DAMASCUS, Syria — “This was a Jewish home, and so was that. These were all Jewish homes,” Badriyah Mousa Shatah said as she walked through Damascus’s historic Jewish Quarter, or the “Harat al-Yahud” as it is known in Arabic. Shatah, who was born in Damascus and has lived in the city all her life, is […]
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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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An Ontario man has been charged with what police say appears to be a hate-motivated attack after he stabbed a Jewish woman in an Ottawa grocery store known for its large selection of kosher food. The victim, a woman in her 70s, was taken to the hospital with “serious injuries,” according to police, and was […]
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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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An investigation by Dutch journalists has led tantalizingly close to the recovery of a painting looted from a Jewish art dealer 85 years ago. But no sooner was the work by the Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi glimpsed in a real estate ad for a luxury property in Argentina than it promptly disappeared. Now, Interpol and […]
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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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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 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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U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Kushner was summoned by the French Foreign Ministry Sunday following the publication of a letter in which he accused President Emmanuel Macron of fueling antisemitism in the country. In the letter, which was published in the Wall Street Journal, Kushner criticized Macron for a “lack of sufficient action” in addressing […]
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A British festival has apologized and pledged “a substantial donation” to Palestinian aid after sparking an outcry by cutting the amplification of an Irish band that displayed a Palestinian flag in violation of the festival’s rules. The Victorious music festival in Portsmouth, England, had aimed to head off possible controversies after a summer festival season […]
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