MidEast

The Criminal Court in the French town of Bobigny on Thursday sentenced notorious anti-Semite Alain Soral to one year in prison after he was found guilty of inciting racial hatred against Jews, Ben Cohen reported in The Algemeiner. Soral wrote in March 2018 on his website Equality and Reconciliation: “Jews...

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Having failed to issue visas for Israeli athletes to compete in the World Para Swimming Championships this summer, the Malaysian government has doubled down and issued a ban on having Israelis participate in any event hosted by the country, Reuters reported Wednesday. The Asian nation’s Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said that...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to the Muslim-majority country Chad on Saturday night for a groundbreaking first-ever visit to the Central African state by an Israeli premier, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. Netanyahu will meet with Chadian President Idriss Déby, who first visited Israel during a historic trip...

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On April 16, 2018, the Durham, North Carolina City Council passed a statement on policing, which made Durham the first city in the United States to ban police trainings specifically with Israel. Council member Mark-Anthony Middleton has repeatedly and publicly said that it was unnecessary to single out Israel in...

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Everyone knows plastic is bad for the environment. That’s why bioplastics – plastics made from renewable sources like plants or old waste – were invented. But these bioplastics can’t be created everywhere since the plants they use require fresh water, a scarce resource in many countries. One such country is...

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Asked to repudiate a previous condemnation of the anti-Israel boycott movement, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded, “I will continue to condemn the BDS movement,” at a town hall meeting on Tuesday. The town hall meeting was held at Brock University in St. Catherine’s Ontario. Part of Trudeau’s response was explaining...

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