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Melanie PhillipsJNSDecember 5, 2019

The West’s lethal triple lock of Jewish hatred

Many think that anti-Semitism is a prejudice against Jews as people, whereas anti-Zionism and Israel-bashing are legitimate attacks on a political project.

Thousands gather outside of Parliament in London to protest anti-Semitism in the British Labour Party, Sept. 3, 2018. Credit: Labour Against Anti-Semitism via Twitter.

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New Israeli defense minister takes a hardline position on terrorism in all forms

Dov LipmanJNSDecember 5, 2019

Naftali Bennett policy seeks to deter attacks against Israelis from air, land and sea, while he also aims to improve living conditions for Palestinians in neighboring Gaza.

Naftali Bennett speaks during exchange ceremony of ministers, held at the Ministry of Education in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett arrives at the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on Dec. 1, 2019. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

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State Department: An estimated 1,000 citizens killed in Iran protests

JNSDecember 5, 2019

“This is the worst political crisis the regime has faced in its 40 years,” said U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook.

Protesters in the streets of Iran demonstrating against a massive hike in gas prices by the government, November 2019. Source: Screenshot.

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Jonathan S. TobinJNSDecember 5, 2019

If NATO is going to fight terrorism, it needs Israel

The real dispute over the future of the alliance isn’t about Trump, but why Turkey remains inside the tent and the Jewish state remains on the outside looking in.

U.S. President Donald Trump with fellow North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members at the 70th anniversary of NATO in Watford, Hertfordshire, outside of London, Dec. 4, 2019. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

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Could a future US administration undo Trump’s new policy on Israeli settlements?

Israel KasnettJNSDecember 4, 2019

More than 100 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo, expressing “strong disagreement” with the State Department’s new policy and urged him to “reverse this policy decision immediately.”

U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participate in a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 28, 2019. Credit: State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha.

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UK, France, Germany affirm Iran has developed nuclear-capable ballistic missiles

JNSDecember 5, 2019

The liquid-fueled Shahab-3 can reportedly deliver a nuclear weapon and has been referred to by Iranian officials as one of the country’s “Israel-hitting” missiles.

The Shahab-3 missile, seen here during Iran's 2012 “Great Prophet” military exercise. The Shahab-3 is a medium-range ballistic missile capable of delivering nuclear weapons. Credit: Hossein Velayati via Wikimedia Commons.

IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

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“We have so far not received an entirely satisfactory reply” from Iran regarding uranium traces found at an undeclared site, says IAEA head Rafael Grossi.

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FDA approves Israeli device that extracts medical results based off drop of blood

JNSDecember 5, 2019

The FDA approval will permit diagnostic providers, hospital labs and outpatient clinics to use the blood analyzer.

Sight Diagnostics OLO blood analyzer. Source: Screenshot.

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Dickinson College student government passes mandate to ban Sabra hummus

JNSDecember 5, 2019

The person leading the charge has been Henry Cohen, whose father, Jeremiah Cohen, owns Bullfrog Bagels in Washington, D.C., and is also a supporter of the BDS movement.

Sabra classic hummus. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

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Arizona State student leaders support Jewish peers after anti-Semitic incidents

JNSDecember 5, 2019

A resolution stated that ASU students “have expressed concerns over their own safety on campus to the administration and police force in light of recent events, specifically Nazi [propaganda].”

Arizona State University. Credit: Flickr.

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Lieberman says Israel is headed back to elections in 2020

JNSDecember 5, 2019

Though the addition of his eight mandates to the right-wing or a left-wing bloc would avoid elections, Yisrael Beiteinu Party leader Avigdor Lieberman said Likud, and Blue and White have made this impossible.

Yisrael Beiteinu Party leader Avigdor Lieberman speaks with the media during a faction meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem on Dec. 2, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

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Portugal becomes 34th International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance member

Aaron BandlerJewish JournalDecember 5, 2019

Jewish groups congratulate Portugal for becoming a full IHRA member, one day after France votes to adopt the organization’s definition of anti-Semitism.

The Alfama quarter of Lisbon, Portugal, on April 24, 2011. Photo: Aubry Françon via Wikimedia Commons.

