Europe

The European Union (EU) is funding illegal Palestinian construction in Area C, a territory that is under full Israeli jurisdiction according to the Oslo Accords, The Daily Mail reported Thursday. The EU is acting illegally by funding unauthorised Palestinian building in areas placed under Israeli control by international law, say an...

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Eighty-nine members of the United States House of Representatives sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday, expressing that they are “deeply concerned” about Turkish restrictions on the freedom of the press.  “A strong democracy,” the letter reads, “requires both tolerance and transparency in order to thrive, but...

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The United States and Iran are moving closer to a deal that would allow Iran to keep as many as 6,500 centrifuges operating in return for Iran “guaranteeing regional stability,” according to a report today in The Jerusalem Post. The news, which cited European diplomats, was originally reported by Israel’s Army Radio. According...

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To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, a BBC show called The Big Question, which purports to deal with moral questions, asked on Sunday “Is the time coming to lay the Holocaust to rest?” Some of the panelists rejected the question. The Times of Israel reports: Rabbi Yaakov Wise countered that the...

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In a speech Sunday night, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, praised the U.S.-Israel relationship and explained the importance of the invitation of House Speaker John Boehner to Israel’s Prime Minister of Israel to speak before a joint session of Congress on March 3. Placing a heavy emphasis on...

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A pair of polls show a surge in anti-Semitic feelings in Great Britain, as well as growing unease among the Jews living there, the German news site, Deutsche Welle reported Thursday. In the first, conducted by the pollster YouGov for the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism (CAA), a lobby group, 45 percent...

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