Hungarian Jews spark backlash with letter condemning both Gaza war and local Jewish leaders

Hundreds of Hungarian Jews have denounced the Israeli government over its war in Gaza — and the groups that purport to represent them at home, where protests against Israel are largely banned. “The one-sided, extreme statements of the current Israeli government and the domestic Jewish organizations and opinion leaders who dominate Hungarian public discourse do not […]

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Argentine police recover looted painting that was spotted in Nazi’s daughter’s real estate ad

After multiple failed attempts, Argentine police have recovered a painting that the Nazis looted from a Dutch Jewish art dealer during the Holocaust. Dutch journalists first spotted the painting, “Portrait of a Lady” by Giuseppe Ghislandi, last month in an ad for a property being sold by a daughter of Friedrich Kadgien, a Nazi finance […]

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Belgium will recognize Palestinian statehood at UN meeting, adding to pressure on Israel

Belgium has become the latest country to announce plans to recognize Palestinian statehood at the United Nations General Assembly this month in New York City. In an announcement on X Sunday, Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Prévot said the recognition was intended to “increase pressure on the Israeli government and Hamas terrorists,” adding that Israel has […]

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In a first for an Israeli leader, Netanyahu says he recognizes the Armenian genocide

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he recognizes the Armenian genocide, in a declaration that marks a stark departure for an Israeli leader. Speaking on a podcast on Tuesday, Netanyahu also suggested, inaccurately, that the Israeli government had officially recognized the early 20th-century genocide. Netanyahu was questioned about the killing of between 600,000 and 1.2 […]

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Transnistria’s Jews find themselves caught in a Soviet time warp as Ukraine war rages next door

NOVOKATOVSK, Transnistria — In this tiny, hardscrabble village that could easily be mistaken for the fictional Anatevka in “Fiddler on the Roof,” farmer Or Cohen, 35, lives with his wife, Anya, and their 3-year-old son Adam, in a 100-year-old house built of clay. In the backyard, Cohen raises chickens, turkeys and vegetables, while Anya, 31, […]

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Historic synagogue vandalized in Chile with posters of Netanyahu with bullet hole on his head

The oldest synagogue in the Chilean capital was vandalized on Saturday with anti-Israel graffiti, including red paint and posters that showed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a bullet hole drawn on his forehead. The posters littered around the Bicur Joilim synagogue in Santiago read “Your silence is cooperation with Israel’s genocide,” in the latest […]

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Australia accuses Iran of directing antisemitic attacks, expels ambassador

Australia expelled Iran’s ambassador on Tuesday, accusing Tehran of orchestrating antisemitic arson attacks on Jewish institutions, as police in Melbourne announced a series of arrests tied to synagogue fires and vandalism that have rattled the country’s Jewish community. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the Iranian-directed attacks were “extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression” designed to […]

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