The European Commission Wednesday proposed plans for the European Union to impose harsh sanctions on Israeli officials and suspend a trade arrangement with the country to urge them to change course on the war in…
Category: 1. Israel
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Two-thirds of a 15th-century Portuguese High Holiday prayer book were lost to history. Until now.
A rare 15th-century Portuguese Jewish manuscript, long incomplete after it was split into three parts, is whole again after the National Library of Israel reunited its final missing pieces.
The Lisbon Mahzor, which…
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Drama about Palestinian boy is Israel’s Oscar entry amid Hollywood boycott of Israeli film institutions
Israel’s culture minister says he will eliminate funding to the country’s version of the Oscars after a drama about a Palestinian boy won the top prize on Tuesday.
“The Sea” won the Ophir Award for best film during…
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UN commission concludes for the first time that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
A United Nations Commission of Inquiry concluded Tuesday that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza, marking the three-member panel’s first such finding.
Israel immediately rejected the finding, as it has when other…
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Israel launches ground operation in Gaza City, as Marco Rubio casts doubt on diplomatic end to war
Israel has launched a major ground operation in Gaza City, a months after its government approved a plan to take over the city despite the objections of military leaders and hostage families.
“Gaza is burning,” Defense…
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Israel’s opposition is plotting a return to power. But it remains its own worst enemy
Despite a strong showing in the polls, Israel’s center-left camp is still in denial about its only trump card: joining forces with Palestinian-led parties.
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