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Democratic lawmakers call for sanctions against Israeli cyber firm NSO Group
Eighteen U.S. lawmakers released a letter on Tuesday urging the U.S. Treasury and State Departments to sanction Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for allegedly helping authoritarian regimes commit human-rights violations.
The letter, which also called...
Legal group says Duke University must grant pro-Israel campus group recognition under federal law
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is calling on Duke University president Vincent Price to formally recognize the school’s chapter of Students Supporting Israel, saying it is the “only way...
Biden administration renews talks with Palestinian officials on economic issues
The Biden administration renewed the US-Palestinian Economic Dialogue (USPED) group on Tuesday that had been frozen by the Trump administration.
The meeting, which was held virtually, was the first in five years and brought together...
Saudi writer: War with Israel not an option, Palestinians must renew negotiations
Saudi writer Abd Al-Aziz Munif bin Razen wrote in the Saudi daily Okaz that negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel should be renewed under the mediation of the Gulf states.
According to the Middle East Media Research...
Plan to apply ‘Green Pass’ rules to shopping malls outrages MKs, retailers
Israeli lawmakers and retailers on Tuesday harshly criticized the planned application of “Green Pass” vaccine certificate regulations to the country’s shopping malls.
According to an outline of the plan, decided upon by Israeli Prime Minister...
University of Toronto working group on anti-Semitism comes up short, insist Jewish leaders
The University of Toronto will adopt all the recommendations from its working group on anti-Semitism at the school, but Jewish groups say the recommendations, and the report itself, don’t go nearly far enough to...
Inspired by COVID, basketball net designed by Tamir Goodman scores deals in industry
Former professional American-Israeli basketball player Tamir Goodman, known informally as “The Jewish Jordan,”’ has made leaps and bounds on the court as a player, coach and educator, and now, he has started a new...
Magdala Stone and other rare artifacts on view in Galilee
An oil lamp bearing the symbol of the seven-branched menorah; a stone from the Second Temple; inscriptions that incorporate the words “Shalom,” “Shabbat” and the names of the sages Shimon, Jacob and Hoshaya. These...
Future Jewish leaders, how are you using your voice?
On an average day in December 2015, Rabbi Reuven Biermacher finished teaching Torah to his students in Aish Yeshiva’s Spanish program in the Old City of Jerusalem. He walked out of the building and...
A child’s simple faith
On Dec. 8, a 14-year-old Palestinian girl stabbed a 26-year-old Jewish woman who was pushing a stroller and walking her children to school. Can critical theory and institutional racism help you understand this? Can...