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Daily Archives: October 26, 2021

A swastika scrawled in a tunnel connecting chemistry buildings at the University of Illinois-Champaign was discovered between Nov. 16 and Nov. 19, 2018. Credit: Elan Karoll.

Survey finds one-third of Jewish college students experienced anti-Semitism

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A new national survey conducted for Hillel International and the Anti-Defamation League revealed information about the number of Jewish college students across the United States who personally experienced anti-Semitism on campus during the last...

Shabbat Chayei Sarah and Jewish memory

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According to the biblical narrative (Genesis 23), Jewish history in the Land of Israel began in Hebron when Abraham, needing a burial site for Sarah, purchased the Machpelah cave from Ephron the Hittite. Why,...
Shabbat Project in Karmiel

Thousands of Jews Across the World Participate in Shabbat Project

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After more subdued celebrations in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the international Shabbat Project roared back to life last weekend with record-setting participation in the initiative’s ninth year, holding 1,166 citywide “unity events”...
Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) take part in a military show in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip to celebrate the 47th anniversary of the group's founding, Dec. 11, 2014. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

The ‘human rights’ scam at the heart of the NGO controversy

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To listen to the U.S. State Department and many in the international human-rights community, Israel has done it again. The outrage over the decision by Defense Minister Benny Gantz to designate six Palestinian non-governmental organizations as...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz at a meeting of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in Jerusalem on Oct. 19, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The bigger picture behind the narrow Gantz-NGO controversy

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When Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced on Friday that he is listing six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist groups, all hell broke loose on the left. The outcry, which emanated not only from Washington and Brussels,...
U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a press briefing in Washington, D.C., on May 11, 2021. Credit: U.S. State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha.

Israel clarifies Palestinian NGO designation, assures US ties of ‘utmost importance’

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An Israeli government official reiterated on Tuesday that they had briefed the United States about the impending designation of six Palestinian NGOs as terror organizations. In an interview with Israel’s Army Radio, Joshua Zarka, deputy director-general of...
The former U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, July 19, 2009. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Senators move to block Biden’s plan to reopen consulate for Palestinians

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Three-dozen Republican senators introduced a bill on Tuesday that aims to block the Biden administration’s plan to reopen the U.S. consulate for the Palestinians in Jerusalem. Upholding the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Law Act of 2021...
United Arab Emirates Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Al Alawi was welcomed to Israel by Israeli Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

UAE Air Force commander makes historic visit to IAF’s Blue Flag drill

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The Commander of the United Arab Emirate Air Force, Maj. Gen. Staff Pilot Ibrahim Nasser Mohammed Al Alawi, paid a historic visit to Israel to observe the Israeli Air Force’s Blue Flag international air...
Members of Sunrise DC, a progressive climate activist group. Source: Twitter.

Sunrise DC apologizes ‘unequivocally’ for singling out Jewish groups, repeats opposition to Zionism

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The Washington, D.C. affiliate of the environmentalist advocacy group the Sunrise Movement reiterated its opposition to Zionism but also apologized for rebuking three Zionist, Jewish advocacy groups in a newly released statement. Sunrise DC pulled...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Máduro meets with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in November 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Hezbollah operatives being sheltered in Venezuela, hacker group claims

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Hezbollah operatives are living freely in Venezuela under the protection of President Nicolás  Maduro’s government, according to a hacker collective aligned with the Venezuelan opposition. In an operation the hackers said had been carried out...