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What Will Happen to the Refuge That is Israel?

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It is a cruel irony that Israelis are preparing to move to Germany or Poland where their parents or grandparents survived Hitler. “They’re willing to accept a drop in their standard of living because they’re...
A satellite view of Alderney, the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. Credit: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA via Wikimedia Commons.

UK government reviewing number of deaths at Nazi camps on British soil

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The British government announced a landmark review last week into Nazi camp deaths on the island of Alderney, which the Germans occupied between 1940 and 1945. Officially, 389 marked graves have been found, but some estimates...
Pennsylvania State Rep. Jared Solomon. Credit: www.pahouse.com.

Pennsylvania’s presidential primary conflicts with Passover

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Pennsylvania State Rep. Jared Solomon doesn’t want to have “to choose between celebrating Passover and going to the polls.” The Jewish Democrat, who represents Philadelphia in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly, is one of many prominent voices in the...

Longtime Jewish journalist suggests ‘BBC’ may have exposed her to cancer

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Dame Esther Rantzen, a prominent Jewish British journalist, recently told the Daily Mirror that her cancer diagnosis may be connected to her time working for the BBC. The 83-year-old spent a significant part of her early career in the former...
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.

German minister defies Berlin on Israel’s terror listing of Palestinian NGOs

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Germany's Federal Ministry of the Interior believes Israel provided sufficient evidence to justify its listing of several Palestinian non-governmental organizations as terrorist entities, Der Spiegel reported. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser's position reportedly has put her at odds...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog (right) hosts his Zambian counterpart Hakainde Hichilema in Jerusalem, Aug. 1, 2023. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

Herzog hosts Zambian counterpart in Jerusalem

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog hosted on Tuesday his Zambian counterpart Hakainde Hichilema in Jerusalem. The two discussed ways to deepen bilateral trade and cooperation, as well as the threats posed by Iran. “Economic success is anchored...
Hamas presented the Tabor rifle that it claimed belonged to IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin. Credit: Twitter

Hamas releases pics of fallen IDF soldier’s rifle nine years after his death

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Hamas has released photos purportedly showing the rifle of IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin, who was killed in the Gaza Strip nine years ago today, i24NEWS reported on Tuesday. The bodies of Goldin and IDF Staff Sgt. Oron...
From left, Lebanese, Hezbollah and PLO flags on the border with Israel, July 3, 2022. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

To avoid war, Israel must act

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"Hezbollah's activity and presence on the border fence, the IDF's passive operational posture and the lack of full deployment of technological means created a situation in which the abduction of the soldiers was just...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference on the planned construction of a new railway line from the northern city of Kiryat Shmona to the city of Eilat, in Jerusalem, July 30, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90

Netanyahu: ‘There won’t be a civil war’ over judicial reform

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured NBC News on Monday that wherever the debate in Israel over his government’s judicial reform effort leads, it won’t be to violence. “There won’t be civil war. I guarantee you that,”...
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen attends a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Jan. 25, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli foreign minister: Saudi deal ‘closer than ever’

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Israel is closer than it has ever been to a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Monday. In an interview with Channel 12, the country’s top diplomat said that the...