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France to open hate-crimes bureau after Jewish cemetery desecrated

JNSDecember 5, 2019

This is not the first time this year that Jewish graves in Strasbourg were vandalized. The discovery of swastikas on 80 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in the village of Quatzenheim, also near the border with Germany, was discovered in February.

A memorial stone at the site of an old Jewish synagogue in the French city of Strasbourg was vandalized, following the Feb. 19, 2019 discovery of swastikas on 80 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in the village of Quatzenheim, also near the border with Germany, March 2019. Credit: EJP.

The Palais Bourbon, where the French National Assembly meets. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

briefFrench Parliament passes resolution that states anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism

“The urgent need for education on anti-Semitism, to recognize it and mobilize to confront it, is paramount,” said American Jewish Committee Paris director Anne-Sophie Sebban-Bécache.

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Hezbollah member gets 40 years for assisting group in planning New York attacks

JNSDecember 5, 2019

Ali Kourani, 35, was found guilty in May on eight counts by a jury, which deliberated for less than day. The charges consisted of providing support to Hezbollah, a U.S.-designated terrorist entity.

Ali Kourani, 35, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for working as a “sleeper” agent for Hezbollah while living in the Bronx, helping the terrorist group plan attacks on New York City. Source: LinkedIn.

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Gal Gadot’s production company to adapt Israeli series ‘Queens’ for US

JNSDecember 5, 2019

The most-watched series on Israel’s HOT network last year is about the women of the Malka family who, after their men are murdered by a rival crime organization, take over the family business.

“Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.

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‘Game of Thrones’ actor cancels talk in Belgium over offensive parade floats

JNSDecember 5, 2019

Carice van Houten and her associate, Halina Reijn pulled out of a panel discussion for the show “The Appointment” after discovering that it would host Aalst Mayor Christoph D’Haese, who has denied that the caricatures at his city’s annual carnival are anti-Semitic.

Carice van Houten at the “Game of Thrones” Season 8 World Premiere at Radio City Music Hall, April 3, 2019. Credit: Sachyn Mital via Wikimedia Commons.

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IDF denies cover-up over ultra-Orthodox recruitment numbers

JNSDecember 5, 2019

Military officials said numerical differences were due to changes in the army’s definition of who qualified as haredi.

Israeli soldiers in the Neztah Yehuda (“Nahal Haredi”) Battalion complete the final stages of a 40-kilometer march, Feb. 16, 2010. Photo by Abir Sultan/Flash90.

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Palestinian girls’ high school unveils plaque honoring teen suicide bomber

PMWDecember 5, 2019

The memorial honors Ayat al-Akhras, who blew herself up in 2002 near a Jerusalem supermarket, killing two and wounding 28.

Palestinian girls pose in front of their school in Bethlehem on Nov. 19, 2019. Visible on the wall by the school entrance is a plaque honoring Ayat al-Akhras, an 17-year-old suicide bomber that killed two Israelis in 2002. Credit: Palestinian Media Watch.

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Special Election 2019

North Carolina Rep. Greg Murphy touts ‘critical’ US-Israel relationship

Jackson RichmanJNSDecember 4, 2019

Winning in a special election, he is set to tackle the issues of the day, particularly concerning the Middle East—and its “greatest democracy.”

Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.). Source: Screenshot.

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New drug, diagnostic techniques slow and even reverse cognitive decline from aging

JNSDecember 4, 2019

When given the new drug to reduce inflammation, senile mice had fewer signs of dysfunctional brain electrical activity and were better able to learn new tasks, becoming almost cognitively adept as mice half their age.

In mice and humans, the blood brain barrier becomes leaky with age. Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the University of California, Berkeley, have found new diagnostic ways to measure leaking and are developing a drug that can reverse the effects, and enhance cognitive ability with age. Credit: Courtesy.

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House to vote on resolution reaffirming two-state solution

Jackson RichmanJNSDecember 4, 2019

The resolution currently has 192 co-sponsors, all Democratic.

U.S. Congress. Credit: Pixabay.

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US considers Iran sanctions on officials involved in human-rights abuses

JNSDecember 4, 2019

Washington wants to help Iranians circumvent the Internet blackout in the Islamic Republic, along with speeding up its information campaign.

U.S. President Donald Trump, June 20, 2019. Credit: White House Photo.

