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#WeRemember Holocaust memorial campaign spreads to 45 countries
January 17, 2018
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) has launched a global campaign encouraging millions of people to use social media to raise awareness about the Holocaust.
A woman holds a “We Remember” sign as part of the the World Jewish Congress's social media campaign. Credit: Facebook.
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American Victims of Terror
Ben CohenDecember 19, 2017
The return of Bibi Derangement Syndrome
By promoting the deceit that Netanyahu had reversed his long-held position in favor of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the White House made sure that its vendetta against the prime minister was leapt on once more by media outlets that have garnered an enormous amount of fun from reporting the troughs and peaks of the Obama-Netanyahu relationship.
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Hanukkah and Christmas lights intertwine in former Nazi hotbed
Orit ArfaDecember 19, 2017
At the “synagogenplatz” (synagogue plaza) in Tübingen, Germany, a memorial to the local synagogue that was destroyed during Kristallnacht. Credit: Orit Arfa.
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Scorned by Obama, Israel forges beneficial ties with Russia and others, expert says
Rafael MedoffDecember 16, 2017
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) visits an armory museum in the Russian capital of Moscow June 8, 2016. The museum housed an Israeli tank captured by the Syrian army during the First Lebanon War's battle of Sultan Yacoub, but following a request by Netanyahu, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to return the tank to Israel. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.
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Australia’s Palestinian state push is Israel’s latest challenge in English-speaking world
Sean SavageDecember 15, 2017
Australian Labor party leader Bill Shorten (left) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli leader’s trip to Australia, Feb. 24, 2017. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.
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Palestinian envoy draws heat for boasting he assaulted Israeli student in row over falafel
Rafael MedoffDecember 13, 2017
Manuel E. Hassassian, the Palestinian Authority’s chief envoy in London, speaks at an event hosted by a pro-Palestinian British lobby group. Credit: Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East via Facebook.
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UNESCO indulges anti-Semitism
Sean DurnsDecember 12, 2017
UNESCO resolutions have denied Jewish historical ties to the Western Wall (pictured) and Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Credit: Larisa Sklar Giller via Wikimedia Commons.
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Chabad’s massive growth rooted in several key ingredients, yet ‘defies logic’
Deborah FineblumNovember 26, 2017
Emissaries and other guests rejoice during the Chabad-Lubavitch movement's 44th annual Kinus Hashluchim (gathering of emissaries) in Bayonne, N.J., on Nov. 19. Credit: Chabad-Lubavitch
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Iran-Russia ties, US retreat paint a ‘problematic’ picture for Israel in Syria
Sean SavageNovember 20, 2017
Israelis in the northern Golan Heights region watch smoke rise in Syria in September 2014. Credit: Flash90.
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‘Where future trends start:’ Israel, NATO states share urban warfare insights
Yaakov LappinNovember 15, 2017
An IDF unit demonstrates counter-terrorist warfare techniques for visitors from NATO countries earlier this month. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
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Prince Charles wanted US to ‘take on the Jewish lobby,’ newly revealed letter says
Israel HayomNovember 12, 2017
Prince Charles. Credit: Dan Marsh via Wikimedia Commons.
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How Israel education efforts are ‘changing opinions’ on Irish university campuses
Eliana RudeeNovember 8, 2017
Tal Hagin (right) meets with Israeli Ambassador to Ireland Ze’ev Boker. Hagin conducted a speaking tour on Irish university campuses from Oct. 23-27, using Israel as a case study on overcoming media bias. Credit: Courtesy of CAMERA.
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Experts: international community ‘pretending not to see’ Iran’s nuke deal violations
Ariel Ben SolomonNovember 8, 2017
Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the nuclear watchdog of the United Nations, addresses the U.N. General Assembly as it considers a report of the IAEA on Dec. 12, 2016. Credit: U.N. Photo/Rick Bajornas.
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Past and present bonds converge for Israel, Australia and New Zealand
Sean SavageNovember 2, 2017
On Oct. 31, horse riders from Australia and New Zealand participate in a World War I reenactment at Israel’s Be’er Sheva River National Park, as part of events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the liberation of Be’er Sheva by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90.
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Natural disaster drill makes for seemingly unnatural Middle East cooperation
Yaakov LappinOctober 31, 2017
The late-October emergency exercise in southern Israel involving rescue forces from Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan and Spain. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
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