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Several members of a Hamas cell behind Monday’s suicide bombing of a Jerusalem bus have been arrested, Israeli security services disclosed Thursday. The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, said that several cell members from Bethlehem have been arrested following a manhunt that also included the IDF and police. After...

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Students in Britain have reacted angrily as a student politician widely denounced as anti-Semitic was elected president of the UK National Union of Students (NUS). Malia Bouattia was elected president today at the NUS annual conference in Brighton, defeating the incumbent, who was running for re-election. According to the BBC,...

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The Swedish Minister of Housing and Urban Development resigned on Monday after reporters discovered old footage of him comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. Mehmet Kaplan, a member of the Green Party, a junior partner in Sweden’s governing coalition, said in 2009 that there were “similarities” between what Palestinians experience now and what Jews lived through...

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Sen. Mark Kirk (R – Ill.) called for an investigation into Germany’s second largest bank over reports that it is hosting the account of an organization that promotes boycotts of Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday. “I am alarmed by reports that Commerzbank, a German bank headquartered in Frankfurt...

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On the heels of Air France’s announcement that female cabin crew could opt out of flights to Iran when the airline resumes the route later this month, gay stewards are requesting that same right. In a petition addressed to both Air France CEO Frédéric Cagey and French Transport Minister Alain Vidalies, the stewards asked that gay staff be exempt...

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A bipartisan bill to help Holocaust survivors and their families recover artwork looted by the Nazis has been introduced in the Senate. The Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016 was introduced by Sen. John Cornyn (R – Texas), and co-sponsored by Sens. Chuck Schumer (D – N.Y.) Richard Blumenthal (D – Conn.) and...

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