A convoy of U.S. soldiers in Syria in December 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

briefReport: Trump weighs sending 14,000 more troops to Mideast amid Iran threat

The United States has between 60,000 and 70,000 U.S. troops are in the Middle East, according to U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in the region.

The Pentagon. Credit: David B. Gleason/Flickr.

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The vessel carrying a dissembled part for anti-ship cruise missiles, land-attack cruise missiles, air-defense missiles and anti-tank missiles appeared headed to Yemen.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

briefIranian president leaves door open to dialogue, dependent on lifting of US sanctions

“Whenever the U.S. lifts the unfair sanctions, the heads of 5+1 nations can immediately meet, and we have no problem” with that, he said. “But we have not closed the window on talks.”

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Republican neo-Nazi and Holocaust denier to run for Congress in Illinois

Jackson RichmanJNSDecember 4, 2019

“Like the Illinois GOP, we vehemently oppose Jones’s candidacy. Jones is a Nazi, not a Republican,” wrote Neil Strauss of the Republican Jewish Coalition. “There are two actual Republicans running in this primary, and we look forward to one of them winning the nomination.”

Holocaust denier and neo-Nazi Arthur Jones has filed to run again for the Republican nomination in the Illinois 3rd Congressional District. Source: Screenshot.

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McGill board rejects motion for Jewish student to nix Israel trip or be impeached

JNSDecember 4, 2019

Jordyn Wright, a second-year science student, labeled the motion as anti-Semitic and discriminatory. It was also criticized by the McGill administration, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the Anti-Defamation League and hundreds of McGill students.

McGill University arts building. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

McGill University arts building. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

briefMcGill University student given choice: Nix trip to Israel or resign from board

She called the push to oust her from the Student Society of McGill University’s legislative council and board of directors as “anti-Semitic.”

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Netanyahu calls on Pompeo to make Iranian regime ‘totter even further’

JNSDecember 4, 2019

Meeting in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, the Israeli prime minister praised the U.S. maximum pressure campaign on Tehran and said that it could even be stronger.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Oct. 18, 2019. Credit: David Azagury/US Embassy Jerusalem.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on April 29, 2018. Photo by Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv.

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Ahead of his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praises the tough U.S. stance on Iran, saying, “We’re seeing the Iranian empire totter.”

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Report: US encourages Arab nations to set non-belligerence pacts with Israel

JNSDecember 4, 2019

To that end, ambassadors of the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Oman and Bahrain met with Victoria Coates, deputy national security adviser for Middle East and North Africa.

U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions at the Group of Seven (G7) meetings in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 26, 2019. Credit: Screenshot.

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In a surprise move, 13 countries vote against anti-Israel resolution at the UN

JNSDecember 4, 2019

The 13-member bloc, led by Germany, voted against the Division of Palestinian Rights • Israeli U.N. mission calls for the recognition of Jewish refugees from Arab countries and Iran.

U.S. President Donald Trump gives his first speech before the United Nations General Assembly's 72nd session in New York, Sept. 19. Credit: U.N. Photo/Kim Haughton.

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Report: Hamas calls for renewal of Gaza border violence

JNSDecember 4, 2019

The Friday “March of Return” protests on the Israel-Gaza border are to resume this week following a three-week hiatus.

Palestinian protesters take part in a "Great March of Return" demonstration, near the Israel-Gaza border east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 30, 2019. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90.

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88 groups call on DeVos to prevent federal funding of anti-Israel higher education Mideast programs

JNSDecember 4, 2019

“It is unacceptable that federal funds could be used to implement an academic boycott that directly contravenes the purposes for which these funds have been granted. Area studies programs whose directors or affiliated faculty engage in such behavior should be ineligible to receive or renew Title VI funding.”

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. Credit: Flickr.

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In video detailing its support of minorities, British Labour Party omits Jews

JNSDecember 3, 2019

“[It] really shows the blind spot that the Labour Party has. You cannot think anything other than that is chilling,” said Jonathan Goldstein, chairman of the Jewish Leadership Council.

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn at the "Take Back Our World!" Global Justice Now event, Feb. 21, 2015. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

British Labour Party and Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, May 12, 2017. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

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Such a move would add to the leader and his party’s clear animosity towards and bias against the Jewish state.

