door in February 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Suspect arrested in connection with anti-Semitic graffiti in Paris

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A 31-year-old suspect has reportedly been arrested nearby and an investigation launched in connection with some 20 swastikas that were found scrawled on Rue de Rivoli in Paris, near the Louvre Museum, on Sunday. Deputy...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Source: Turkish Presidency via Twitter.

Editor-in-chief of Turkish AKP mouthpiece: ‘Turkey is a global power—now it’s time for Azerbaijan...

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In his Oct. 2 column titled “Turkey Is A Global Power. Now It’s Time For Azerbaijan To Rise. Iran Backing Armenia! What’s Tehran Afraid Of?” in Turkey’s AKP mouthpiece Yeni Şafak daily, the paper’s editor-in-chief İbrahim...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Moscow in June 2016. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Netanyahu, Putin discuss Iran, Syria and COVID-19

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday morning to discuss regional security issues, the Prime Minister’s Office reported. The conversation between the two leaders focused on...