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There are an estimated 50 Jews remaining in Yemen—all at risk of an ethnic cleansing campaign spearheaded by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Yemen’s information minister told Israel Radio on Sunday. The Houthi’s slogan is: “Death to America. Death to Israel. Curse upon the Jews. Victory to Islam. Allahu Akbar.” Minister...

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The New York Times came under fire on Monday for publishing an opinion piece by imprisoned Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti without mentioning that he was convicted of multiple murders. Barghouti, who announced in a Sunday op-ed that he was launching a hunger strike with other Palestinian prisoners in Israel, was...

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At my family’s Passover seder this year, we read, as we always do, from the traditional Sephardic haggadah, in keeping with the customs of the Jewish communities from Spain and Portugal. But doing so means our guests need to listen to lots of Hebrew, and the occasional prayer or song...

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On April 5, 28 Eurovision finalists planted trees in Israel representing their countries during a four-day promotional tour ahead of the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, May 9-13, 2017. The planting was held in the Eurovision Forest, a section of the Keren Kayemet L’Israel-Jewish National Fund Presidents Forest. The...

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The Iranian government is cracking down on Telegram, an encrypted text messaging app that has gained widespread popularity in the Islamic Republic. Telegram allows its users to remain anonymous, allowing Iranian citizens to share and access information that’s typically censored by Tehran. The regime is now demanding “Telegram channels with...

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A Palestinian terrorist stabbed a young British woman to death on Jerusalem’s light rail on Friday. The victim was Hannah Bladon, aged 21, a theology student at the University of Birmingham who was spending several months at the Hebrew University as an exchange student, where she was enrolled in course...

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Human Rights

The United States Treasury Department announced on Thursday that it is imposing sanctions against the younger brother of a top Iranian commander, holding him liable for human rights abuses he committed as head of Iran’s notorious Evin prison. Sohrab Soleimani, a top official in Iran’s State Prison Organization and brother...

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Iran is continuing to send troops and weapons to Syria using “pseudo-civilian aircraft,” an analyst specializing in Iran and the Persian Gulf warned Thursday. In order to support the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has set up “its own covert airlines and service companies to provide logistical...

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The United States Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it would seek the prosecution of two Palestinians for the killing of an American national. Ayad Fatafta and Kifah Ghanimat are being charged in the December 2010 murder of Kristine Luken. According to an affidavit filed in the case, “Fatafta...

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Israel

Israeli researchers have devised a way to detect buried landmines using a system of glowing bacteria and lasers. Landmines, which kill or injured an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people each year worldwide, emit small quantities of explosive vapors. Researchers from Hebrew University headed by Prof. Shimshon Belkin of the Alexander Silberman...

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