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Daily Archives: June 8, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron in Jerusalem, Jan. 22, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

EU hypocrites take territory while blasting Israeli annexation

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The member states of the European Union—both individually and collectively via the Quartet—are in a tizzy and hypocritically warning Israel against annexation, even as those same countries continue to occupy numerous territories that they...
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When An American President Becomes Agent Provacateur

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“Whoever can dominate the street will one day conquer the state, for every form of power politics and any dictatorship-run state has its roots in the street.”-Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Party Minister of Propaganda, Nuremberg...
Israelis participate in a march to celebrate Israel's 71st Independence Day near Havat Gilad in Judea and Samaria on May 9, 2019. Photo by Hillel Maeir/Flash90.

Annexation vs. sovereignty: Words matter

Words matter. They drive narratives. They influence policy. And they shape people’s perceptions. The current debate over whether Israel’s proposed actions in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank)—in accordance with U.S President Donald Trump’s “peace to...
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Argentina adopts universal definition of anti-Semitism

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Argentina adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, its foreign ministry announced on Sunday. A resolution called on all government branches to use the definition “to contribute to the fight of the Argentine...
The Israeli Magen David Adom national emergency service at a coronavirus testing complex in Bnei Brak on April 1, 2020. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

Israel’s coronavirus infection rate holds steady at 100 a day

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Israel’s coronavirus death toll stood at 298 on Monday, with 17,915 confirmed cases of infection in total since the start of the pandemic, though serological testing indicates that the true figure may be much higher. According to...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the Likud Party, attends an event with other party members after the release of initial voting results in the Israeli general elections, at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on Sep. 17, 2019. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

Netanyahu names veteran Mideast reporter and best-selling author as strategic adviser

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Aaron Klein, a veteran Middle East reporter and New York Times best-selling author, has been retained by Israel’s Likud Party as a strategic and communications consultant to party leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Israel’s Magen David Adom helped the Congo set up a COVID-19 drive-through testing center, complete with software and training, May 2020. Credit: Courtesy

Drive-through corona testing in Congo, courtesy of Israel

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It’s not quite as enjoyable as ordering a burger from the car, but Israelis who need to be tested for coronavirus can head to the nearest drive-through testing facility set up by Israel’s Magen...
A general view of the Jewish settlement of Karnei Shomron, in Judea and Samaria, on June 4, 2020. Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90.

In a show of support for Netanyahu, settler leaders green-light sovereignty bid

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As Israel moves closer to applying sovereignty in the Jordan Valley and parts of Judea and Samaria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on...
A view of the new Tel Aviv-Jerusalem fast train, over the HaArazim Valley ("Valley of Cedars") just outside of Jerusalem, Sept. 25, 2018. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

Resumption of Israeli train service derails, again, over virus fears

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Israeli trains will not resume operations on Monday as previously planned, due to the new wave of coronavirus infections. The Cabinet is going to meet on Monday to decide on a new date for the...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends the Great Conference of Basij members at Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 4 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Khamenei on Floyd killing: ‘US been doing same thing to world for years’

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The ongoing protests in the United States over the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis are an “eruption of truths that have always been hidden,” according to Iran’s...