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Daily Archives: February 16, 2021

Israeli world champion judoka Sagi Muki, right, and Iranian champion Saeid Mollaei embrace at the Paris Grand Slam, Feb. 10, 2020. Source: Instagram.

Exiled Iranian judoka arrives in Israel to compete in Tel Aviv Grand Slam

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Saeid Mollaei, the Iranian judo champion who sought refuge in Germany, after being ordered to throw a match at the 2019 World Judo Championships in Tokyo to avoid a potential pairing with Israeli Israeli...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dec. 25, 2017. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Report: Iran behind plot to attack UAE embassies in Africa

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Iran was behind a recently foiled plot to attack embassies of the United Arab Emirates in Ethiopia and Sudan, The New York Times reported on Monday. The paper quoted Israeli and Western intelligence sources who said the plot...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Kremlin.ru via Wikimedia Commons.

Turkey invests $10 million in Jenin construction project

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Turkey has invested $10 million in a new industrial zone currently under construction in the Palestinian city of Jenin. The move is a significant step for Turkey, which normally invests in the Gaza Strip...

February 16, 1624: The First Jew to Settle in North America Buys Some Real...

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On February 16, 1624, the name of Elias Legardo appeared in a registry of settlers of Virginia, in the present United States of America, who according to some historians would be the first Judeo-European...