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A view of Khartoum, Sudan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

How normalization with Israel represents a welcome boost for Sudan (and vice versa)

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Khartoum, Sudan, was the setting for the infamous Arab League summit in 1967 that produced the Khartoum Resolution known as “The Three Nos”: no negotiations with Israel, no peace with Israel, no recognition of...
Headstones tagged with graffiti reading "TRUMP" at a Jewish cemetery in Grand Rapids, Mich. The vandalism was found on Nov. 2, 2020. Courtesy: ADL Michigan.

Political graffiti turns up on headstones in Michigan Jewish cemetery

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A 100-year-old Jewish cemetery in Michigan was vandalized with the words “TRUMP” and “MAGA.” The cemetery in Grand Rapids belongs to Congregation Ahavas Israel, a 125-year-old Conservative congregation. The graffiti was found on Monday and...
A fire at the University of Delaware Chabad in Newark, Del., has been ruled an arson, Aug. 25, 2020. Credit: Dave Wilson/Aetna Hose, Hook & Ladder Company.

Second arson in two months strikes campus Chabad center in Delaware

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A second arson attack on a Delaware Chabad House in two months happened over the weekend as the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Wilmington was set on fire. The fire happened around 12:30 a.m....
Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Nov. 3, 2020. Credit: Koby Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu thanks Romanian counterpart for presenting ‘sensible case’ to EU on Israel’s behalf

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During a meeting on Tuesday in Jerusalem with visiting Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his appreciation for Bucharest’s assistance over the years in presenting a “sensible case” to...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Dec. 27, 2017. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Khamenei: Iran’s US policy won’t change, regardless of election results

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that the result of the U.S. presidential election would not alter the country’s policy towards America. “Our policy towards the United States is clearly set and...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech on the Middle East peace plan at P.A. headquarters in Ramallah, Jan. 28, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Israeli court rules Palestinians must compensate terror victim’s family

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The Jerusalem District Court ruled on Monday that the Palestinian Authority must pay NIS 13 million ($3.8 million) in compensation to the family of Tzipi and Gadi Shemesh, who were murdered in a suicide...
The cast of Aaron Sorkin’s “The West Wing.” Credit: Courtesy.

Hollywood’s take on democracy: A watchlist for US election day

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With the advent of one of the most fateful presidential elections in U.S. history, Israel Hayom offers readers a curated list of some of the best election-themed films and television series to binge until the exit...
Blue and White Party leaders Benny Gantz and Gabi Ashkenazi celebrate as the results in the Israeli general elections are announced, at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on April 9, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Report: Gantz’s call for polygraphs sparks outrage after closed-door talk leaked

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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday demanded that lawmakers from his Blue and White faction undergo polygraph testing following a leak from a meeting during which he admitted he does not expect Israeli...
Sebastian Kurz, who was reelected as Austria's Prime Minister in Jan. 2020, at a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on July 10, 2019. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu, Rivlin express ‘total solidarity’ with Austria following Vienna terror attack

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday expressed the Jewish state’s strong support for Austria in the wake of the terrorist attack in Vienna on Monday. “Israel condemns the brutal attack...
Bedouins in the Negev Desert near Arad in southern Israel on Feb. 20, 2020. Photo by Anat Hermony/Flash90.

Israeli NGOs applaud jail term for Bedouin man convicted of polygamy

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An Israeli Bedouin resident of the Negev desert was sentenced to seven months in prison this past week by the Beersheva Magistrates Court for practicing polygamy. The sentencing was welcomed by the Israeli NGO...