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In a letter, they said: “It’s not only that these terrorists started this latest round of confrontation. Hamas and Islamic Jihad commit the double war crime of murdering Israeli civilians while using their own population as human shields.”
The money was being used to pay families of slain terrorists, recruit new operatives and spread its messaging throughout the West Bank, Gaza and eastern Jerusalem.
Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality declares city ready for international tourists to start returning • “Incoming tourism is an integral part of the identity of Tel Aviv-Yafo,” says city’s mayor.
IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff said it is an “important step in the fight to prevent [the U.N. agency] from inciting thousands of children every day to violence, extremism and anti-Semitism.”
The “comprehensive” program is set to receive $1.8 billion in funding.
In her first Israeli media interview Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga says guaranteeing the future of Jewish life in Europe is an issue of the “utmost importance.”
“All differences that have been imposed are political,” said Bahrain’s ambassador to Italy, Naser al-Belooshi. “Instead, we should begin by looking closely at all the endless similarities.”
The campaign, spearheaded by UNICEF’s Gaza and West Bank branch, is aimed at putting the Israel Defense Forces on the list of child-rights abusers published annually by the U.N. Secretary-General, says the watchdog group.
The textbooks got the attention of the parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee after a report by an Israeli NGO found that they are “rife with problematic content that contradicts stated U.N. values.”
When it comes to matters of policy, Victoria Coates, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy and former deputy national security adviser for Middle Eastern and North African Affairs, believes there is a “disconnect” among European and U.S. leaders.
The E.U. court’s ruling in support of the ban “threatens Jews’ freedom of religion across Europe,” writes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a letter to his counterparts in Europe.
The European Union condemns the move, ordered by the Israeli prime minister on Jan. 11, as “contrary to international law.”
