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Daily Archives: December 13, 2018

Born too soon, dead too soon

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Born too soon. Dead too soon. Laid to rest without having had a minute of peace during his short life. A pure soul, unmarred by sin. The profound bewilderment caused by savage murder has no...

Israel, counter-terrorism and the future of immortality

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In the final analysis, there can never be any greater form of power in world politics than power over death. Paradoxically, this preeminent form of power is almost entirely unrecognized by both scholars and policy-makers. The...
The 30-week-old son of Shira and Amichai Ish-Ran is cradled in a prayer shawl by his grandfather during his funeral at the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem on Dec. 12, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Hundreds attend funeral for premature baby murdered by Arab drive-by shooter

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Some 300 mourners huddled under umbrellas in the steadily falling rain at Jerusalem’s ancient Mount of Olives cemetery on Wednesday night to lay to rest the newborn boy whose mother was shot Sunday night...
Members of the group Reservists on Duty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where they spoke to students about life in Israel. Credit: Courtesy.

Reservists on Duty: Using personal experiences to combat anti-Israel sentiment on campus

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campuAs American university campuses continue to be an active battlefront in the fight for Israel, well-trained reinforcements can be useful, even necessary. That’s where Reservists on Duty (RoD) comes in. Established in 2015 by reserve...
The MEMRI TV clip shows Sufyan Tal saying, on Nov. 11, 2018 on Lebanon's Al-Quds TV, that “many of the world's scientists have proven that the Holocaust is the greatest lie in modern history.“

YouTube censors MEMRI TV clip for so-called ‘hate speech’

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WASHINGTON, D.C.–A MEMRI TV clip posted on Dec. 10, 2018 on the MEMRI TV YouTube channel translating and exposing Jordanian political commentator Sufyan Tal calling the Holocaust “the greatest lie in modern history” has been censored by...
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 25, 2018, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Credit: Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian.

Haley: Trump wanted to cut funding to those that voted down UN Hamas resolution

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in a Dec. 6 speech that U.S. President Donald Trump wanted to cut funding to countries that voted against a United Nations that condemned Hamas...
“Boycott Israel” is spray-painted on the street sign marking the Yitzhak Rabin Garden in Paris. Aug. 28, 2017. Photo by Serge Attal/Flash90.

Jews in EU see anti-Zionism as form of anti-Semitism

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European Jews increasingly see anti-Zionism as a form of anti-Semitism according to a report released earlier this week by the European Union, Daniel Schwammenthal, director of the AJC Transatlantic Institute, wrote in an op-ed published on Tuesday in The Wall...
View of the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Knesset members back mandatory life sentence for convicted wife killers

The Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice ‎Committee on Wednesday voted in favor of imposing a ‎life sentence on men convicted of murdering their ‎wives.‎ The decision was made during a discussion on an ‎amendment to...
Airbnb logo. Credit: Screenshot.

‘Forbes’ reports Airbnb policy ‘growing headache’; app now to ban Palestinian listings

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A recent article in Forbes magazine reported that Airbnb’s decision to delist 200 Jewish residences in Judea and Samaria from its popular travel rental site is becoming a “growing headache” for the company, with new reports...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses the U.N. Security Council on Dec. 12, 2018, regarding the Iranian threat. Credit: Screenshot.

Pompeo slams UN: ‘The level of accountability on Iran has diminished’

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday for not holding Iran accountable for testing ballistic missiles, thereby violating Security Council resolutions. “Since 2006, this Council has been telling Iran...