Rome’s chief Jewish rabbi on Thursday sharply criticized Pope Francis over the pontiff’s recent ramping up of criticism against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, in an unusually forceful speech during an annual Catholic-Jewish dialog…
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Huckabee rules out two-state solution in ambassadorship under Trump
Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and President-elect Donald J. Trump’s nominee for US ambassador to Israel, has dismissed the possibility of pursuing a two-state solution during his tenure. “I’ll be very surprised if…
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Amnesty event on Israeli ‘genocide’ becomes subject of debate
Venice has become the center of a heated debate following Amnesty International’s recent event aimed at presenting its findings on alleged genocide in Gaza. The controversy erupted over the event’s original title, “You Feel Like You…
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Joe Biden warned Americans of oligarchy, but what is it?
President Joe Biden capped a half-century political career on Wednesday with a final Oval Office speech, hoping to seal a legacy overshadowed by Democrats’ failure to stop President-elect Donald Trump from returning to the White House.
The…
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Antisemite groups state ceasefire will not prevent Israel hatred
Anti-Israel activists welcomed the Wednesday announcement of a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, issuing statements and organizing rallies promising that a cessation of hostilities would be followed by continued efforts…
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Progressive reps. call for war crime accountability for Israel,
Some of Israel’s most outspoken critics in Congress — who all called for a ceasefire within weeks after October 7 — reacted to news of Israel and Hamas’s ceasefire and hostage agreement on Wednesday with calls for accountability for war…
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Swedish PM accuses Iran of using organized gangs to carry out attacks
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson accused Iran of using organized gangs to carry out serious attacks in Sweden, Iran International reported on Sunday.
“Iran is using organized and violent criminal gangs to carry out serious attacks…
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Biden takes credit for his administration securing ceasefire deal
President Biden began his farewell address on Wednesday night by taking credit for his administration’s “nonstop negotiations” over the past eight months that led to the ceasefire and hostage agreement between Israel and Hamas.
As of…
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Isak Haleva, Turkey’s chief rabbi and face of Jewish minority, dies at 84
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s Jewish community is mourning after Isak Haleva, chief rabbi since 2002, died at 84 on Tuesday.
Haleva was the 35th person to hold the title of Hahambaşi, by which the chief rabbis of both the modern…
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Anti-Zionist group JVP to pay for defrauding Covid-19 loan program
Anti-Zionist activist group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) has agreed to pay $677,634 to settle allegations that it defrauded federal Coronavirus pandemic financial loan programs by stating on applications that it was not a political or…
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