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| December 29, 2014
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Lower Egyptian court forbids Jews from celebrating at Jewish mystic’s grave

The Egyptian court said its ruling was based on “moral offenses” committed during previous years at the 3-day Jewish festival celebrating Rabbi Jacob Abu Hasira’s birth.

By REUTERS

 

CAIRO – An Egyptian court permanently banned a Jewish celebration that has taken place since the 1979 peace deal with Israel and asked the government to remove the tomb where it takes place from a list of official shrines, judicial sources said on Monday.

Jacob Abu Hasira

Jacob Abu Hasira.- Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

The court said its decision was due to “moral offenses” committed in previous years at the three-day festival celebrating the birth of Rabbi Jacob Abu Hasira. Continue Reading »

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| December 9, 2014
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Israeli Ambassador to Sweden: Stockholm should look at itself before it judges Israel

The UN panel against torture reported on Sweden’s illegal treatment of minors, minorities, and refugees prompted the Israeli envoy to hit back at the  country that hypocritically criticizes Israeli policy in territories.

By Itamar Eichner

 

A United Nations report accusing Sweden of violating human rights of refugees, minors and minorities has been serving as a basis for a diplomatic settling of scores between Stockholm and Jerusalem, with critics saying Sweden must take a hard look at itself before it slams Israeli policy towards Palestinians.

Riksdagshuset - Photo courtesy, Wikipedia Commons

Sweden’s Riksdagshuset – Photo courtesy, Wikipedia Commons

The report, presented by the United Nations Committee against Torture, criticized the treatment of children in Swedish detention and custody. Continue Reading »

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| December 8, 2014
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Star of David featured on Qatari media after Israeli wins swimming competition

Israeli swimmer Guy Barnea had earlier claimed that the Star of David was missing from Israel’s flag after he won Qatari competition match.

By i24news

 

Footage has surfaced that disproves Israeli swimmer Guy Barnea’s earlier claim that Qatari television showed a graphic of an Israeli flag without the Star of David during coverage of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships on Sunday in Doha.

Guy Barnea - Photo: Facebook

Guy Barnea – Photo: Facebook

After winning his heat in the 200-meter butterfly at the swimming competition in Qatar, the Israeli swimmer suggested that local television footage left out the most important part of the flag – the Star of David in the middle even though they did show his face on camera, identify him by name and use the ISR initials for Israel. Continue Reading »

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| November 21, 2014
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Video: Who do Berkeley students think the most dangerous, Israel or Islamic State?

Jewish filmmaker waves an Israeli flag & also an Islamic State flag at UC Berkeley campus to see which draws the ire of the university’s students.

By Ynetnews

 

What happened when filmmaker Ami Horowitz decided to wave the Islamic State flag at UC Berkeley? And what happened when he tried to wave Israel’s flag at the university’s campus? Students at the California research university, it seems, are completely indifferent towards the Islamic State, and very passionate in their views against Israel.

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In a three-minutes-long video, Horowitz first waves the black Islamic State flag in different locations on campus, shouting slogans defending the militant group’s operations. Continue Reading »

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| October 29, 2014
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate gives $50K to rebuild UNRWA schools that stored Gaza rockets

Huge sum donated by Nobel Peace Prize winner to refurbish UNRWA schools in Gaza – the same buildings which harbored rockets and then returned to Hamas when ‘discovered’.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is to donate $50,000 (39,000 euros) to help rebuild
United Nations schools in Gaza, the UNRWA said Wednesday.

Malala Yousufzai,

Malala Yousufzai, – Reuters

The 17-year-old Pakistani children’s rights activist won the World Children’s Prize in Stockholm on Tuesday, and said she would donate all of that prize money to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA said in a statement. Continue Reading »

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| September 11, 2014
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British chief whip: Europe has forgotten the Holocaust – fanning the flames of anti-Semitism.

Michael Gove, the UK Chief Whip, says far from eradicating the hatred of Jews, anti-Semitism in Europe is now considered ‘chic’ by some.

