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Daily Archives: October 18, 2021

Nir Distelfeld, inspector for the Israel Antiquities Authority, with the Crusader sword. Oct. 18. 2021. Credit: Anastasia Shapiro/Israel Antiquities Authority.

Scuba diver stumbles on 900-year-old Crusader sword off Israel coast

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If there’s proof that you can’t go anywhere in Israel without stumbling on some kind of ancient artifact, it’s got to be the news this morning that a scuba diver has discovered an ancient...
Journalists Maria Ressa (left) and Dmitry Muratov, winners of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, Oct. 10, 2021. Credit: Wikipedia.

‘Simply put, the journalist must change the world for the better’

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Last Monday’s edition of Novaya Gazeta was perhaps one of the most festive ever. It was the first edition following the announcement by the Nobel Prize Committee that transformed the newspaper’s editor, Dmitry Muratov, into an...

Lebanon’s top cleric condemns Beirut violence, calls to respect judiciary

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Lebanon’s top Christian cleric called on Sunday for all parties in the country to respect the independence of the judiciary, and condemned as “unacceptable” violence of the sort that erupted in Beirut last week. “We...
Midhat al-Saleh. Credit: SANA.

Syria accuses Israel of killing government official near Golan border

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Syria on Sunday accused Israel of killing a high-ranking government official outside his home near the Israel-Syria border. Midhat al-Saleh, 54, was the head of the Syrian government’s Golan Affairs Office and a former lawmaker....
The Supreme Court of the United States. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jewish organizations join to urge Supreme Court to review terror-financing case

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A number of Jewish organizations have submitted a friend-of-the-court brief this week asking for the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case involving a British bank accused of helping fund Hamas terrorist in activity...