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Orit Arfa

Orit Arfa is an author and journalist based in Berlin. Her first of two novels, The Settler, follows the aftermath of the 2005 withdrawal from Gaza. Her work can be found at: www.oritarfa.net.

He shatters myths about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, finding his greatest Israeli allies in his quest for peace and normalcy among those living in Jewish settlements.
The outgoing president set a new standard among Republicans for what it means to be pro-Israel.
Jews are a particular obsession of Islamic terrorism, even if they’re not targeted outright. “The comments made on social networks by the perpetrators of the latest attacks or on videos of allegiance, references to Jews are constantly present, even systematic,” says Francis Kalifat, president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France.
The law is part of a larger effort under Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, one of the European Union’s most pro-Israel leaders, to remove any doubts about anti-Semitism and enrich the country’s Jewish life.
Even though the pro-Israel platform of the Sweden Democrats, as well as its opposition to Muslim migration and approach to the coronavirus, align it with Jewish interests, the party’s Nazi past, and opposition to ritual slaughter and circumcision, make it unacceptable to most.
In a series of speeches at the Bundestag, every German party except for the right-wing AfD voted to condemn Israeli plans to apply sovereignty over Israeli-controlled areas, in the name of international law, regional stability—and friendship.
A letter issued by the European Union’s top diplomat to Palestinian territories allegedly allowing terrorists to benefit from E.U. funding has gotten pro-Israel groups concerned, especially as the E.U. equivocates on the matter.
The move to ban the Iranian-backed Shi’ite terror group was more than a decade-long process in the famously bureaucratic Germany.