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A BDS movement protest against Israel in Melbourne, Australia. Credit: Mohamed Ouda via Wikimedia Commons.

Academic watchdog groups blast MESA for adoption of BDS resolution against Israel

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Academic watchdog groups expressed disapproval on Wednesday at the adoption of a BDS resolution against Israel by members of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), based in the United States. In an electronic vote from...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz holds a farewell flight with Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin, commander of the Israeli Air Forces for the past fine years, March 23, 2022. Photo courtesy of Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry.

Gantz holds farewell flight with Israeli Air Force commander Norkin

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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz held a farewell flight together with Israeli Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin in an F-15 on Wednesday. During the event, Gantz thanked Norkin for “tens of years...
U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the Wye River Conference Center during the Wye River Memorandum talks, Oct. 16, 1998. Credit: U.S. Government, Department of Defense via Wikimedia Commons.

Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies of cancer at age 88

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Madeleine Albright, the first woman to hold the position of U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer at the age of 84. A statement posted on Twitter said that Albright was “surrounded by family and friends”...

San Diego Jewish Academy Celebrates Opening of New Performing Arts Auditorium

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San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) celebrated the campus’ new state-of-the-art Ana “Janche” Galicot Performing Arts Auditorium (PAA), funded by Ms. Galicot’s two sons in her honor. The 5,000 square foot facility features 3 multi-purpose...
An illustration of Israeli and Ukrainian flags. Credit: ruskpp/Shutterstock.

Why liberals fail to equate Israel and Ukraine

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Two women and a rabbi were among four Israelis murdered in a terrorist attack this week in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva. The terrorist, a Bedouin from a village of Houra, north of the...
Syrian President Bashar Assad. Credit: Photowalking/Shutterstock.

After Assad visit, UAE could play role mediating between Syria and Israel

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Syria’s President Bashar Assad arrived in the United Arab Emirates on March 18 after the Gulf country’s rulers signaled a willingness to strengthen ties with Syria again. Assad’s visit marks a potential warming in...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech outside 10 Downing Street in 2019. Credit: Michael Tubi/Shutterstock.

Johnson criticizes UK universities for ‘being tolerant of anti-Semitism’

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said universities in the United Kingdom have for “far too long been tolerant of casual or indeed systematic anti-Semitism.” The prime minister made the remark on Wednesday in response to...
A view of the Bedouin town of Houra in southern Israel. Credit: Romayan via Wikimedia Commons.

Family of terrorist in town of Houra deplore attack

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The extended family of Muhammad Abu Al-Kiyan, the 34-year old Israeli man from the Bedouin town of Houra in southern Israel who murdered four Israeli civilians in a terror attack on Tuesday, condemned his actions on...
Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2019. Credit: Sasa Dzambic photography/Shutterstock.

Russian businessmen resign from Jewish group after giving $10 million to Ukraine

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Three Russian oligarchs who founded the Genesis Philanthropy Group have stepped down from the Jewish charitable foundation after it pledged to donate $10 million for humanitarian needs in Ukraine, reported Business Insider. Banking and business billionaires...
The Al-Arab article, via MEMRI.

UAE daily: New Arab-Israeli coalition was born during Egypt-UAE-Israel summit

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The summit held this month by leaders of Egypt, Israel and the United Arab Emirates in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh was described by a recent article in the London-based Emirati daily Al-Arab as giving birth...