 

Europe has forgotten the warning of the Holocaust and is plagued by a “virus” of anti-Semitism, Chief Whip Michael Gove said, adding that the hatred of Jews has attained a “radical chic” in certain circles, U.K. daily The Telegraph reported.

Pro Palestinian protester burns an Israeli flag, Paris, July 26, 2014.

Pro Palestinian protester burns an Israeli flag during demonstration banned by police, in support of Gaza in central Paris, July 26, 2014.- Photo: Reuters

In his address to the annual dinner of the Holocaust Education Trust, Gove also accused pro-Palestinian activists of a “deliberate” campaign of “relativisation, trivialization and perversion” of the Holocaust by comparing the Israeli government to the Nazis, warning that this campaign is fanning the flames of anti-Semitism.

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| September 11, 2014
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Ted Cruz Stands Up to ‘Hatred & Bigotry’ displayed at Christian Conference

Senior Republican Senator was heckled & booed off the stage at the conference after saying that Christians “have no greater ally than Israel” and calling on the audience to support the Jewish state.

By Ari Soffer

 

Leading Republican Senator and Christian supporter of Israel Ted Cruz (R-Tx) was booed off stage at a gala dinner in support of the Middle East’s embattled Christian minority, after voicing support for Israel.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) – Reuters

Cruz was the keynote speaker at the event, hosted by the recently-founded In Defense of Christians (IDC) organization. In his speech, he declared that Christians “have no greater ally than Israel” – the only state in the region whose Christian population is growing as opposed to shrinking. Continue Reading »

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| September 5, 2014
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French Lawmaker Blasts His Foreign Minister for Improper Stance on Israel

French MP condemns Western leaders for not recognizing Israel’s crucial position in the world’s battle against Islamic extremism

By Yossi Aloni

 

In a sharply-worded letter sent late last month, French parliamentarian Meyer Habib (pictured) slammed French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius for accusing Israel of war crimes in Gaza, even as his boss, President Francois Hollande, struck a far different tone.

French parliamentarian Meyer Habib

Habib noted in his letter that early in the Gaza war the French government “fully identified with Israel and its right to defend its citizens. …We prevented a number of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic demonstrations…in order to change France’s position in regards to Israel.”

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| September 1, 2014
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Jon Stewart: Criticizing Israel doesn’t constitute being anti-Israel

Daily Show host Jon Stewart talks about his directorial debut ‘Rosewater’ filmed in Jordan & explains why it wasn’t shot in Israel .

By Talia Lavin

 

JTA – Jon Stewart’s directorial film debut, “Rosewater,” is set to premiere at film festivals in the United States and Canada this September. So the Hollywood Reporter took the opportunity to grab some golden quotes (and glam shots) of the iconic “Daily Show” comedian about filming in the Middle East — and his own take on the region’s politics.

Jon Stewart during a taping of 'The Daily Show with John Stewart.'

This October 18, 2012 file photo shows host Jon Stewart during a taping of ‘The Daily Show with John Stewart,’ in New York.

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| August 24, 2014
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UNICEF Displays ‘bias’ as it Ignores Israeli Children’s Suffering in Conflict

It appears that Israeli children are less equal than others at UNICEF Palestinian press conference, which totally ignores effects of Gaza’s incessant rockets on Israel’s children.

By Mark Langfan, New York

 

UNICEF Gaza Field Office chief, Pernille Ironside, held a press conference at the United Nations offices in New York City several days ago, “on the impact on children from the conflict in Gaza.”

Unlike UNRWA – which is charged solely with attending to Palestinian “refugees” – UNICEF  is the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund and is charged with assisting children over the world.

Asked how she, and the entire UN Gaza staff, remained neutral in the face of Gaza children’s and civilian hardships, Ironside stated that, “There have been attempts to instrumentalize the UN in Gaza in this conflict.” Continue Reading »

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| August 18, 2014
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London supermarket empties shelves of kosher food amid fears of anti-Israel protests

A London Sainsbury’s supermarket removes its Kosher food-stuffs made in Britain & Poland, after pro-Palestinian protesters ransacked a Tesco store in Birmingham.

