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Mason Hall and the Academic Quadrangle at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Pomona College senior-class president posts anti-Semitic statements on social media

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The senior class president at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., posted anti-Semitic content on social media, comparing racism to the Holocaust and accusing Zionists of hating brown people. In an Instagram post, Malak Afaneh, a...
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the audience at the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas on April 6, 2019. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Republican Jewish Coalition launches $50,000 ad buy for battleground states

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The Republican Jewish Coalition launched a $50,000 ad buy in battleground states on Sunday, pushing out a video celebrating how the U.S.-Israel relationship has strengthened under U.S. President Donald Trump. The eight-minute documentary, called “Sunrise,”...
Muslims visit at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on Feb. 28, 2020. Photo by Sliman Khader/Flash90.

What is Israel’s next move as Turks and Saudis duel over Jerusalem?

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Tensions have run increasingly high between the Jordanians and Saudis on one side, and the Turks and Qataris on the other over control of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. “Turkey’s neo-Ottominism in its foreign policy...
Students, faculty and clergy gather at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a vote to pass a BDS resolution on campus on Feb. 13, 2020. Photo by Ben Zavell.

New website lists Israeli professors who support BDS, oppose IDF service

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A new English-language website, launched by the NGO Im Tirtzu, provides the names Israeli professors involved in the BDS movement and other activities critical of the state. “Know the Anti-Israel Israeli Professor” lists 150 academics who accuse...