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Daily Archives: January 22, 2020

Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with Morocco's King Mohammed VI in Marrakesh on Nov. 16, 2016. Photo: U.S. Embassy Rabat via Wikimedia Commons.

Anti-Semitism and Holocaust education in Morocco

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While most Arab countries refrain from addressing the issue of anti-Semitism and do not include the topic of the Holocaust in their school curricula, Morocco appears to be taking a different approach. Speaking at...
Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel in Boise, Idaho, Jan. 2, 2010. Credit: Kenneth Freeman via Wikimedia Commons.

Boise Jewish community celebrates 125th anniversary of Idaho’s first synagogue

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Idaho Gov. Brad Little issued a proclamation on Monday recognizing 125 years of Jewish history in the state. “I, Brad Little, governor of the state of Idaho, do hereby proclaim the year of 2020 on January 20th...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Credit: Flash90.

Most MKs oppose Bibi’s immunity request

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Bibi made an application for immunity, and is now doing all that he can so the Knesset will postpone consideration of it. Until after the election? Which one? The third in the last year, or the...
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz and Blue and White MK Moshe Ya'alon seen during a visit in Vered Yeriho observation point, in the Judean Desert, January 21, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90

Gantz sends a message to American liberals, but are they listening?

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Heading into Israel’s third election campaign in a year, Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz seems to be in an even stronger position than in his previous two tries to topple Prime Minister...

Looking Behind the Daily News: Informed Narratives on Israel’s Nuclear Challenges

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“The rational is not thinkable without its other, the non-rational, and it never appears in reality without it.”-Karl Jaspers, Reason and Existence (1935) How shall Israel endure in a prospectively non-rational Middle East? It’s a complicated question,...
Dr. Ayman al-Zawahri in a photo taken by Hamid Mir, who snapped it during his third and last interview with Osama bin Laden in November 2001 in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Al-Zawahri was present in this interview and acted as bin Laden's translator. Credit: Wikipedia.

Al-Qaeda prompts calls to target ‘Zionist-Crusader alliance’ worldwide

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Al-Qaeda’s General Command released a statement in Arabic and English commending the past year of operations by the Al-Qaeda-linked terror groups Al-Shabab in Somalia and the Group to Support Islam and Muslims in West...
A bipartisan congressional delegation, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), pays its respects at the Auschwitz. Credit: Nancy Pelosi/Twitter.

Congressional delegation visits Auschwitz ahead of 75th anniversary of liberation

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A congressional delegation, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), visited Auschwitz on Tuesday ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration and extermination camp. Pelosi laid a wreath at the “Death...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a rally in his support in Jerusalem ahead of Likud Party primaries, Dec. 22, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Former Trump aides head back to US as Netanyahu kicks off Likud campaign

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Former Trump campaign aides Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie have left Israel after a month of working on the election campaign of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. Lewandowski was U.S....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a Likud Party conference at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, on Jan. 21, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Netanyahu vows to annex Jordan Valley, settlements ‘immediately’ if elected

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that if he wins Israel’s March 2 elections, he will annex not only the Jordan Valley, but also all settlements in Judea and Samaria, “immediately” and...
Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon meets with his U.S. counterpart, Kelly Craft, on Sept. 20, 2019. Credit: Israel Mission to the U.N.

US Ambassador Kelly Craft defends Israel, blasts Iran at UN

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U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Kelly Craft took Iran to task and staunchly backed Israel at a U.N. Security Council debate on the Middle East on Tuesday. “While the world criticizes Israel, Israel is making...