Europe

Seven Labour politicians have quit Britain’s main opposition party over leader Jeremy Corbyn’s failure to tackle anti-Semitism and his approach to Brexit, the BBC reported Monday. They will sit as a new, independent group of MPs while planning their next steps in the worst Labour split for nearly 40 years....

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Iranian FM Javad Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif refused to answer questions about his regime’s human rights abuses, indignantly telling an interviewer, “I am a human rights professor,” Al Arabiya reported Monday. Javad Zarif, Iranian regime's PR minister's circus in Munich: "I'm a human rights professor, hence, don't question me about the...

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Luciana Berger

The British Labour Party was rocked by a new scandal on Wednesday after a Jewish councillor resigned from the organization over concerns it has become “a welcoming environment for antisemites,” Jewish News reported. Councillor Dany Louise from Hastings, who is a member of Brighton and Hove Progressive Shul, wrote on...

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Anti-Semitic Incident in Germany

Anti-Semitic acts in Germany increased by 10% overall, though violent acts increased by a staggering 60% in 2018, the BCC reported Wednesday. There were 1,640 anti-Semitic incidents in Germany last year, according to data that was released to the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. The 62 acts of anti-Semitic violence marked a...

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Pence, Netanyahu, Pompeo, at the Warsaw Conference

In a tweet sent from the Warsaw Summit to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East, which was attended by Israeli Prime Minister and diplomats representing more than 60 nations, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shared a message of support for Israel, saying, “The...

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As the United States- and Poland-sponsored conference on the Middle East started in Warsaw, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met publicly with Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. Netanyahu greeted bin Alawi and recalled his trip the Gulf nation last October, saying, “The courageous decision...

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