MidEast

The head of the British Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, has been caught on tape admitting that evidence of Jew-hate in the party has been “mislaid or ignored.” Corbyn has been dogged by criticism about his handling of anti-Semitism claims since taking office in 2015. The Labour leader made the comments...

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Following the disappointing crash landing of Beresheet, Israel’s historic unmanned lunar spacecraft, on the night of April 11, SpaceIL Chairman Morris Kahn announced the establishment of Beresheet 2. Kahn, an Israeli philanthropist, donated $42 million of the $100 million cost of the mission. “This is part of my message to...

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The United States swore in Elan Carr as the new Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism on Thursday after the position had been left vacant since January 20, 2017. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo administered the oath of office. The secretary remarked that Carr, a Jewish-American Army veteran and...

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A new public poll released Tuesday found that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have no faith in their political leadership and are desperate for elections. Only a small percentage of Palestinians surveyed, about 11%, said that they trust Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud...

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The United States government denied entry to Palestinian activist and co-founder of the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement Omar Barghouti on Thursday. He was informed by airline staff at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv that he was unable to board his flight because U.S. immigration officials had...

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Wild cheers turned to stunned silence Thursday night as Israel’s Beresheet unmanned spacecraft suddenly lost contact with the control center. Only minutes before, it had sent a spectacular selfie as it neared the surface of the moon. It was a little after 10pm. I was at the Jerusalem Cinemateque watching...

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