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Daily Archives: May 4, 2020

A promotional image for the series “Umm Haroun” (“The Mother of Aaron”), aired by the private Saudi-owned satellite channel MBC for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Source: Arab Media.

Ramadan TV series about Gulf Jews draws controversy

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A Ramadan TV series aired by the private Saudi-owned satellite channel MBC that shows Jews in a positive light has drawn the ire of some in the Arab world, who say it promotes the normalization with...
Wendy Sandler, professor of linguistics at the University of Haifa and founding director of the northern Israeli institution's Sign Language Research Lab. Source: YouTube.

American-Israeli linguistics professor inducted into arts and sciences academy

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An American-Israeli professor of linguistics at the University of Haifa and founding director of the northern Israeli institution’s Sign Language Research Lab was inducted into the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Wendy Sandler is the...
The foreign ministers of Germany, the United Kingdom, China, the United States, France, Russia, the European Union and Iran meet in Geneva on Nov. 24, 2013 for talks on the interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear program. Source: U.S. Department of State.

The final days of the Iran nuclear deal

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There is a growing chance that by October, the nuclear deal with Iran, otherwise known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will be dead. Under the deal with the United States, China, Russia,...

Religion, Diversity and Pluralism

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One of the most important controversies in our societies today is about the cultural diversity that continues to grow within these institutions. Pluralism is a complex reality. It refers both to the existence of...

Beyond The Pandemic: American Strategic Survival In A Time Of Plague

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“Science, by which I mean the entire body of knowledge about things, whether corporeal or spiritual, is as much a work of imagination as it is of observation….The latter is not possible without the...
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Chinese president Xi Jinping, in Beijing on March 21, 2017. Photo by Haim Zach / GPO

China’s coronavirus coverup and the implications for Israel

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Growing calls for an investigation into China’s handling and possible coverup of the coronavirus outbreak have observers debating the potential implications for both Israeli and U.S. policy on China. In Israel, there was concern over...
Former U.K. Labour General Secretary Jennie Formby. Source: Screenshot.

UK Labour general secretary resigns after tenure tainted with anti-Semitism

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U.K. Labour General Secretary Jennie Formby, who once said it’s “impossible to eradicate anti-Semitism,” has resigned from the position, the party has announced. Formby said she applied for the role two years ago “to support...
People walk at the Mamilla Mall near Jerusalem's Old City on May 3, 2020. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Israel’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 234; nearly 10,000 have recovered

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The number of Israelis who have recovered from coronavirus infection stands at 9,858, the country’s Health Ministry reported Monday. The virus has so far claimed the lives of 234 citizens. A total of 6,145 Israelis...
A Bank Hapoalim branch in Jerusalem on Jan. 13, 2011. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Bank Hapoalim fined $904 million over US clients’ tax evasion, FIFA scandal

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Israel’s Bank Hapoalim has settled a case brought against it by U.S. authorities for assisting U.S.-based clients to evade taxes and involvement in a bribery affair that shook FIFA, the world soccer federation. Under the...
The funeral of former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, who died of complications of COVID-19, at the Har Hamenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem on April 13, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Despite coronavirus, Jews’ bodies still being flown to Israel for burial

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Despite the coronavirus outbreak and almost the complete shutdown of international travel to Israel, deceased Jews from around the world continue to be flown to Israel for burial. “The Land of Israel is a very...