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One of the perks of my current career has been the opportunity and privilege to attend the annual AIPAC policy conference. In 2019, I attended my fourth consecutive gathering. There are always thrills of seeing old friends and colleagues or attending fascinating breakout sessions on important topics given by experts...

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Europe

A British MP who recently quit the Labour Party over sickening levels of anti-Semitism delivered a powerful warning at AIPAC about the consequences of allowing anti-Semitism to creep into the political mainstream, as she urged Democrats and Republicans to stand united against anti-Jewish hate. Explaining her decision to speak at...

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Abbas: Always enough money for terrorists

The Palestinian Authority has decided to penalize its law-abiding employees to avoid cutting salaries of Palestinian terrorists and their families under the so-called “pay-to-slay” scheme, which led the United States and Israel to cut aid until the PA stops inciting terror. Explaining the decision, Nabil Abu Rudeina, PA Deputy Prime...

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Israel

Selfie by Israeli Spacecraft Beresheet

ISRAEL21c is excited to share these new images and videos transmitted to Earth from Beresheet, the privately funded Israeli unmanned spacecraft launched toward the moon from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on February 21. The engineering teams of SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries, based in IAI’s control center in Yehud,...

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Hamas announced that it had an accepted an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Israel after a day of escalation, following a rocket attack by the Gaza-based terror group that destroyed a house in central Israel, The Times of Israel reported Monday. Israeli officials did not confirm that a ceasefire had been agreed...

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Diplomacy

Trump Recognizes Israeli Sovereignty over Golan

In a groundbreaking development, the United States announced Monday that it formally recognizes Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, the Associated Press reported. The U.S. is the first country to sign such a proclamation. Standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump made...

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Iran

Sanctions imposed by the United States Treasury Department on Iran will make those associated with its illicit nuclear program “radioactive,” according to a senior administration official at a State Department briefing, NBC News reported Friday. An administration official quoted in the briefing acknowledged that the information used in imposing the sanctions was...

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Diplomacy

The leaders of Honduras and Romania announced on Sunday that they would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, following the lead of the United States, Reuters reported. Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila made their announcements at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual...

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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) has launched a blistering attack against freshman Democrat Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for her repeated use of anti-Semitic language, JNS reported. Speaking at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference (AIPAC) in Washington, D.C., Hoyer said: “I stand with Israel, proudly and unapologetically....

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News that controversial Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour would be speaking next week in Hillsborough, North Carolina prompted a group of Rabbis to protest on Facebook to Orange County’s Department of Human Rights & Relations that their invitation would be “dividing rather than uniting us.” Sarsour was invited to give the keynote address...

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