Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Breaking News Palestinian Woman Killed After Attack Near Cave of the Patriarchs
— Israeli troops killed a Palestinian woman whom they said had tried to stab them in Hebron. In a separate incident, a Palestinian man died from inhaling tear gas at a riot near Ramallah. The woman, identified on Ynet as Sara Hajaj, 27, on Friday tried to carry out a stabbing attack near the Ibrahimi…
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Breaking News Jeremy Corbyn Denounces Anti-Semitism — by Comparing Israel to ISIS
— The leader of Britain’s Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, drew parallels between Israel and the Islamic State terrorist group in a speech condemning anti-Semitism. “Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the Netanyahu government than our Muslim friends are for those of various self-styled Islamic states or organizations,” Corbyn,…
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Breaking News Holocaust-Denying French Professor Gets 1 Year in Prison
PARIS — France’s highest court affirmed a one-year prison sentence for a professor who questioned the Holocaust’s veracity. The Court of Cassation rejected the appeal last week of Vincent Reynouard, who has since fled the country and is presumed escaped. It was the last of several appeals by Reynouard to the sentence imposed last year by…
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Breaking News Could Kosher Slaughter Be in Danger After Brexit?
— A group working to safeguard kosher slaughter in Britain warned of uncertainty surrounding its mission following the British vote to exit the European Union. A spokesman for Shechitah UK said Tuesday that he fears losing the European Union’s protections of “faith communities” or seeing kosher slaughter put to a vote in Parliament that might be influenced…
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Breaking News 150 ‘Change Makers’ Gather in Jerusalem for ROI Summit
— Some 150 young Jews who are credited with affecting change in 29 communities worldwide gathered in Jerusalem for their international network’s 10th annual conference. The ROI Summit — a weeklong seminar on engagement by Jews in their 20s and 30s in projects with the potential of benefiting society — returned to Jerusalem on Sunday 10…
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Breaking News Natan Sharansky Says French Extremism Means No Future for Jews
PARIS — Arab immigration to France and deep-seated anti-Semitism in that country mean its French Jews have no future there, the head of the Jewish Agency for Israel said. Natan Sharansky made this declaration on Monday in the French capital, where he was attending a Jewish Agency Board of Governors meeting, held in the city for…
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Breaking News Paris Suburb Plans Boycott of Israeli Settlement Goods
PARIS — A municipality near the French capital passed a motion declaring a boycott of Israeli settlement goods and vowing further research and labeling on other products from the Jewish state. The council of Bondy, located north of Paris, whose mayor, Sylvine Thomassin, belongs to French President Francois Hollande’s Socialist Party, passed the resolution with only five…
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Breaking News Lviv Ghetto Memorial Vandalized in Anti-Semitic Attack
— A monument to the victims of the Holocaust-era ghetto of Lviv in western Ukraine was vandalized in what police suspect is an anti-Semitic incident. Unidentified vandals on Friday threw several gallons of green paint on the memorial, which was erected in 1992 in memory of tens of thousands of Jews who were kept in the ghetto…
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