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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech regarding the new U.S. peace plan at P.A. headquarters in Ramallah on Jan. 28, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Abbas warns in handwritten note to Netanyahu that US plan voids Oslo Accords

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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas sent a handwritten letter in Arabic to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, telling the Israeli leader that the P.A. no longer saw itself a party to any...
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Canadian Jewish groups ‘disappointed’ mayor nixes anti-Semitism definition

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Two major Jewish organizations in Canada expressed dismay on Tuesday after Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante chose not to support a motion to have the city adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon during a visit of U.N. Secretary General António Guterres at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on Aug. 28, 2017. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel to lead diplomatic campaign at UN following reveal of Mideast plan

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The office of the Israeli Mission to the United Nations said on Tuesday that it will lead “a concerted diplomatic campaign with the U.S.” at the world body following the announcement of the Trump administration’s Middle...
The Arak nuclear plant, an Iranian 40-megawatt (thermal) heavy-water reactor. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Trump administration to renew foreign firms’ waivers for work at Iranian nuclear sites

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The Trump administration is expected to continue allowing Russian, Chinese and European companies to keep operating at Iranian nuclear facilities despite U.S. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, a source familiar with the...

“Zog Nit Keynmol” in Spanish, from Mexico City

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We present to you "Zog Nit Keyn Mol" in Spanish, from Mexico. With respect, all standing when listening to the anthem of resistance at the Museum of Anthropology during a Holocaust Remembrance event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoB8AsZCz38 Nunca digas Nunca...
French President Emmanuel Macron in Jerusalem, Jan. 22, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Macron criticized by French magistrates for wanting trial for Sarah Halimi case

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Top judiciary officials in France criticized French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday after he urged for the anti-Semitic murderer of Sarah Halimi to be put on trial. Halimi, an Orthodox Jewish woman in her 60s, died on...

Verter fun der Vokh: די איי֜ער – Eggs

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candle the eggs: אוי֜סקלאָרן <אוי֜סקלערן> די איי֜ער crack an egg: צעשפּאַ֜לטן <אָ֜נקלאַפּן> אַן אײ cracked: צעשפּאָ֜לטן For the complete list, click here to go to the archive at "Verter fun der Vokh"
Old Synagogue in Wieliczka, Poland. Source: Google Maps.

Archaeologists unearth crate of historic Judaica items under synagogue in Poland

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A wooden crate filled with Judaica items was discovered during an archaeological excavation in a synagogue in Małopolska, Poland, reported The Jewish Chronicle. Archaeologists were digging a small test hole at the Old Synagogue in Wieliczka when...
Nobel Prize laureate Elie Wiesel speaks at an awards ceremony held at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Wiesel received the Jerusalem guardian award in recognition of his unwavering defense of Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the Jewish people. Aug. 31, 2010. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Elie Wiesel’s son talks about life with famed Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate

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Elisha Wiesel, the son and only child of the late Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, spoke to the New York Post about what it was like growing up with his famous father. “Everybody...
President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, in the East Room of the White House to unveil details of the Trump administration’s Middle East Peace Plan. Photo by Shealah Craighead/White House.

The deal of the century — really?

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“To build in Judea and Samaria like in Tel Aviv.” That’s one of the headlines in today’s Yisrael Hayom, the popular daily newspaper distributed without charge and financed by the American-Jewish casino magnate Sheldon Adelson....