By Ynetnews

 

A supermarket chain branch in central London removed kosher food from its shelves on Saturday afternoon over fears it would be a target for the anti-Israel protesters who were demonstrating nearby, the Guardian reported on Sunday.

Empty kosher food shelves at Sainsbury's in Holbon (Photo: Colin Appleby on Twitter)

Empty kosher food shelves at Sainsbury’s in Holbon – Photo: Colin Appleby on Twitter

The kosher section in the Holborn Sainsbury’s store was emptied out after pro-Palestinian protesters ransacked a branch of competing supermarket chain Tesco in Birmingham on Saturday. Continue Reading »

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| August 13, 2014
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Not to be out played by Hamas, Fatah claims to have killed more Jews.

Fearful of diminishing popularity in aftermath of Gaza war, Israel’s ‘Peace Partner’ Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah proudly reminds everyone that it has killed more Jews than Hamas!

By Israel Today Staff

 

Among some Palestinians, Hamas’ stock is soaring after it dragged Israel into a month-long war that saw 3,500 missiles rain down on the Jewish state’s most populated civilian areas.

It was after years of successful, gory suicide bomb attacks that Hamas garnered enough popularity to win a parliamentary majority in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections.

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’ ruling Fatah faction isn’t about to let that happen again, and is trying to remind everyone that it has killed far more Israeli Jews than Hamas. Continue Reading »

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| August 8, 2014
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Hate Speech: Anti-Semitic British MP declares his district an ‘Israel-free zone’

 

Leftist British MP George Galloway says his constituency will reject anything Israeli – including tourists: ‘We reject this barbarous, savage, illegal state that calls itself Israel.’

Ynetnews

 

 

George Galloway, a British parliament member for West Bradford – an area with a high Muslim populations – told a group of activists that he “declared Bradford an Israel-free zone.”

George Galloway - Photo AP

George Galloway – Photo AP

Yorkshire Police announced they will launch an investigation into comments made by Galloway, the Huffington Post UK reported.

His comments, caught on camera and distributed via YouTube, are not the first time the MP has gotten in trouble over his position on Israel: In 2013, he stormed out of a debate in Oxford, claiming “I don’t debate with Israelis.” Continue Reading »

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| August 3, 2014
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Israeli flag used as welcome mat to a Jordanian city hall entrance

 

Signs inviting people to enter Ma’an city hall, are requested to step on Israel’s flag.

 

By Roi Kais

Citizens arriving at the Ma’an city hall in Jordan are greeted with an Israeli flag spread on the floor and the demand to step on it.

The mayor of Ma'an at the entrance to the city hall.

The mayor of Ma’an and another little man at the entrance to city hall.

The flag was placed right at the entrance in condemnation of “Israel’s acts of massacre in Gaza,” thus “forcing” anyone entering the building to step on it.

“We saw fit as a local council to put the flag of the Zionists at the entrance to the building, so every person in Ma’an will step on it,” the mayor said. Continue Reading »

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| July 17, 2014
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Hundreds of ‘Lefty Brits’ protest BBC’s ‘pro-Israel’ coverage of #OperationProtectiveEdge

British leftists protest broadcaster’s idea of balance, ‘airbrushing’ out Israel’s preexisting military control of Gaza, and the imbalance of power between the sides.

 

The BBC is widely believed in Israel to be biased in favor of the Palestinians. Yet in Britain, which can fairly be called the nerve center of Western pro-Palestinian sentiment, hundreds of left-wingers have protested in recent days over what they call the state broadcaster’s pro-Israel bias in its coverage of the fighting with Gaza.

Outside Broadcasting House, BBC London HQ

Protesters outside BBC headquarters in London, (illustrative). – Photo: AP

The Independent reported Wednesday that protesters have rallied outside Broadcasting House, the BBC’s London headquarters, as well as in Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle. Continue Reading »

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