Palestine welcomes efforts of preventing admission of Israel as AU observer member – China.org.cn
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There is no right or left in Israel, just Zionism and non-Zionism – Haaretz
admin | October 18, 2021
Last week, Angela Merkel expressed her admiration for the sustainability of Israels new coalition. Haaretz columnist Carolina Landsmann wonders, on this site, whether we have a duplicitous government or one which has uncovered the greatest deception of all times. Journalist Ron Cahlili avers that the ideological right and Zionist left are one and the same
Letters to the editor October 18, 2021: Can Israel learn from New York? – The Jerusalem Post
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Can Israel learn from New York?Regarding Needed: A civility spiral to propel Israeli-Arabs forward (October 13): I disagree with Prof. Gil Troys suggestion that Israel can learn from New York how to tackle the Israeli-Arab crime problem because it has over the years lowered its crime rate.
Lies Are Being Told About Sally Rooney Because She Refuses to Ignore Israeli Apartheid – The Intercept
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Because there is no way to deny that Israel refuses to grant basic civil rights to millions of Palestinians in the territories it has occupied since 1967, the Israeli government and its supporters in the West reflexively smear anyone who refuses to ignore or excuse this injustice using a familiar set of lies. Thats why the attacks on Sally Rooney this week, for refusing an Israeli publishing firms request to produce a Hebrew translation of her new novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You, to honor the Palestinian-led cultural boycott of Israel, were so predictable. Rooney explained in a written statement that she was convinced that Israels unequal treatment of the Palestinians in the occupied territories was akin to the former apartheid regime in South Africa, justifying an international campaign of boycott, divestment, and sanctions like the successful one against that state
Israel is approaching the next Nakba – Haaretz
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Youre here by mistake, because [Israels first Prime Minister David] Ben-Gurion didnt finish the job and throw you out in 1948, lawmaker Bezalel Smotrich told Arab Knesset members during a debate on a proposed change to the Basic Law on Immigration, which was sponsored by his Religious Zionism colleague, Simcha Rothman. Thats the truth, thats the truth, Smotrich reiterated.
Sephardic New Yorkers say Spain is breaking promise of citizenship – The Jerusalem Post
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After Spain announced it would offer of citizenship to families of Jews it expelled more than 500 years ago, Mark Tafoya, a personal chef living in New York City, filled out an application. Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tafoya calls himself a proud Sephardic Jew rediscovering my roots.
Jrgen brings Passover to the Great British Baking Show with charoset-and-matzah-topped pavlova – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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This story contains spoilers about Episode 4 in Season 9 of Netflixs The Great British Baking Show. (JTA) Jrgen Krauss, the basically a Jewish dad on the latest season of The Great British Baking Show, lived up to his reputation during Desserts Week when he produced a Passover-inspired pavlova complete with a traditional charoset topping. The dessert also sustains a different tradition: the internationally popular shows habit of not getting Jewish content quite right, when host Noel Fielding badly mispronounces charoset while describing Krauss creation
Ritchie Torres Is the Future of "Pro-Israel" Politics – Jewish Currents
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Torres also received at least $28,000 in individual donations from prominent Zionists, including some with anti-Muslim and anti-Arab views: Nina Rosenwald, the founder of the Gatestone Institute, a think tank that has called for a ban on all Muslim immigration, gave $1,000 to Torres; Marty Peretz, the former New Republic editor who once wrote that Muslim life is cheap and Arab society is backward, gave approximately $2,600. Haim Saban, the Hollywood mogul who called for more scrutiny of Muslims after the 2015 ISIS attacks in Paris, donated $2,800, as did Gottesman, the DMFI board member, who once wrote: Gaza is full of monsters
Israels COVID death toll surpasses 8,000 – The Times of Israel
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He lied: Iraqis still blame Powell for role in Iraq war For many Iraqis, the name Colin Powell conjures up one image: the man who, as US secretary of state, went before the UN Security Council in 2003 to make the case for war against their country. Word of his death Monday at age 84 dredges up feelings of anger in Iraq toward the former general and diplomat, one of several Bush administration officials whom they hold responsible for a disastrous US-led invasion that led to decades of death, chaos, and violence in Iraq
New Yorkers with Sephardic roots say Spain is breaking its promise of citizenship – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
admin | October 18, 2021
(JTA) After Spain announced it would offer of citizenship to families of Jews it expelled more than 500 years ago, Mark Tafoya, a personal chef living in New York City, filled out an application. Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tafoya calls himself a proud Sephardic Jew rediscovering my roots. So from Inwood, in northern Manhattan, he tracked down all the required documents, created a genealogy chart and hired an attorney.
