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Learning from the past to effectively fight anti-Semitism today – Al Jazeera English

| March 16, 2022

A recently published report into anti-Semitic incidents in Britain in 2021 made for alarming reading. A total of 2,255 incidents were recorded by the Community Security Trust (CST): the highest ever number reported to the organisation in a single year. Eight percent of the incidents involved violence, and a small number of these involved extreme violence.

Russia-Ukraine: Ugly truths in the time of war – Al Jazeera English

| March 16, 2022

As another war engulfs Europe, it was left to a squash player to remind the world of a few awkward truths. After winning a tournament in England late last week, Egyptian squash champion, Ali Farag, noted that since Putins invasion of Ukraine, all sorts of usually demure types including athletes trained by their agents to shut up for fear of censure or losing money have, remarkably, emerged from comfortable silence to condemn the oppression of Ukrainians by a larger and ruthless occupying power.

Ukraine’s Only Woman Rabbi Among the Many Jews Fleeing War – Voice of America – VOA News

| March 16, 2022

WARSAW, Poland On her first Shabbat away from the fighting in Ukraine, Rabbi Julia Gris twice led services to welcome the Jewish holy day.

The law-flouting, truth-denying, science-deriding Trumpian Republican extremists are the real RINOs – Ohio Capital Journal

| March 16, 2022

Its the MAGA battle cry heading into the primaries. Hes a grandstanding RINO.-Donald Trump about retiring Ohio Republican congressman Anthony Gonzalez who voted to impeach him for Jan 6. Mike DeWine is the biggest RINO in America today.-Jim Renacci, Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate about the Republican incumbent

Land of Israel – Wikipedia

| March 16, 2022

The Land of Israel (Hebrew: , Modern:Ere Ysrael, Tiberian:Ere Ysrl) is the traditional Jewish name for an area of indefinite geographical extension in the Southern Levant. Related biblical, religious and historical English terms include the Land of Canaan, the Promised Land, the Holy Land, and Palestine (see also Israel (disambiguation)). The definitions of the limits of this territory vary between passages in the Hebrew Bible, with specific mentions in Genesis 15, Exodus 23, Numbers 34 and Ezekiel 47.

Devastating: How Israel is pulling Palestinian families apart – Al Jazeera English

| March 16, 2022

Occupied East Jerusalem Israel re-enacted a law late last week that deprives tens of thousands of Palestinian couples and families of the basic right of being together as a family. The Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, which has been in effect for close to two decades, expired in July 2021 when the Israeli government failed to renew it. Yet, in practice, it remained in force

Should Israel arm Ukraine? Israeli generals speak out – Haaretz

| March 16, 2022

Should Israel arm Ukraine? Israeli generals speak out   Haaretz Russia-Ukraine war: Is Israels response the moral choice? - opinion   The Jerusalem Post Israel tries to balance backing for Ukrainians and not offending Russia   The Guardian Ties with Russia Compromise Israels Stance on Ukraine   The New Yorker Russia's invasion of Ukraine puts Israel in a tricky spot   CNN View Full Coverage on Google News

Two cases of unidentified COVID variant discovered in Israel – Haaretz

| March 16, 2022

Two people in Israel who returned from abroad were found to be carrying a previously unidentified COVID variant, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday morning. The virus is a combination of the BA.1 (omicron) and infectious BA.2 variants. The two patients tested positive after undergoing a PCR test upon landing at Ben-Gurion International airport, and their samples were sequenced in Israel

In a five year first, Israel won’t impose Purim curfew on the West Bank, Gaza – Haaretz

| March 16, 2022

Israel won't enforce a curfew in Gaza and the West Bank during the Purim holiday for the first time in five years. Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced the decision on Wednesday, citing the fact that Purim starts on Wednesday, a day of relatively light traffic at checkpoints since most Palestinian workers have already crossed into Israel. The other reported reason is to avoid economic losses by closing the checkpoint on a business day.

USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman’s Trip to Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan | Readout | US Agency for International Development – USAID

| March 16, 2022

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Rebecca Chalif: On March 5-11, Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman traveled to Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan to view USAIDs development work first-hand and meet with government officials, partners, and communities. She met with the USAID West Bank and Gaza Mission staff to discuss critical development and humanitarian issues and participated in an all-staff town hall to discuss challenges and opportunities in resuming USAIDs operations and programming after a three-year pause


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