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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Auschwitz commander’s house to be opened for visits
A three-story house overlooking an Auschwitz gas chamber, formerly owned by the camp’s commander, Rudolf Hoss, has been purchased by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) with the aim of opening it up to visitors, the New York Times revealed…
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Nearly half the globe has ‘elevated levels’ of antisemitic beliefs, ADL survey finds
Nearly half of adults around the world have “elevated levels of antisemitic attitudes,” the Anti-Defamation League reported in its latest global survey of anti-Jewish beliefs.
In addition, the survey found that one-fifth…
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Kate Middleton relieved to be in remission from cancer
Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, said she was relieved to be in remission on Tuesday after visiting the London hospital where she received treatment for cancer to thank all the medics and staff there.
Kate, 43, underwent a course of…
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Trump reportedly pressured by Miriam Adelson on Hamas hostage deal
Miriam Adelson, billionaire donor and longstanding supporter of Donald Trump, was crucial in persuading the president-elect to push Hamas to accept a hostage agreement, Israeli journalist Ben Caspit (Maariv) reported.
Adelson, who at times…
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