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Daily Archives: April 24, 2019

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What would Begin do?

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In the United States, we sometimes longingly remember past presidents, and envision how they would have responded to today’s challenges. The same is true in Israel, where these days Israelis across the spectrum are...
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Kelly Kraft meets with U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Credit: DoD Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann.

What will Trump’s new UN pick bring to the pro-Israel community?

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With U.S. President Donald Trump nominating Acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jonathan Cohen to be U.S. ambassador to Egypt, the nomination of Kelly Craft, announced in February, might finally be submitted to the Senate in...
Michael Amsalem, a new immigrant to Israel, visits Paris for a wedding in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. Credit: Orit Arfa.

In the cafes of Paris, French Jews open up on anti-Semitism and their future...

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My trip to Paris to canvas the mood of French Jews began in the idyll of an Israeli-owned restaurant, Balagan, near the famed Louvre art museum. Emmanuelle Mary, a non-Jewish Parisian fashion and lifestyle...
Zaouit el Bir Dades Jewish Cemetery, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco. Credit: Joaoleitao/Wikimedia Commons.

Morocco’s Jewish community to hold first democratic elections in five decades

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Morocco’s Jewish community will hold its first elections in half a century to select its communal representatives. King Mohammed VI instructed the Minister of the Interior to supervise elections for the positions, which have been...
Jordan-based jihadi ideologue Abu Qatadah Al-Falastini. Credit: MEMRI.

Islamists celebrate damage to France’s Notre Dame Cathedral

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Islamists worldwide have been celebrating the destruction of large parts of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in a devastating fire on April 15. Reactions by jihadis on social media refer to the cathedral as...
Leaders from the Polish, Catholic and Jewish communities have denounced an anti-Semitic ritual on Good Friday in the small southeastern Polish town of Pruchnik, where residents hanged, burned and beaten a dummy of the apostle Judas, stereotypically described as a Jew. Credit: Screenshot.

Polish, Catholic and Jewish leaders denounce anti-Semitic effigy on Good Friday

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Leaders from the Polish, Catholic and Jewish communities have denounced an anti-Semitic ritual on Good Friday in the small southeastern Polish town of Pruchnik, where residents hanged, burned and beaten a dummy of the...

New Legislation Proposed in the US to monitor PA/UNRWA education

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A bipartisan bill has been proposed in US Congress that would require the US Secretary of state to submit annual reports reviewing the educational material used by Palestinian Authority and UNRWA schools in Palestinian...
Jared Kushner, White House senior adviser and son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking at the 2019 TIME 100 Summit on April 23, 2019. Credit: Screenshot.

Kushner: Mideast peace plan to seek ‘tough compromises’ from Israelis, Palestinians

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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said on Tuesday that the highly anticipated so-called “deal of the century” will “demand tough compromises from Israelis and Palestinians.” “Normally they start with a process … what we’ve...
Buoys designating Israel-Lebanon maritime borders. Credit: Chadica/Flickr.

With UN supervision, Lebanon is ready to draw maritime borders with Israel

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Lebanon announced on Tuesday that it is prepared to draw its maritime border with Israel under U.N. supervision, reported Lebanese media. “We are ready to draw Lebanon’s maritime borders and those of the Exclusive Economic...
Palestinian boys raise their hands at a school in Gaza supported by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in September 2011. Credit: U.N. Photo/Shareef Sarhan.

UNRWA schools continue to teach Palestinian children to wage war on Israel

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Elizabeth Campbell, head of the Washington Representative Office for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) wrote a piece on April 5 in The New York Times in response to an April 2 article in the same newspaper by...