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In a fresh row over anti-Jewish sentiments in the British Labour Party, leader Jeremy Corbyn has been slammed for writing the foreword to a recent edition of a century-old book which contains overtly anti-Semitic tropes and conspiracy theories. In 2011, Corbyn agreed to endorse a new edition of JA Hobson’s...

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Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that Iran is instructing Houthi rebels in Yemen to violate a fragile ceasefire agreement reached in December between the Tehran-sponsored rebel group and the internationally recognized Yemeni government. The Houthis “continue to refuse to comply with the agreements that they signed up...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signed a bill into law on Tuesday designating all U.S. forces in the Middle East as terrorists and declaring the U.S. government a sponsor of terrorism. The legislation passed the Iranian parliament last week in response to Washington’s decision in April to designate the country’s Islamic...

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Israel

As consumers increasingly consider making their next car purchase electric, two major trade-offs are stalling the transition from gasoline-powered vehicles. Electric-car range remains limited and recharging the battery can take from 45 minutes to several hours. Manufacturers have been trying to boost the battery’s chemical “density,” so an electric car...

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MidEast

Anti-Semitic attacks spiked 13% in 2018 from the previous year, Tel Aviv University’s Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry said in a grim assessment in its annual report on Wednesday. The highest number of anti-Semitic incidents in Western countries were reported in the United States, France, Britain,...

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MidEast

The White House said on Tuesday that the United States is working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization. The decision will bring harsh sanctions against the world’s oldest Islamist movement, which has more than a million members across the Middle East. “The President has consulted with...

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Two 17-year-old boys have been “secretly” flogged and executed in southern Iran, according to a report from Amnesty International, which slammed the country for its “utter disdain for international law and the rights of children.” The cousins – Mehdi Sohrabifar and Amin Sedaghat – were arrested and convicted of multiple...

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Israel

It’s no secret that the body does wonders during pregnancy, getting ready to bring new life into the world in the best possible way. A new Israeli study now found that intestinal bacteria is part of that effort, and even senses and responds to pregnancy hormones. The research found that...

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Global Affairs

A newly elected member of Finland’s parliament and outspoken supporter of the theocratic regime in Iran has been slammed for comparing the State of Israel to the terrorist organization Islamic State and for his hateful rants against the Jewish community. Screenshots reveal that Hussein al-Taee of the Social Democratic Party of...

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Israel

More than 100 artists and leading names in the entertainment industry, including talent competition judge Sharon Osbourne and Gene Simmons of the rock band Kiss, have signed an open letter denouncing the proposed boycott of Eurovision in Israel. In their letter, published on Tuesday, the signatories state that Eurovision’s “spirit...

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