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Are there any Jews who still support Labour?

Are there any Jews who still support Labour? By Julie Burchill Many years ago, sometime in the last century (how worldly I feel writing that!) I was at the launch party for the dear dead Modern Review Mark II and feeling mildly appalled by the whole flimsy thing when a young man introduced himself to […]

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The Rescue of Bulgaria's Jews in World War II

The Rescue of Bulgaria’s Jews in World War II

The Rescue of Bulgaria’s Jews in World War II By Rossen Vassilev On February 13, 1998, Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov accepted on behalf of his ex-Communist nation the Courage to Care Award, which the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) had bestowed upon Bulgaria in recognition of the heroism of its people in saving Bulgarian Jews during World […]

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Arab depiction of 1972 Munich massacre to be shown at Cannes

Arab depiction of 1972 Munich massacre to be shown at Cannes A documentary film justifying the massacre of Jews at the Munich Olympics in 1972 will be screened at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, it has emerged. Munich: A Palestinian Story from Lebanese director Nasri Hajjaj shows the murder of eleven Israeli athletes from the […]

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Exclusive: Skinny Pasta – victim or perpetrator?

Skinny Pasta – victim or perpetrator? By Ariel Zorrowski Earlier today Skinny Pasta was accused of antisemitism after an ex-franchisee spouted antisemitic rhetoric on the South African companies Facebook and Twitter accounts. South African franchise of popular product sold in Israel decides to attack ‘zionist ashkenNAZI’s (sic)’ on the Internet.  What followed was an angry […]

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Istanbul Terror Attack

Three Israelis dead eleven wounded in Istanbul terror attack

Terror struck the central Taksim section of Istanbul on Saturday, on a street lined with foreign consulates. At least three Israelis were killed and 10 others were wounded in a terrorist attack shortly after 11 am on Saturday morning in Istanbul. The terrorist and one other person was also killed and 26 other people were […]

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Australian Liberals’ youngest-ever senator James Paterson’s maiden moment

  Australian Liberals’ youngest-ever senator James Paterson’s maiden moment The Liberal Party’s youngest-ever senator, James Paterson, wants to scrap the “unbalanced and skewed” national curriculum, move Australia’s Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and reintroduce the commonwealth debt ceiling to crack down on intergenerational debt. The 28-year-old, sworn into parliament on Tuesday after being selected […]

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Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein, wearing a t-shirt with the Arabic slogan 'Gaza on my mind' encircled with a drawing of barbed wire, poses in front of one of the peace boats docked at the southern Cypriot port of Larnaca on their way to the Gaza Strip on August 21, 2008. Two converted fishing boats carrying 40-odd activists are due to set sail from Cyprus tomorrow for the 370 kilometre (230 mile) sea voyage to Gaza in a bid to break the Israeli blockade. AFP PHOTO/STEFANOS KOURATZIS (Photo credit should read STEFANOS KOURATZIS/AFP/Getty Images)

BDS Activist to Represent Holocaust Survivors at Austrian State Event

BDS activist to represent Holocaust survivors at Austrian state event Austria invited Hedy Epstein, a Jewish pro-Palestinian activist whom the Anti-Defamation League criticized for demonizing Israel, to represent Holocaust survivors at a panel discussion about women during World War II. In invitations sent out Friday by the office of the president of the Austrian parliament, […]

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GSMA Barcelona 2016

150 Israeli Companies to Be Featured in Barcelona Telecom Expo

150 Israeli Companies to Be Featured in Barcelona Telecom Expo Some 150 Israeli companies will be featured in the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, one of the world’s top telecommunications exhibitions. The Israeli companies make up the conference’s fourth-largest delegation, after the US, the UK, and France. Scheduled for Feb. 22-25, the […]

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Alan Dershowitz

Alan Dershowitz Slams International Community For Anti-Israel Bias

In this video, Alan Dershowitz, renowned speaker, author and Harvard law professor, discusses the bias of many in the international community towards Israel. Dershowitz says he has asked hundreds of often-hostile audiences to “name a country facing threats comparable to…Israel…(with) a better record of human rights…concern for civilians, a better record of legal issues and […]

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