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David Isaac

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Its primary mission is to help provide for Jewish religious needs, though other key relationships have been made along the way.
Harvard chaplains elected Humanist Greg Epstein unanimously, celebrating his selection as a victory for diversity, although some pushback has followed.
If the conference surprised many, the reaction to it did not—arrest warrants, death threats and wanted posters targeting participants. Still, it brought together more than 300 Iraqis, both Sunnis and Shi’ites, interested in forging ties with the Jewish state.
Sponsored by the European Organizations Union for Peace in Yemen and the Yemeni Coalition of Independent Women, it took place on the anniversary of the Houthi takeover of the country and looked specifically at the mistreatment of Jews, Baha’is and women.
An agreement penned a year ago has encountered growing opposition from environmentalist groups and Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection.
The effort to help 62-year-old Zebulon Simantov resulted in getting out the Afghan women’s soccer team, a group of women judges, and 30 members of his neighbors’ families.
Some praise the plan, saying Israel must act as the “science is in,” and the world faces an imminent global climate crisis. Others scoff at the “so-called science” and say there’s no justification for overhauling Israel’s economy—that it will be “all pain, no gain.”
“We are facing BDS attempts, and we have to confront them. This is all part of the same campaign, and we have to develop a strategy,” said Israel Defense Forces’ Col. (res.) Gabi Siboni, an expert in cyber security, military strategy and technology.
It requires platforms to clearly state their policies for removing content and blocking users by providing “an available response in the Hebrew language for the investigation of complaints” and to offer a way for users to ask about removal; it also clarifies when they can seek damages in court.
The mission was organized by the Institute for Voices of Liberty, a U.S.-based nonprofit that seeks to “counter the false narratives propagated by the Islamic Republic and its apologists,” and to act as a voice for the “freedom-seeking people of Iran.”
“Liberté, égalité, fraternité—our French Republic values are also fundamental values of the State of Israel. We know we have common interests, and we’re facing the same threats,” said Constance Le Grip, a member of the France-Israel Friendship Group.
Mordechai Better, director of the Gush Katif Commemoration Center who lived in the Gaza Strip for 26 years, recalled “there was talk at the time of civil war—of shooting, of violence—but our public said we won’t raise a hand against soldiers. We won’t be violent. We won’t shoot. We will do everything we can to convince through words.”