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Traute Lafrenz. Source: Twitter/German Consulate General Atlanta.

Last known member of Nazi-resistance group White Rose dies at 103

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There has been a lot of discussion about what Holocaust memory will be like as fewer survivors remain. Less discussed are those who risked their lives to save Jews during World War II. The German-born...
An ATM at the Bitcoin embassy in Tel Aviv, Sept. 9, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

False depictions of Israeli reforms and the fall of SVB

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You’ve heard about the guy who killed his parents and then wailed about being an orphan, right? Well, what’s going on in Israel right now is even more astounding, with the anti-government protest movement...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the Kohelet Policy Forum Conference at the Begin Heritage Center, in Jerusalem, on Jan. 8, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Demonizing Kohelet won’t silence calls for judicial reform

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In the midst of a national convulsion in which opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are willing to stop at nothing in their campaign to prevent the government from enacting judicial reform, the...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog participates in a forum at the Bahrain Economic Development Board, Dec. 4, 2022. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Bahrain could follow Saudis in restoring ties with Iran

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Manama and Tehran have held secret talks in recent months, and Bahrain could follow the Saudis in restoring relations with the Islamic Republic. A “senior regional source” told the U.K.-based Amwaj.media news outlet that “low-profile...
Boys raise their hands at a U.N. school in the Gaza Strip, September 2011. Credit: U.N. Photo/Shareef Sarhan.

UN schools glorify terrorism, demonize Jews

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Teachers and schools of the U.N. agency that runs education and social services for Palestinian Arabs “regularly call for the murder of Jews,” a new report by two Israeli NGOs finds. Teaching materials of the...
Edwin Díaz, of Puerto Rico, pitches against Matt Mervis, of Israel, at the World Baseball Classic on March 13. Credit: Courtesy of Major League Baseball.

Puerto Rico near-perfect in shutout of Israel at World Baseball Classic

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A bit of World Baseball Classic mercy turned an almost perfect game on Monday into a 10-0 Puerto Rico win against hitless Israel over eight innings. Maor Elbaz-Starinsky, consul general of Israel in Miami, threw...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, March 13, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu accuses media of bias in coverage of judicial reform

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Israel’s premier on Monday called out “leftist” and “biased” media for what he said was their one-sided coverage of the government’s proposed judicial reform. Speaking before a Knesset faction meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed...
The Knesset assembly hall, on March 13, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Judicial reform: Override clause passes first Knesset reading

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Israel’s coalition took an important step toward realizing its judicial reform plan on Tuesday, with a key bill passing the first of three votes needed to become law. The bill, an amendment to Israel’s Basic...
Palestinian children look at the image of PLO chief Yasser Arafat and terrorist Marwan Barghouti during a demonstration in the southern Gaza Strip calling for the release of prisoners held in Israeli jails on Oct. 6, 2011. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Former Arafat aide and oldest Palestinian prisoner released from Israeli jail

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A former aide to Yasser Arafat and the oldest Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail was released on Monday after serving 17 years for arms smuggling, according to local media reports. Fuad Shubaki, 83, was...
Israelis block a road and clash with police as they protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, March 1, 2023. Photo: Erik Marmor/Flash90.

Hebrew University bars use of educational platform to encourage students to protest

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Administrators at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have barred staff from using the Moodle educational platform to encourage students to protest against the Israeli government’s judicial reform plan. The move came in response to a...