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Douglas G. Schifer, 66, of Bucyrus, Ohio, also made a reference to “gassing Jewish people, chopping them up and burning them in ovens.”
European retailer Schwarz Group acquires XM Cyber, an Israeli cybersecurity company that was cofounded in 2016 by former Mossad director Tamir Pardo.
Fethi Nourine announces his retirement after unsuccessfully appealing a 10-year ban from competition that he received for withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics to avoid potentially facing an Israeli opponent.
“Mind you, it never takes the form of brutal speech or action, but rather, it brews, all the more intensely, under the surface,” wrote the physicist and mathematician in 1936.
Ahead of resumption of talks in Vienna over a possible return to the Iran nuclear deal, U.S. officials argue that despite all of Israel’s efforts, Iran is only accelerating its nuclear pursuits.
“If they poured all of the money they are spending on boycotts into building factories and creating jobs in the West Bank and Gaza, it would go a long way to truly helping Palestinians,” said Bassem Eid.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews said that “full proscription ends the dangerous loophole via which Hamas can spread its extremist poison here, and raise funds and support in the U.K.”
The role will not require Senate confirmation, allowing him to begin serving immediately as acting envoy until the Senate moves on the nomination of Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt.
“Have we really gotten to the point where one student government leader can de-platform Jewish students and delegitimize a well-known pro-Israel student group for the ‘crime’ of defending themselves on social media?” said Jacob Baime, CEO of Israel on Campus Coalition.
“As the last living Nuremberg prosecutor and a man who spent more than 50 years prosecuting the most horrific war crimes, [Ben] Ferencz embodies the idea that while the work is not ours to finish, neither is it ours to neglect,” said Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.).
Professor Oded Goldreich’s attorney, Michael Sfard, pronounced the result “a wretched decision that continues the trend of criminalizing left-wing positions.”
Aside from growing violence, major threats in the future point to the alienation of Jews from religious life and social engagement.
