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Daily Archives: February 12, 2020

The flag of Saudi Arabia. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Report shows improvement in Saudi textbooks, though extremism still lingers

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The first full review of the Saudi curriculum in more than a decade shows that while improvements have been made, extremist content still exists. For example, Jews are blamed as assassins, described as monkeys, and...
Head of Palestinian national security forces in Hebron Brig. Gen. Hazem Abu Hanood and head of the Palestinian police Brig. Gen. Ahmad Abu Rob talk to residents during a visit to the Old City in Hebron on July 31, 2018. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

Trump administration’s 2021 budgets excludes funding for Palestinian security forces

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U.S. funding for Palestinian security forces was excluded in the Trump administration’s budget released on Monday for the 2021 fiscal year—the first time that a U.S. government budget excluded funds for that purpose. The budget...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas addresses the U.N. Security Council concerning details of the Mideast peace plan put forth by the United States, Feb. 11, 2020. Source: Screenshot.

Abbas: Trump’s vision of Palestinian state is ‘like Swiss cheese’

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In a speech on Tuesday to the U.N. Security Council, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas expressed contempt towards the Trump administration’s peace plan, saying it is filled with holes and comparing it to “Swiss...
Safra Children Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. Credit: David Shay via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel’s Sheba Medical Center develops telemedicine to limit coronavirus spread

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As fears of the growing coronavirus endemic increase worldwide, Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, has developed a groundbreaking way to treat potential patients without risking the health of hospital staff and other patients. Using...

February 12, 1938: Judy Blume, popular young-adult author, is born

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Judy Blume, who redefined the terms of acceptable discourse in children’s literature on her way to selling eighty million copies of her books and seeing them translated into thirty-one languages, was born in Elizabeth,...

Organe de presse de l’AKP au pouvoir en Turquie : « Le pouvoir juif vouera le monde...

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Dans une chronique parue le 31 janvier 2020 sous le titre « Le problème juif du monde » dans le quotidien turc Yeni Safak, organe de presse de l’AKP au pouvoir en Turquie,...

Quotidien de l’opposition turque : L’islam politique chiite a pourri l’Iran et l’islam politique...

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Dans une chronique parue le 13 janvier 2020 sous le titre « L’effondrement de l’islam politique » dans le grand quotidien turc de l’opposition Sözcü, connu pour ses prises de positions laïques, l’éditorialiste Zeynep...

« Est-ce notre job de protéger les terroristes djihadistes ? » – Un journaliste turc fustige...

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Dans une chronique parue le 4 février 2020 sous le titre « Est-ce notre job de protéger les terroristes djihadistes ? », suite à l’échange de tirs du 3 février entre forces syriennes et...