Reports of anti-Semitism at one of the UK’s most prestigious universities have emerged after a leader of the Oxford University Labour Club (OULC) resigned after he saw that members of the club, and the student Left in general, “have some kind of problem with Jews.” After the OULC voted 18-16 to support Israel...
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The DAB Bank in Munich is set to discontinue the account of a leading group associated with the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign in Germany, The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday. The website of BDS-Kampagne [Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions] names DAB Bank Munich as the institution through which it accepts money transfers, according...
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Israeli-French singer-songwriter Yael Naim was named the Female Artist of the Year at the 2016 Victoires de la Musique, France’s equivalent of the Grammys, on Friday. Her new album Older was also nominated for Album of the Year. Naim won Album of the Year for her self-titled album in 2008 and French Singer of...
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Germany will not fully normalize ties with Iran until it recognizes Israel, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Berlin Tuesday. Although German government and business leaders have been making overtures to Iran in recent months after the Islamic Republic’s economy was freed up...
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The United Kingdom is set to prevent its publicly funded bodies from engaging in boycotts of Israel. Under new procurement guidelines to be announced later this week, local governments will be prevented from violating a World Trade Organisation accord signed by the EU and Israel that prohibits singling-out suppliers from participating nations, such as Israel, for discriminatory treatment....
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A Facebook post that showed Adolf Hitler with a statement praising the death of Jews constituted legitimate and legal criticism of Israel, the prosecutor’s office in Austria’s third-largest city said earlier this week. Ibrahim, a 29-year-old owner of a hair salon outside of Linz, posted an image of Hitler in...
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