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Daily Archives: October 20, 2021

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Oct. 20, 2021. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Bennett, Indian external affairs minister meet in Jerusalem

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met in Jerusalem on Wednesday with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. The two discussed “strengthening the strategic alliance, expanding bilateral ties and deepening the warm friendship between Israel and...
Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Saar speaks during a memorial ceremony marking 26 years since the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the Knesset, Oct. 18, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israeli right blasts ‘anti-Netanyahu’ bill

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Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Tuesday released details of a bill that would ban anyone accused of crimes punishable by over three years in prison from forming a government. If passed, the proposed legislation,...
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked attends the Jerusalem Post Conference, in Jerusalem, Oct. 12, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli interior minister opposes ‘anti-Netanyahu law’

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Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked announced on Wednesday that she opposes newly proposed legislation that would prevent those under indictment from serving as prime minister. “I don’t think that the attorney-general should determine who is...
View of salt formations on the Dead Sea shore, July 7, 2020. Photo by Mila Aviv/Flash90.

What next for the Dead Sea?

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Hundreds of people undressed for a nude photo shoot last week to bring attention to the Dead Sea, a unique body of water bordered by Israel and Jordan at the lowest point on Earth—1,380 feet below sea...
A performance of Neely Bruce’s oratorio, “Circular 14: The Apotheosis of Aristides,” named after Aristides de Sousa Mendes's issuing of thousands of lifesaving visas to Jewish and non-Jewish refugees against the Portuguese government’s “Circular 14,” which made it illegal for Holocaust refugees to pass through Portugal. Credit: Courtesy of the Sousa Mendes Foundation.

Portugal honors diplomat who saved Jews from Nazis

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Portugal honored Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a former diplomat for the country, who helped save thousands of Jews from the Nazis during World War II. “People who at the decisive moment put their and their...