In a BBC interview with Andrew Neil, British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is pressed over his handling of anti-Semitism within his party, Nov. 26, 2019. Source: Screenshot.

briefToo little, too late? Corbyn says he’s ‘very sorry’ for anti-Semitism

“Other parties are also affected by anti-Semitism—candidates have been withdrawn by the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives, and by us because of it,” says British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

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Suspect arrested for vandalism at historic Sixth & I Synagogue

JNSDecember 3, 2019

Police apprehended Luis Montsinos, 28, and charged him with defacing and the destruction of property, in addition to resisting arrest.

Washington D.C.'s historic Sixth and I synagogue. Credit: Sixth and I.

Washington D.C.'s historic Sixth and I Synagogue. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

briefHistoric Sixth & I Synagogue vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti

Swastikas were written in red ink on a staircase, and the word “JEW” was etched onto a door.

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New initiative seeks to remember the ‘forgotten’ Mideast Jewish refugees

Israel KasnettJNSDecember 2, 2019

More than that, an effort is underway to recognize centuries of contributions of Jews in the Middle East and North Africa, and to foster relations for the future.

Iraqi Jews leaving Lod airport in Israel on their way to the Ma'abara transit camp, 1951. Source: Israel Government Press Office.

Featured ColumnJonathan S. Tobin

Don’t forget the Jewish refugees from Arab and Muslim lands

Palestinians and their supporters not only erase the Jewish history of the land of Israel, but also of the Jews of Arab lands who lost their homes 70 years ago.

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An Israeli-American summit where concern for Israel transcends politics

Eliana RudeeJNSDecember 2, 2019

This year’s conference will bring together nearly 4,000 attendees, including top-level decision-makers from the United States, Israel and the Jewish world, with U.S. President Donald Trump headlining the summit on Dec. 7.

IAC CEO Shoham Nicolet speaks at the 2018 IAC conference. Credit: IAC.

U.S. President Donald Trump. Credit: Sean Sullivan and Robert Costa via Flickr.

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The conference will take place in Southern Florida from Dec. 5-8 and is expected to draw nearly 4,000 attendees from around the world.

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge walks with Eurovision Song Contest 2018 winner Netta Barzilai on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on June 27, 2018. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

featureA new kind of ambassador: The rise of Israel’s Shalva Band and Netta Barzilai

“The stronger we can build the bridge and our nation’s allies around the world, the stronger we all are together,” says Eurovision Song Contest 2018 winner Barzilai.

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A Thanksgiving break to thank them for their service

Josh HastenJNSDecember 3, 2019

As many as 1,000 lone soldiers in Israel had the chance to celebrate the holiday with food, friends ... and even a little football.

“Thanksgiving isn’t a Jewish holiday, so for lone soldiers, it can be difficult being away from family and friends,” says Yehoshua Sigala of the Lone Soldier Center, with offices in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, November 2019. Photo by Yonit Schiller.

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Analysis

New Israeli defense minister takes a hardline position on terrorism in all forms

Dov LipmanDecember 5, 2019

Naftali Bennett policy seeks to deter attacks against Israelis from air, land and sea, while he also aims to improve living conditions for Palestinians in neighboring Gaza.

Naftali Bennett speaks during exchange ceremony of ministers, held at the Ministry of Education in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

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New drug, diagnostic techniques slow and even reverse cognitive decline from aging

December 4, 2019

When given the new drug to reduce inflammation, senile mice had fewer signs of dysfunctional brain electrical activity and were better able to learn new tasks, becoming almost cognitively adept as mice half their age.

In mice and humans, the blood brain barrier becomes leaky with age. Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the University of California, Berkeley, have found new diagnostic ways to measure leaking and are developing a drug that can reverse the effects, and enhance cognitive ability with age. Credit: Courtesy.

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Special Election 2019

North Carolina Rep. Greg Murphy touts ‘critical’ US-Israel relationship

Jackson RichmanDecember 4, 2019

Winning in a special election, he is set to tackle the issues of the day, particularly concerning the Middle East—and its “greatest democracy.”

Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.). Source: Screenshot.

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Could a future US administration undo Trump’s new policy on Israeli settlements?

Israel KasnettDecember 4, 2019

More than 100 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo, expressing “strong disagreement” with the State Department’s new policy and urged him to “reverse this policy decision immediately.”

U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participate in a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 28, 2019. Credit: State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha.

