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Global Imams Council adoption of IHRA definition of antisemtism comes after hearing from office of US Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Elan Carr, calling on the council to do so

JNS Largest NGO of imams worldwide adopts universal definition of anti-Semitism by Jackson Richman October 29, 2020 The largest nongovernmental organization of imams in the world, the Global Imams Council (GIC), has adopted the widely accepted International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance … Continue reading

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By giving the prize to the World Health Organization, the Nobel committee kicked the can down the road. Maybe President Donald Trump will be defeated next week. Maybe Netanyahu will be ousted from power.

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) The real Netanyahu (and Trump) dilemma by Caroline B. Glick October 30, 2020 he Nobel Peace Prize Committee’s decision to award the prize to the World Food Program this year assuaged the fears of … Continue reading

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Always known as a left-winger, Greenwald “also emerged as a vocal critic of the mainstream media, accusing it of quashing alternative views when it comes to coverage of certain news stories'”

THE HILL Glenn Greenwald resigns from The Intercept by Joe Concha October 29, 2020 Journalist Glenn Greenwald has resigned from The Intercept, seven years after co-founding the online publication, citing censorship by his own editors over an article concerning former Vice President Joe … Continue reading

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During a Senate hearing, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey said Ayatollah’s tweets do not represent a threat of ‘immediate harm’ to Israel or its citizens. Yeah, right.

JEWISH INSIDER Twitter CEO dismisses Ayatollah’s threats to Israel as ‘saber-rattling’ by Marc Rod October 29, 2020 Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sparred with Republican lawmakers over his company’s decision to permit tweets from Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling … Continue reading

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Jeremy Corbyn suspended: “It is a day of shame for the Labour Party. We have failed Jewish people”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Britain’s Labour Party will struggle to erase its moral stain by Melanie Phillips October 30, 2020 The report of an 18-month inquiry into anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labour Party has now been published. Almost instantly, … Continue reading

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“Many of the Jews who fled Sudan as second- or third-generation natives often get sentimental about their former home”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Exiled Jews would ‘love’ to see Sudan again, if given chance via new Israel ties by Yaakov Schwartz October 31, 2020 Shortly after receiving her master’s degree in ancient history from King’s College in London, Daisy Abboudi … Continue reading

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“The Washington Post is exactly right when it says, ‘Democracy dies in darkness.’ It is ironic, then, that the Post is part of the problem, not the solution”

THE SPECTATOR The American media is failing you by Professor Charles Lipson October 30, 2020 American journalism has lost its bearings, and we are all paying the price. For the past four years, egged on by President Trump, mainstream news … Continue reading

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EVENT LAST CALL StandWithUs Midwest 9th Annual Campus Champions Virtual Gala Sunday November 1, 2020

StandWithUs Midwest invites you to their 9th Annual Campus Champions Virtual Gala Sunday, November 1, 2020 5pm Central Time Join us for a star-studded evening including KISS rocker Gene Simmons and meet our students who are the leaders of tomorrow. … Continue reading

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“Aman said he had told the court he was not calling for a normalisation of ties with Israel”

REUTERS Hamas releases Palestinian peace activists arrested after Zoom call with Israelis by Staff October 26, 2020 Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas convicted three Palestinian peace activists of “weakening revolutionary spirit” for having held a Zoom call with Israelis peace campaigners, … Continue reading

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#NYT ad “implicitly attacked those voicing concern about #BlackLivesMatter antisemitism by suggesting they were racists and white supremacists who were “pointing fingers, scapegoating, and using antisemitic dogwhistles” in order to undermine Black-led movements”

CAMERA BLOG The BLM Movement and Antisemitism by Ricki Hollander October 19, 2020 On Aug. 28, a full-page advertisement was published in The New York Times to endorse Black Lives Matter. Claiming to represent “the majority of American Jews,” the … Continue reading

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