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British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been warned by his own MPs that the ongoing failure to tackle high-profile cases of Jew-hate could leave the party seeming “institutionally antisemitic,” The Jewish Chronicle reported on Monday. Corbyn was asked to reveal details of Labour’s disciplinary process that deals with allegations...

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Diplomacy

The United States Senate voted 74 to 19 for cloture, allowing bill S1, Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019, to move forward for debate and a vote, The New York Times reported Monday. The law combines four previous bills into one: Rubio-Coons United States-Israel Security Authorization Assistance Act...

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Israel

Intel, the United States-based chip-making giant, will make an “unprecedented” 40 billion shekel ($10.9 billion) investment in its Israeli operations, Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon announced, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. “This is huge news for everyone who cares about the State of Israel, the Israeli economy and Israeli citizens,” Kahlon...

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Israel

Almost 400 competitors from 53 countries came to Tel Aviv last week to compete in Israel’s first-ever International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix event. The two-day event was the season opener for the World Judo Tour consisting of five Grand Prix, part of the two-year qualification campaign for Tokyo 2020. The event...

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Europe

The British Labour Party has been slammed for readmitting an official a day before Holocaust Remembrance Day, who was suspended last year for writing on social media that he no longer had “respect and empathy for the Jewish community,” The Jewish Chronicle reported on Sunday. Jim Sheridan, who represented the constituency...

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Human Rights

Malaysia had its right to host the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships stripped by the International Paralympic Committee for its decision to bar Israeli athletes from competing. “All World Championships must be open to all eligible athletes and nations to compete safely and free from discrimination. When a host country...

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Iran

In his first public statement since November, the leader of the Iran-backed terrorist group, Hezbollah, said that in a future war all of Israel “will be struck by our rockets,” The Jerusalem Post reported Saturday. In the interview with the Lebanese Al-Mayadeen television station, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah also dismissed Israel’s...

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Europe

Game of Thrones star Laura Pradelska has disabled comments on her Instagram account after receiving a barrage of anti-Semitic abuse, for which her “skin wasn’t thick enough,” Jewish News reported on Monday. Pradelska told BBC Radio 5 Live that most of the abuse relates to the Nazi Holocaust and her...

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Europe

Last week, people gathered across the country to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who joined 200 Holocaust survivors at a service in Westminster, shared a photo of himself on social media signing the Holocaust Educational Trust’s book of commitment, saying: “Let us never allow antisemitism or any other...

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Diplomacy

The IDF sent a team of 130 troops to Brazil, where a dam collapsed causing massive flooding and killing at least 58 people, The Times of Israel reported Monday. The Israeli effort earned a thumbs up from Brazil’s newly-elected President Jair Bolsonaro on Twitter. Officials in the Brazilian state of...

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