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  • Federal Court Permanently Blocks New York’s Restrictions on Houses of Worship

    By: Samuel Smith – The Christian Post; christianpost.com A federal judge permanently blocked New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s controversial restrictions on indoor worship gatherings that the U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction against last November.  On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto, a George W. Bush appointee, granted a  permanent injunction to block Cuomo’s COVID-19…

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  • Bibi Goes to Court: “I’m Not Guilty”

    By: Aryeh Savir – Israel Today; israeltoday.co.il Why exactly is he on trial, and how long’s it expected to take for a verdict? Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in the Jerusalem District Court on Monday to face charges against him in Cases 1000, 2000 and 4000, alleging bribery, breach of trust, and fraud. Netanyahu, who…

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  • Muslim-majority Kosovo Forges Ties with Israel; Will Open Embassy in Jerusalem

    By: Times of Israel Staff & Agencies; timesofisrael.com First Muslim state to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital; ceremony held via Zoom due to COVID-19 restrictions; Ashkenazi says Pristina’s mission likely to open in the spring Israel and Kosovo formally established diplomatic ties on Monday, with the Muslim-majority territory also recognizing Jerusalem as the Jewish state’s…

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  • The Palestinian Refugee Hoax

    By: Mitchell Bard – Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org The refugee issue is easily solvable if we return to the original definition that applied only to people who lived in Palestine in 1948-1949, not their descendants. This is the true number of refugees. The negotiation affairs department of the PLO tweeted on May 15, 2020, “Every nakba commemoration…

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  • Facebook Still has Holocaust Denial Content Three Months after Mark Zuckerberg Pledged to Remove it

    By: Jessica Guynn – USA Today; usatoday.com Holocaust denial content remains on Facebook three months after pledging to ban all content that “denies or distorts the Holocaust.” That’s according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League, which gave Facebook a “D” for its efforts. The ADL’s CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, said the report released Wednesday, on Holocaust Remembrance…

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  • Israel and UAE to Start Student Exchange Program

    By: Cody Levine – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com The student exchange program comes following a normalization agreement between the two countries. Israeli and United Arab Emirates (UAE) ministers agreed Sunday to initiate a student exchange program, according to a press release from Israel’s Education Ministry. The student exchange program comes following a normalization agreement between the two…

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