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A Thanksgiving break to thank them for their service

Josh HastenDecember 3, 2019

As many as 1,000 lone soldiers in Israel had the chance to celebrate the holiday with food, friends ... and even a little football.

“Thanksgiving isn’t a Jewish holiday, so for lone soldiers, it can be difficult being away from family and friends,” says Yehoshua Sigala of the Lone Soldier Center, with offices in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, November 2019. Photo by Yonit Schiller.

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Scientists discover molecule that destroys pancreatic cancer cells

Abigail Klein LeichmanIsrael21cDecember 3, 2019

A breakthrough Israeli study shows a 90 percent reduction of pancreatic-cancer cells in mice after treatment with a molecule named PJ34, which was originally developed to treat stroke.

A micrograph of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common type of pancreatic cancer. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

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US releases military aid to Lebanon, despite concerns about Hezbollah

Jackson RichmanDecember 2, 2019

The administration told JNS that it is “acutely aware and sensitive to the need to put some parameters and monitoring of how those funds are expended and applied to disrupt activities that would fall into the category of threat and terrorism.”

Protesters in Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 20, 2019. Photo: Shahen Araboghlian via Wikimedia Commons.

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In evading US sanctions, Europe is ignoring ‘justice’ for the Iranian people

Jackson RichmanDecember 2, 2019

“Talk about wrong place, wrong time. Rather than standing with the Iranian people during this historic and dark moment, European nations are working overtime to resurrect a deal which is essentially dead,” said Behnam Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

A large pile of Euro currency. Credit: Images Money/Flickr.

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New initiative seeks to remember the ‘forgotten’ Mideast Jewish refugees

Israel KasnettDecember 2, 2019

More than that, an effort is underway to recognize centuries of contributions of Jews in the Middle East and North Africa, and to foster relations for the future.

Iraqi Jews leaving Lod airport in Israel on their way to the Ma'abara transit camp, 1951. Source: Israel Government Press Office.

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Leading 2020 presidential candidates voice support for Iranian protesters

December 2, 2019

At least 208 Iranian protesters have been killed by the government according to estimates by human rights groups.

Protesters in the streets of Iran demonstrating against a massive hike in gas prices by the government, November 2019. Source: Screenshot.

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An Israeli-American summit where concern for Israel transcends political affiliations

Eliana RudeeDecember 2, 2019

This year’s conference will bring together nearly 4,000 attendees, including top-level decision-makers from the United States, Israel and the Jewish world, with U.S. President Donald Trump headlining the summit on Dec. 7.

IAC CEO Shoham Nicolet speaks at the 2018 IAC conference. Credit: IAC.

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Israeli wheat exhibit stirs up big emotions in Tokyo

Abigail Klein LeichmanIsrael21cDecember 2, 2019

Installation about wheat varieties on the brink of extinction wins first prize as part of Jerusalem Design Week delegation at the Design Art Tokyo Festival.

“Goren,” displayed at Japan’s Spiral Arts Center, 2019. Photo courtesy of Hansen House Jerusalem.

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Orphaned in Mumbai in 2008, Moshe Holtzberg celebrates his bar mitzvah

Yehuda SugarChabad.orgDecember 2, 2019

To mark the milestone event, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi send congratulatory messages.

A celebratory bar mitzvah crowd dances with Moshe Holtzberg, orphaned in the Mumbai Chabad center massacre that took the lives of his parents 11 years ago this week. Credit: Chabad.org/News.

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A new kind of ambassador: The rise of Israel’s Shalva Band and Netta Barzilai

Eliana RudeeDecember 2, 2019

“The stronger we can build the bridge and our nation’s allies around the world, the stronger we all are together,” says Eurovision Song Contest 2018 winner Barzilai.

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge walks with Eurovision Song Contest 2018 winner Netta Barzilai on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on June 27, 2018. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

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Q&A

Pompeo: Iran should know there is a cost to malign activity ‘wherever it takes place’

Ariel KahanaIsrael HayomNovember 29, 2019

The U.S. secretary of state elaborates on the White House’s recent announcement concerning the legality of Israeli communities beyond the Green Line, Israel’s domestic politics ... and his future.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participates in a discussion with David Rubenstein at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2019. Credit: State Department Photo by Michael Gross/Public Domain.

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