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Daily Archives: October 23, 2019

Le distributeur automatique de l’Autorité palestinienne

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Le sentiment général des Palestiniens est que leur gouvernement est corrompu. Sur les 1200 Palestiniens interrogés, 95,5 % ont déclaré que la corruption est endémique dans le régime dirigé par Mahmoud Abbas. En matière d’aide...
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We must not grow numb to the Yazidi genocide

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A few week ago, I had an opportunity to meet with six members of the Yazidi community, including journalists and activists. I must admit that although I knew and was very shaken when I...
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaking at J Street National Conference in Washington, D.C. Credit: Screenshot.

The Democrats’ disconnect from Israeli reality

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Israelis are still trying to sort out the fallout from their second unsuccessful attempt to elect a government this year with little sign of a break in the impasse between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Winner of the Eurovision 2018 Song Contest Netta Barzilai preforms at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on May 14, 2018. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Masa’s opening event in Israel to feature Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai

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Thousands of Masa Israel Journey fellows, alumni and professionals from around the world will gather at Ra’anana Park Amphitheater in Israel on Oct. 28 from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. to celebrate the launch...
A woman holds up a sign against anti-Semitism at a rally in New York City on Sept. 22, 2019. Photo by Rhonda Hodas Hack.

New survey finds widespread concern over anti-Semitism among American Jews

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A vast majority of American Jews consider anti-Semitism to be a major problem facing the community amid widespread fear that it is increasing. According to a new survey by the American Jewish Committee, nearly nine...
A view of a parade float at the Carnival of Aalst in March 2019, featuring two Orthodox Jewish caricatures that were widely condemned as anti-Semitic. Source: Screenshot.

EU Jewish leader calls on UNESCO to act against anti-Semitic caricatures at festival

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A European Jewish leader is calling on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, to act against organizers of the Carnival of Aalst in Belgium for its plan to use anti-Semitic caricatures...
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit at a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in the Jerusalem International Convention Center (ICC) on Sept. 3, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

As mandate passes to Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz, all eyes now turn to Mandelblit

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When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began the process of trying to form a government 28 days ago, he had 55 Knesset seats supporting him—32 from his Likud Party, nine from Shas, eight from...
A luxury Boeing 747 given to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a gift by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. (MEMRI)

Emir of Qatar gives Turkish president $400 million luxury jet

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Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani gave Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a Boeing 747 worth some $400 million, Turkey’s Show TV reported last month. According to the Sept. 14 report, the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Source: Kremlin.

Erdoğan, Putin reach ‘historic agreement’ on Syria ‘buffer zone’

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Tuesday that Turkey and Russia had reached a “historic” agreement that would remove all Syrian Kurdish fighters from the Syria-Turkey border region. The announcement came following six...
Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on March 19, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Lieberman calls Likud MKs ‘chickens,’ says they’ve ‘buried Netanyahu alive’

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Likud Knesset members are “a bunch of chickens” who have already begun to eulogize Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu behind his back, Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman said on Wednesday. Netanyahu announced on Monday his...