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Boris Johnson’s Ottoman roots

ALGEMEINER Why Was Boris Johnson’s Ottoman Great-Grandfather Murdered? by Uzay Bulut April 28, 2020 On April 10, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to Boris Johnson, prime minister of the United Kingdom, informing him that Turkey “would like to … Continue reading

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Pope Pius XII: His failure to denounce the Holocaust publicly earned him the title of “Hitler’s pope”

I24NEWS Pope Pius XII knew about massacres of Jews during WWII, newly opened Vatican archive reveals May 1, 2020 German researchers investigating the recently opened Vatican archives of war-time Pope Pius XII reveal that he was aware of mass killings … Continue reading

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“This portrayal of the sex lives of Hasidim is not accurate, it is not even close to accurate. It is a hateful libel of a community as a real-life “Handmaid’s Tale””

THE FORWARD No, the way sex is portrayed in “Unorthodox” is not accurate — it’s a hateful libel by Eli Spitzer April 24, 2020 …Hasidim, be they Satmar or anyone else, do not have a custom of doing it with … Continue reading

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Yossi Klein Halevi: “In this pandemic, the nation’s citizens face a crisis that is finally bringing us together”

THE ATLANTIC Israel’s Arab Moment by Yossi Klein Halevi April 30, 2020 …Israeli media regularly feature stories of Arab-Jewish intimacy in the quarantine wards. The newspaper Yediot Aharonot published a four-page photo essay of Arab and Jewish nurses—the first time in … Continue reading

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Saudi TV: “The episode represents one of the first times a Saudi cultural project has shown Israel in a good light”

ALGEMEINER Episode of New Saudi TV Series Presents Positive View of Israel by Benjamin Kerstein April 28, 2020 A new Ramadan television series is making waves in the Arab world, arousing controversy for taking a relatively positive view of Israel. … Continue reading

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Support United Hatzalah online Sunday afternoon, May 3, 12pm CDT/ 1pm EDT / 8pm IST

UNITED HATZALAH Produced by Broadway star Adam Kantor (who also co-produced SaturdayNightSeder) and hosted by Jay Leno, we’re going to celebrate our founder Eli Beer’s recovery from a severe case of Covid 19 and return home to Israel, take you … Continue reading

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This virus is still evolving

THE SPECTATOR Could the lockdown have side-effects no one has considered? by Dr John Lee May 2, 2020 …Think about the lockdown. We have substantially reduced the number of people circulating in the community. If lockdown is working, and stopping … Continue reading

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“The new coalition handcuffs its rival blocks into near paralysis. Perhaps this will usefully restrain Israel’s raging political fevers”

JERUSALEM POST Can Netanyahu, Gantz work together in a straightjacket government? by David M. Weinberg April 24, 2020 The Israeli “emergency” and “unity” government that will supposedly be confirmed by the Knesset sometime in May is the screwiest doohickey ever … Continue reading

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“As we mark Israeli independence this year, let us cast off the contrived U.N. narrative in which Israel was born into the inevitability of two states”

JNS San Remo: The original ‘deal of the century’ by Yishai Fleisher April 26, 2020 …For those who wish to see a “two-state solution” implemented, the idea that Israel was created through the U.N. partition vote is an indispensable narrative. … Continue reading

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“US State Department says Washington ready to approve ‘sovereignty and the application of Israeli law’ in some areas, but calls for Israel to negotiate further with Palestinians”

TIMES OF ISRAEL US says ‘prepared to recognize’ Israeli annexation of parts of West Bank by Staff April 28, 2020 The United States said Monday it was ready to recognize Israel’s annexation of parts of the West Bank but asked … Continue reading

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