Day: June 10, 2023

Jordan: Member of Parliament praises ‘martyr’ who killed IDF soldiers

Khalil Atiyah, a member of Jordan’s parliament, requested to read a Sura from the Quran at the Arab Parliament in Cairo on Saturday in honor of the Egyptian terrorist Mohammad Salah, Israel Hayom reported. Salah, 22, killed three IDF soldiers on the Sinai border a week ago. “We congratulate Egypt, and its martyr Mohammad Salah,”

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‘Indictment is ridiculous and baseless’

Former US President Donald Trump denounced the emerging indictments against him in a speech in Georgia, calling the indictment against him “ridiculous and baseless.” “We stand together against the globalists, the Marxists, the fake Republicans, the communists, the environmentalist fanatics, the open border fanatics, the far-left Democrats, and the unbridled partisan prosecutors,” Trump said. “Biden

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Nine injured, one dead, in traffic accident in eastern Israel

Fire and Rescue Services were called Saturday evening to the site of a traffic accident in the Jordan Valley. The accident, which involved two Israeli vehicles, happened near Masu’a on Route 90 and left nine people injured and one dead. Magen David Adom (MDA) reported nine injured, among them two – a 10-year-old boy and

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Ehud Barak: ‘Protests must increase and become civil rebellion’

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Saturday night urged those attending protests against the judicial reform to up the ante. Speaking at a protest in Haifa, Barak said, “We will win, because we have no other land, and we have no other way. We are determined, and we will save the democracy. We are

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More than 100 Arabs murdered in Israel in 2023

More than one hundred Arabs have been murdered in Israel since the beginning of 2023. Watek Kashkush, a 28-year-old nursing student from Qalansawe, was murdered Saturday in the city. Kashkush was taken to the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead. On his Tiktok page, Kashkush posted that

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New York to host new Jewish comic convention

(New York Jewish Week) &mdash Jews and comic books &mdash two deeply entwined entities &mdash will be the subject of a new pop culture convention coming to New York this fall. Billed as the “ultimate comics and pop culture event,” the first-ever Jewish Comics Experience, or “JewCE,” will take place at the Center for Jewish

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Connecticut College hires interim president with antisemitism history

Jewish students at Connecticut College celebrated in March when they successfully pressured their school”s president to step down over her plans to host a fundraiser at a golf club with an alleged antisemitic and racist history. But some recoiled this week when they learned who their new interim leader would be: a university administrator holding

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Watch: Ministers and Knesset members join the Sovereignty Movement’s demand

A major Sovereignty Movement convention was held in Jerusalem on Thursday, June 8, with the participation of hundreds of attendees. Minister Strook: “The Jordan Valley is the most important place to apply sovereignty.” The Sovereignty Movement”s demand to implement Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley as a first priority enjoys broad coalition support. This comes

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Liberman willing to sit with Netanyahu – but not with ‘messianics’

MK Avigdor Liberman, who chairs the Yisrael Beytenu party and whose refusal to sit with the right-religious bloc led Israel to a second round of elections in 2019, has said that he does not rule out joining a coalition headed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “It’s true that I don’t believe a word Netanyahu

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Broadway ‘Parade’ star: Cast says Kaddish before shows

Eight times a week, audiences at Broadway”s “Parade” see the curtain rise on a retelling of an act of antisemitism. What they don”t see is the Jewish ritual that comes first. In an essay for The New York Times, 23-year-old star Micaela Diamond writes that before almost every performance, the cast members stand in a

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IDF soldiers thwart drug smuggling attempt from Egypt

Yesterday (Friday), IDF soldiers spotted a number of suspects attempting to smuggle drugs from Egypt into Israeli territory. IDF and Israel Border Police forces were dispatched to the scene and pursued the individuals suspected of the smuggling. The soldiers apprehended two suspects. During the pursuit, the soldiers located and confiscated bags containing 21 kg of

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House Speaker McCarthy: Trump indictment will disrupt the nation

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said on Friday that the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump will “disrupt the nation” and argued that it violates the principle of equal justice under the law. Speaking to Fox News, McCarthy said that other public officials, like President Joe Biden, also possessed documents they should not, but

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