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Daily Archives: November 11, 2020

Jimmy Weldon. Source: Screenshot.

Jimmy Weldon, a liberator of Buchenwald, has a lot to say on life

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Jimmy Weldon, 97, is a voice actor and ventriloquist known for portraying Yakky Doodle and other Hanna-Barbera characters on “The Yogi Bear Show.” He was also once a soldier. Serving with the combat engineers...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Credit: Ilhan Omar for Congress via Facebook.

Israeli Observer Worries about Ilhan Omar

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Why are American Jewish organizations silent about Congressional anti-Semitism and anti-Israel slander? Why is it that the ZOA is the only Jewish organization in America that initiated instant condemnation of Ilhan Omar’s latest anti-Semitic drumbeat...
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Applying the Abraham Accords to the Temple Mount

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During a weekly lesson delivered from the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in the wake of the beheading of French school teacher Samuel Paty, Palestinian Islamic scholar Sheikh Issam Amira stated that “it...
A damaged sign, along with a menorah, at Chabad at the University of Kentucky Jewish Student Center, Nov. 8, 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

Campus Chabad in Kentucky again discovers vandalism to its sign, menorah

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Police in Lexington, Ky., are investigating the vandalism of a menorah and sign at Chabad at the University of Kentucky Jewish Student Center. This is the fourth time that the sign has been vandalized...
Anti-aircraft guns at Iran's Natanz uranium-enrichment facility. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

IAEA says Iran continues to violate 2015 nuclear deal

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Wednesday that Iran is still in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal by continuing to increase its low-enriched uranium stockpile. As of Nov. 2, Iran had a...
Rockets are fired from Gaza towards Israel following the targeted killing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad field commander Baha Abu al-Ata by Israel on Nov. 12, 2019. Photo by Hassan Jedi/Flash90.

Israel girds for Gaza violence on the anniversary of Islamic Jihad commander’s death

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A day ahead of the one-year anniversary of Israel’s assassination of Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Baha Abu al-Ata, Israel is preparing to counter a possible escalation in violence from the Gaza Strip. The Israel Defense Forces...
Protesters in Turkey demonstrate against the Trump administration's “Peace to Prosperity” conference and Mideast peace plan in Bahrain, July 2019. Credit: TRT Arabic, Turkey.

Arabs states draw closer to Israel to counter non-Arab powers Turkey and Iran

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The decision by three Arab states to make peace with Israel can be credited both to efforts by the Trump administration and the recognition by these Sunni states that their security would improve against...

Iranian cleric: Iran carried out two ‘extraordinary’ cyber attacks against Israel this year

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An Iranian Islamic scholar claimed in a recent sermon that Iran has carried out two cyber attacks against Israel this year. In a Nov. 6 talk that aired on Iran’s Korasan Shomali TV, Iranian cleric Rahim Mahdavipour...
Rain in Jerusalem on Nov. 5, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Report: COVID outbreak in Israel to worsen over winter

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A new report from the Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center finds that Israel is likely to see a spike in infections over the winter, when people will convene in small indoor spaces. The...
Bahraini Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, May 31, 2020. Photo: Bahrain News Agency.

Bahraini Prime Minister Prince Khalifa Al Khalifa dies at 84; Netanyahu extends condolences

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Bahraini Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has died at the age of 84. He passed away at the Mayo Clinic in the United States on Wednesday morning, the Bahrain News Agency reported. King Hamad bin...