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Daily Archives: March 2, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at the Likud Party's election rally in Ramat Gan on Feb 29, 2020. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

Israeli exit polls give clear edge to Netanyahu’s Likud Party, nearly a 61-seat majority

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Exit polls from Israel’s general election on Monday indicate a strong victory for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, setting the stage for the longtime Israeli leader to break the political stalemate and...

While Wall Street Journal highlights the success of Harry Potter in Yiddish, two new...

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The first time in Yiddish! Pride and Prejudice - Gayve un Forurtl By Jane Austen - Volume One Translated by Barry Goldstein Dos ershte mol oyf Yidish! Gayve un Forurtl Fun Dzheyn Austen - Band Eyns Ibergezetst fun Berish Goldshteyn דאָס ערשטע מאָל אױף...
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz holds a press conference at the Kfar Maccabiah Hotel in Ramat Gan on Feb. 26, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Benny Gantz: ‘We must move forward’

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As Israel’s third election campaign in under a year draws to a close, I would like to remind the Israeli public why we are here, why I am here, and what I am fighting...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at a Likud Party election rally in Ramat-Gan, Feb 29, 2020. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

Netanyahu: Let’s carry this momentum through

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My fellow Israelis, we are very close to winning the elections. We need two more mandates to win the election, resolve the political logjam and establish a strong right-wing government. I ask you to go...

Iraqi TV: Coronavirus is an American plot, similar to past Jewish plots

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Iraqi political analyst Muhammad Sadeq Al-Hashemi said in a Feb. 26 interview on Al-Ayam TV (Iraq) that in the 1981 thriller novel titled The Eyes of Darkness, American author Dean Koontz had written about...
Former mayor of New York City and current Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg addresses the annual AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2020. Source: Screenshot.

Presidential candidate Bloomberg makes pro-Israel case at AIPAC policy conference

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WASHINGTON—Former New York City Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg laid out his case to the pro-Israel community on Monday at the annual AIPAC Policy Conference, even calling out one of his rivals,...
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden walks with supporters at a march in Clear Lake, Iowa, on Aug. 9, 2019. Photo: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.

Biden to AIPAC: ‘I support Israel and a Palestinian state’

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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden spoke to attendees of the annual AIPAC Policy Conference in a video address on Sunday, stating that he will always support Israel, but that he also believes in a...
Map of the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Iran. Source: Wikipedia.

Adviser to Iranian leader Khamenei dies of coronavirus

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A member of the advisory council for Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei died of coronavirus on Monday, reported Iranian state radio. Iranian Expediency Council member Mohammad Mirmohammadi is the first top official in the Islamic...
Election campaign billboards showing Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud Party Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White head Benny Gantz, in Tel Aviv on Feb. 24, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Deadlock, mutiny, defections: All the post-election scenarios

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With Israelis heading to the polls for an unprecedented third time in under 12 months, all eyes are on “the day after.” Polls have projected a continuation of the political deadlock, but is Israel...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks at an emergency U.N. General Assembly meeting in United Nations headquarters in New York City on Dec. 21, 2017. Photo by Amir Levy/Flash90.

Israel’s UN envoy: ‘We don’t want Sanders at AIPAC. We don’t want him in...

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Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon lashed out at Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday over the Democratic presidential candidate’s repeated attacks on Israel and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Speaking at the...