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Israel must not stand idly by

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The nuclear talks in Vienna feel like a flashback. The U.S. administration is yet again eager to join the dangerous Iranian nuclear deal, and Israel is left to wage a rear-guard battle alone. It seems that...

Idriss Déby: The death of an African warrior

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We worry about the Middle East. We pivot toward Asia. As for Latin America, we at least pay attention to Venezuela, Cuba and the countries from which emigrants are streaming north. But Africa? Mostly, we...
photo credit: Koby Gideon (GPO)

President Rivlin was hosted at an inter-religious meeting at Abu Ghosh attended by religious...

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President Rivlin on the constitutional developments in recent days: “The miracle of the existence of the State of Israel was and still is the result of hard work to which we are all committed, and...
A vial containing Pfizer’s BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Modi’in on Jan. 12, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Israeli data shows Pfizer vaccine 97 percent effective against British variant

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Israeli medical data has shown that the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine is 97 percent effective against the British variant of the coronavirus, the founder of BioNTech said on Wednesday. Dr. Ugur Sahin, the co-founder of BioNTech,...
A sign at a rally in Paris against the French court ruling in the Sarah Halimi case, April 25, 2021. Source: Facebook.

France’s justice minister aims to change law after court ruling on Halimi murder

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France’s Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti plans to introduce a bill to change French law after a court ruled that the 27-year-old man who killed Jewish woman Sarah Halimi in a 2017 anti-Semitic attack would...
Israeli Tourism Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, announcing Israel's new campaign for encouraging tourism from abroad, April 27, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel to start reopening to tourism, beginning in May

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Israel will begin admitting vaccinated tourists into the country at the end of May and has announced the launch of a global campaign to encourage as many people as possible to visit this year,...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Credit: Asatur Yesayants/Shutterstock.

Iranian president: Leaked Zarif interview intended to derail Vienna talks

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Iran’s president said on Wednesday that the leak of an interview in which the country’s foreign minister complains of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intervention in diplomatic affairs is an attempt to sow internal...
While British Jewry has pulled together against the threat of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, American Jews seem more focused on partisan grudges then on combating hate.

ADL audit on anti-Semitism finds slight decline in incidents, online activity remains troubling

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Anti-Semitic incidents in the United States declined slightly in 2020, but remain at a near all-time high, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents. The report, which was released on Tuesday, revealed a...
U.S. President Joe Biden, joined by First Lady Jill Biden, in the Library of the White House on March 31, 2021. Credit: Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz.

‘It’s essential to protect historical truth’: Jewish groups react to Biden’s recognition of Armenian...

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Jewish organizations responded positively to the United States officially recognizing as a genocide the killing and deportation of more than a million Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century. The declaration...
Cell phone. Credit: Max Pixel.

Apple Pay to launch in Israel, Google pay to start soon

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Apple Pay, a digital payment service, is scheduled to launch in Israel next week, allowing iPhone users to pay digitally for the first time in Israel. The iPhone has about a 30 percent market share...