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  • Iranian Brig.-Gen. Urges Destruction of Israel prior to Nuke Talks

    By: Benjamin Weinthal – Jerusalem Post; jpost.com “We will not back off from annihilation of Israel, even one millimeter.” The spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s armed forces, Brig.-Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, on Saturday urged the total elimination of the Jewish state during an interview with an Iranian regime-controlled media outlet. “We will not back off…

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  • New Senate Bill Seeks to Counter anti-Semitism, Incitement in Palestinian Classrooms

    By: Sean Savage – Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org The legislation seeks to address growing concerns over educational materials being used by the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced a bill on Tuesday that seeks to address whether Palestinian students are being taught inaccurate or racist content about Israel and the Jewish people.…

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  • US Dollar Hits 25-year Low against Israeli Shekel

    By: Eran Bar-Tal – Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org Despite the development, the Bank of Israel has avoided interfering in the market, and its governor has remained ambiguous about possible future intervention. The U.S. dollar hit a 25-year low against the shekel on Tuesday, officially dropping below the benchmark that the Bank of Israel had hoped…

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  • Dani Dayan on what Holocaust Taught about Extremes and how anti-Semitism Persists

    By: Dmitriy Shapiro – Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org The former Israeli Consul General in New York and current chairman of Yad Vashem acknowledged that when he first came to the United States in 2016, he didn’t see anti-Semitism as the pressing issue it is today, believing that it might have been an “overblown phenomenon” in…

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  • Israeli Archaeologists Just Unearthed A 2,100-Year-Old Fortress That Provides ‘Tangible Evidence’ Of The Hanukkah Story

    By: Marco Margaritoff – All That’s Interesting; allthatsinteresting.com The Hellenistic fortress was destroyed by a Jewish Hasmonean army in their war to retake the region from the Greek Seleucid Empire, which had outlawed Judaism. Archaeologists just excavated a 2,100-year-old Greek fortress in Israel’s Lachish Forest — and they say it confirms aspects of the origin…

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  • ‘It’s Been Amazing’: Joel Rosenberg Shares How Abraham Accords Are Dramatically Reshaping Middle East

    By: Chris Mitchell – CBN News; cbn.com JERUSALEM, Israel – In the 14 months following the signing of the Abraham Accords, relations between Israel and many of its Arab neighbors are flourishing. Several world leaders are surprised over the dramatic progress.  In one of the latest signs of cooperation, Israel and the United Arab Emirates…

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