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Iran

Code PInk Leader Medea Benjamin

Code Pink, an anti-war group and official partner of the Women’s March, reportedly defended Iran’s right to a missile defense program at a press conference in Tehran, Seth Frantzman reported Tuesday in The Jerusalem Post. In late February, Code Pink embarked on an “American peace delegation” to the Islamic Republic,...

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Israel

A controversial Associate Professor at San Francisco State University (SFSU) shared a live video along with a statement that denied Jews self-determination and demonized Israel on the official Facebook page of the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) program at the university’s College of Ethnic Studies. Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi,...

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Israel

Linda Sarsour promotes anti-Semitism

Controversial Palestinian-American activist and leader of the Women’s March, Linda Sarsour, has doubled down in her defense of freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D – Minn.), who has been accused of promoting anti-Semitism on several occasions. On her Twitter account Wednesday, Sarsour shared a tweet from Electronic Intifada, saying, “Actual hate...

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MidEast

Software by Iron Dome developer mPrest

Typhoons, floods, droughts, earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires — the frequency and intensity of natural disasters across the globe are worsening, and these deadly events could continue plaguing the planet as a result of climate change. Hoping to minimize disruption of essential services in disaster zones, government and utility officials are seeking...

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Global Affairs

Syrian Refugees in Greece

With a strong Israeli and Jewish presence offering assistance to refugees from Syria and other war-torn nations on the Greek islands, one native of Aleppo asked, “How can I keep saying you are the enemy?” Ynet reported Monday. Thousands of refugees from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and other Middle Eastern...

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Diplomacy

The Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands announced Monday that it had recalled the country’s ambassador to Iran for “consultations” after the Islamic Republic expelled two diplomats from the Dutch embassy amid escalating tensions between the two nations over an alleged plot to assassinate regime opponents, Radio Free Europe /Radio Liberty...

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Europe

Labour MK Chris Williamson

The storm engulfing the British Labour Party intensified after new remarks emerged from Chris Williamson – the MP suspended from the party last week for saying Labour had been “too apologetic” on anti-Semitism — claiming that “dark forces” are using their “power” and “contacts in the media” to undermine Jeremy Corbyn’s...

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Featured

Cornell University Campus

Cornell University President Martha Pollock has rejected a demand by anti-Israel students to embrace the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign that seeks to destroy the Jewish State, saying the movement was antithetical to academic freedom and singled out Israel for discrimination. Her comments were prompted by a letter delivered...

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Israel

Protesters at anti-Israel Wake Forest conference

Swindle: verb (used with object), (Merriam Webster Definition website) 1. to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets. 2. to obtain by fraud or deceit. A small group of Wake Forest University (WFU) Jewish students were accused of foisting a “swindle” on the University. The charge...

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Europe

Hezbollah flag in London

If there is one lesson the world should have learned from Hezbollah’s 34 years of existence, it is this: Hezbollah has no distinct military and political wings. Now, that false wall has begun to crumble. On February 25, the British government announced its decision to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist...

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