The Netherlands will return to the Eurovision Song Contest, overriding a broadcaster that withdrew over Israel’s actions in Gaza. The Dutch organization that oversees public broadcasting, the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep, said on Wednesday that it will take over the country’s entry to Eurovision after Avrotros, the broadcaster that usually takes part in Eurovision for the […]
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s warning this week that Jewish life in his country “is no longer safe” reflects concerns voiced by some Jews in Berlin. They are alarmed by the success of the left-wing socialist Left Party in Sunday’s municipal election, which coincides with the rising power of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in […]
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Iran won’t be bullied by military action or economic sanctions into giving up its nuclear program, the country’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, pledged to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday as the United States deliberates whether to resume the war it joined Israel in launching. “We will never bow our head or bend at the […]
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Two senior officials at the heart of Iran’s military and national security establishment are among the eight people set to face trial in absentia over their alleged roles in the 1994 terrorist bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Argentine Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas issued the 648-page ruling Monday, formally processing the […]
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The far-right Alternative for Germany’s victory in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, its second in the region in as many weeks, underscores the growing popularity of the anti-immigration, nationalist party at the expense of the country’s political center. The center-right Christian Democratic Union, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party, had its worst result in any […]
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TORONTO – Doug Warren, 56, was attending Kol Nidre services at the Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, on the eve of Yom Kippur on Sunday. Prayers were just about to begin when he heard the gunshots. “The rabbi had just started to call us into the sanctuary. We were stepping inside, and we […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump called upon nations to stay united in their pressure on Iran’s economy, as he addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. Indeed, Trump showed no sign of walking down from the military conflict he began with Tehran in February amid criticism that the U.S. is not accomplishing […]
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Canadian leaders have condemned a shooting outside the Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, at the start of Yom Kippur that left a police officer seriously injured and forced the congregation to cancel services on the holiest day of the year. “Jewish people must be able to practice their faith safely. They deserve to […]
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The State Department has approved a possible $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia — a move that would make the kingdom the second Middle Eastern country after Israel to have the world’s most powerful combat aircraft. “This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the […]
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Sweden’s center-left coalition has overturned Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s right-wing government after a nail-biter election, blocking a far-right party with neo-Nazi roots from its bid to join a cabinet for the first time. Kristersson resigned on Thursday after the public broadcaster SVT called Sweden’s general election for the center-left bloc, led by former prime minister […]
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