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Opinion Ilhan Omar Is Not Anti-Semitic. She’s An Anti-Imperialist.
There are two stories this week about Rep. Ilhan Omar, the new Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota. But the trick is, you cannot understand one without the other. Let me explain. First, she tweeted that Republican attacks on her and Rep. Rashida Tlaib were “all about the Benjamins.” Her suggestion that money heavily influences politicians’ positions…
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Fast Forward How An Israeli ‘Mossad For Hire’ Firm Manipulated A Small Town’s Local Election
Israeli private intelligence firms have been increasingly in the spotlight, revealed as the suppliers for Harvey Weinstein’s “army of spies” and as creators of apps that repressive regimes can use to spy on activists and journalists. Now, a New Yorker article is detailing how another firm — Psy-Group — used its intelligence expertise to manipulate…
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Opinion No, Ilhan Omar Is Not Anti-Semitic For Calling Out AIPAC
Who knew that he whose name must not be spoken was Benjamin? Apparently not Representative Ilhan Omar, the brave Muslim congresswoman from Minnesota who stated an inconvenient truth when she wrote, “It’s all about the Benjamins baby” over reports she was to be “punished” for her criticisms of Israel that include support of BDS. It’s…
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Letters I’m A Holocaust Survivor. The Left Poses A Huge Threat To Jews.
Dear Editor: As a Holocaust survivor, reading your article “Seeking To Help Israel, American Jewish Institutions Sold Us Out,” I can’t help but sense your political blindness. While I respect the right you have to your own opinion, I also feel that your vision of the reality in which Jewish people live today is quite…
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Opinion Israel’s Racist Campaigns Don’t Just Hurt Us Palestinians. They Hurt Israelis, Too.
It’s hard to describe the anger and fear that I feel as a Palestinian following the current Israeli election cycle. I was born in Gaza. I was molded by the blockade. I have survived three wars. Countless times, death was only a few steps away from me. “Collateral damage” is what we two million civilians…
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Life Next Time You Visit Israel, Try This ‘Boutique’ Hostel For Only $35
Hospitality company Selina Ltd. will be opening the first of several Tel Aviv locations in the summer of 2019, according to the head of Selina Israel, Yossi Mautner. Established in 2014 in Panama by Israel-born Rafael Museri and Daniel Rudasevski, Selina currently has 44 locations in central America, South America, and Portugal. The company has…
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Opinion Why Does The World Hate Haredi Jews?
A recent political ad from Israel compared ultra Orthodox Jews to terrorists. “It makes no difference if one is subjugated by someone with raised weapons,” the ad proclaims, to images of masked, ominous Hamas militiamen with mortars,“or by someone who isn’t prepared to raise a weapon.” Cue shots of a haredi Jew next to a…
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Life Did Israeli Scientists Really Just Discover The Cure For Cancer?
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A team of scientists at a biotech company in Israel claimed that they will have a cure for cancer — all cancer — within a year. Sadly, their claims were shot down by fellow scientists. In recent articles in Israel and the United States, Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies Ltd., or AEBi, which was…
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