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Argentina’s Milei visits Israel, vows to move embassy to Jerusalem

Published by DPA International Argentinian President Javier Milei, who took office in December, arrived in Israel on Tuesday in a show of support for the country as the military campaign against Hamas militants continues in Gaza. “I want to assure Israel of my solidarity and my support for legitimate self-defence against the attacks by Hamas […]

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International, Israel, Nordot

Some young voters can’t bring themselves to vote for Biden this year over the war in Gaza

Published by The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — “Vote blue no matter who” was Madelyn Shick’s mantra before she could even vote after former President Donald Trump’s rise in 2016. She argued with people supporting third party candidates, but now she’s on the other side of that dispute. Shick, 22, said she can’t vote for any

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Israel, Nordot, USA

Pro-Palestine professor who said ‘Zionism has always been racist’ and one of the ‘five pillars of Islamophobia’ wins landmark case against dismissal

Published by GB News A Pro-Palestinian professor who was accused of antisemitic comments has won a landmark case against his dismissal from his post at Bristol University. Professor David Miller was “unfairly dismissed” from his role at the Russel Group University, following remarks he made about Israel where he stated that “Zionism has always been

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International, Israel, Nordot

UN Chief Guterres announces formation of independent panel to assess UNRWA

Published by ANI News New York [US], February 6 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the formation of an independent panel in order to evaluate the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Al Jazeera reported on Monday. The humanitarian organization has faced criticism due to claims made by Israel that

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International, Israel, Nordot

Charges likely against 6 in Gaza war protest that shut down I-5 in Seattle

Published by The Seattle Times The Washington State Patrol will recommend charging at least six people in relation to the Israel-Hamas war protest that shut down Interstate 5 for nearly five hours last month, the agency said. An additional 10 people involved with the protest, which led to backups extending miles south of Seattle, are

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Israel, Middle East, Nordot, USA

Treading on difficult ground, Florida lawmakers want to define ‘anti-Semitism’

Published by Orlando Sentinel A bipartisan bill seeking to define what speech is considered anti-Semitic is moving through the Florida Senate after easily passing the House. Rep. Mike Gottlieb, D-Plantation, sponsor of the House bill, said the goal is to curb hate speech toward Jews and Israel that has been on the rise across the

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A Few GOP Holdouts Could Derail Alejandro Mayorkas’ Impeachment

Published by Tampa Free Press The House of Representatives’ Republican Conference does not yet appear to have enough votes to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, those House members still deciding how they will vote told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Mayorkas, who oversees immigration and border security, has been heavily criticized throughout the Biden

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Pilip, Suozzi vie for ex-Rep. George Santos’ NY seat as early voting starts

Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — Early voting started Saturday in the heated congressional special election to pick a successor to disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos for a Long Island swing seat that could further reduce the already razor-thin GOP majority in the House of Representatives. Democratic ex-Rep. Tom Suozzi is battling upstart

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Nordot, USA

Pentagon announces new series of coalition strikes in Yemen: 13 targets attacked

Published by RBC-Ukraine (UK) The U.S. and UK, supported by other coalition countries, conducted additional strikes against military targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. Weapon depots, including missile systems, were targeted, announces U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. According to the head of the U.S. Department of Defense, additional strikes against military targets in Houthi-controlled

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Speaker Johnson says House will vote on Israel bill next week, applying pressure to Dems

Published by Mirror By Joe Smith The House will vote on a standalone Israel aid bill next week, without any offsetting spending cuts, speaker Mike Johnson, R-La told Republicans on Saturday. Johnson criticized the impending Senate legislation that would lump Israel aid in with border security and asylum laws and funding for Ukraine in a

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Israel, Nordot, USA

US retaliatory strikes hit Iran-linked targets in Syria, Iraq

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – The US military launched retaliatory air strikes against Iranian forces and Tehran-backed militia groups in both Iraq and Syria on Friday, following a recent drone attack that killed three American soldiers at a remote base in Jordan. The extensive air attacks were ordered in response to the deaths of

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Middle East, Nordot, USA

New Jersey man pleads guilty to hate crimes after assaulting, driving into Orthodox Jews

Published by New York Daily News A New Jersey man has admitted to carrying out a series of hate crimes in the Lakewood area, including attempting to run down members of the Orthodox Jewish community with a car, officials announced. Dion Marsh on Thursday pleaded guilty in a federal court hearing in Trenton to five

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Antisemitism, Nordot, USA

Polish director Agnieszka Holland on her new film ‘Green Border’: ‘We need courageous films’

Published by Euronews (English) Over the course of five decades, acclaimed Polish director and current president of the European Film Academy Agnieszka Holland has brought to the screen humanity’s darkest sins. From the Holocaust (In Darkness and Europa Europa) to the Holodomor famine in Ukraine (Mr. Jones), her unflinching films have shed light some of

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International, Nordot, Theatre, Film & Broadcast