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Daily Archives: December 28, 2020

Sophia Loren plays elderly Holocaust survivor in ‘The Life Ahead’

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Sofia Villani Scicolone first appeared into the movie called Quo Vadis in 1951 when she was only 15 years old. She was renamed “Sophia Loren” by her husband Carlo Ponti who also directed the film. Loren...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas addresses the U.N. Security Council concerning details of the Mideast peace plan put forth by the United States on Feb. 11, 2020. Credit: Eskinder Debebe/U.N. Photo.

Can the Palestinians adjust to changing times?

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They’ll always have the United Nations. Even as the rest of the world abandons their cause, the Palestinians can still count on the world body to be their faithful ally in their century-old struggle...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández at the opening of a Honduran Trade Office in Jerusalem on Sept. 1, 2019. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Honduras becomes 50th country to form a Parliamentary Israel Allies Caucus

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Honduras just became the Israel Allies Foundation’s (IAF) 50th country to join its Parliamentary Israel Allies Caucuses network. Achieving its goal to reach 50 countries by the end of 2020, IAF president Josh Reinstein said...
Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog with a group of immigrant children, on Dec. 27, 2020. Photo courtesy of David Salem.

More than 20,000 people immigrated to Israel in 2020, despite the pandemic

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Global pandemic notwithstanding, more than 20,000 Jews from 70 countries made aliyah over the course of 2020, reported the Jewish Agency. Most of the immigrants arrived from Russia, Ukraine, the United States and France, according to the...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki listens to an opening speech during the Sarafiya bridge opening in Kadhimiya, Iraq, May 27, 2008. Credit: Staff Sgt. Jessica J. Wilkes/U.S. Air Force via Wikimedia Commons.

Former Iraqi premier: US, Israel, Arab states plotted the fall of Assad in Syria

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The Syrian Civil War was the result of a plot by Israel, certain Arab states and the United States, according to former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Speaking with Iran’s Al-Alam television on Dec. 24, Maliki, who...
Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Yemeni official warns against ‘any stupid action by Zionist regime,’ reports Iranian media

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Iranian media on Sunday quoted an official at the Foreign Ministry of the Yemeni National Salvation Government as threatening Israel. The official was referring to Israel’s reported monitoring of the situation in Yemen, where Tehran...
Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein in Airport City on Sept. 17, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Israel approaching 100,000 daily vaccinations, says health minister

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Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Monday that Israel was approaching 100,000 COVID-19 vaccinations per day and vowed to increase the rate even further. “So far, we have vaccinated 379,000 people,” said Edelstein, as Israel...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement to the media at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Dec. 22, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Moroccan delegation expected in Israel this week, says Netanyahu

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that a delegation from Morocco would travel to Israel this week to advance diplomatic relations between the two countries. Netanyahu said in a video posted on Facebook...
Israeli Border Police patrol Jaffa Road in Jerusalem's city center to prevent lockdown violations, Sept. 23, 2020. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Lockdown 3.0 to cost Israeli economy $1.6 billion

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Israel’s third nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus will cost the economy a minimum of 5 billion shekels ($1.55 billion), according to Bank of Israel estimates. The lockdown is scheduled to begin at...
“Iran International,” based in London and Saudi-funded, announcing Turkey’s arrest of members of a narco-terrorist gang on Dec. 14, 2020. Source: Screenshot.

Iran’s links to international organized crime and narco-terrorism

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A series of articles published recently in the Turkish, British, and American media indicate that Iranian intelligence is making effective use of major international crime organizations and drug cartels in several countries to advance...