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Sufis and Kabbalists and their vision of the world
Religions and the conception of God
Religions do not have the same conception of God. The Christian triune God is not the God of the Qur’ân or the Torah, and the personal God of the...
Will peace have a chance in the Middle East?
The basic elements of peace
The whole world seems to agree on the broad outlines of an agreement:
The return of territories conquered in 1967 and the creation of a viable Palestinian state;
The division...
PM: Goal of Rafah op is to return hostages and eliminate Hamas
Hamas’s unilateral ceasefire proposal failed to thwart the Israel Defense Forces’ operation against the terror group’s last bastion of Rafah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday evening.
“Hamas’s proposal was intended to torpedo...
Jewish businessman killed in Egypt, case construed as murder
A Jewish businessman with triple Israeli, Canadian and Russian citizenship was killed in the Alexandria region of northern Egypt, according to Arabic media reports on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia’s Al-Arabiya news website reported that local authorities were investigating...
Bipartisan House coalition pushes for added funding for antisemitism envoy
A bipartisan push is underway in the House of Representatives to increase funding for the U.S. State Department’s antisemitism envoy office.
Members of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, including Reps. Grace Meng...
Israeli security officials at Eurovision bracing for pro-Hamas provocations
Officials responsible for securing Israel’s delegation to the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden are bracing for pro-Hamas “provocations” targeting Israeli contestant Eden Golan, Ynet reported on Tuesday, hours before the musical extravaganza’s semifinals were set to...
Yom Hashoah event at Columbia University part remembrance, part rally
Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom Hashoah, generally focuses only on the slaughter of 6 million Jews without comparing it to anything else.
But a memorial ceremony marking the day on Monday in New York City near...
Antisemitic persecution always happens in stages
The stages of antisemitic persecution have manifested themselves differently throughout Jewish history, but all followed similar patterns. These patterns are easily discernible, especially in retrospect. After a mass-casualty antisemitic event, it’s all too easy...
Eastern Rafah evacuation part of phased dismantlement of last Hamas bastion
The Israel Defense Forces is pursuing a staged operation to dismantle Hamas’s last stronghold in Rafah, southern Gaza.
The IDF on Monday began evacuating some 100,000 civilians from eastern Rafah and announced the widening of...
Iran describes talks with IAEA chief as ‘positive’
Iran’s nuclear chief said on Tuesday, at a joint press conference in Isfahan, that talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have been positive.
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi arrived in Iran on Monday to...