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Golden Globes comedian Jerrod Carmichael mocks Ye, praises Spielberg

January 11, 2023

“That’s how good you are. You changed Kanye West’s mind,” the award show host told the acclaimed director of “The Fabelmans.”

Steven Spielberg. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.

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Canadian Jewish groups demand that Amazon remove Holocaust denial and Nazi-themed items

January 11, 2023

B’nai Brith Canada, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center and Liberation75 unite in a campaign to prevent the multinational e-commerce company from continuing the sale of “hateful and appalling items” on its website.

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Knesset committee to US ambassador: Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria ‘should continue’

January 11, 2023

Yuli Edelstein and Tom Nides speak about settlements, Iran and bilateral ties.

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chair Yuli Edelstein and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides meet in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Source: Courtesy of the Knesset.

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Senior PLO official: ‘Martyrs’ and prisoners are ‘most precious jewel’ for Palestinians

January 11, 2023

"Even if we have one penny left, it will be spent on the families of the martyrs and prisoners," said PLO Executive Committee Secretary-General Hussein Al-Sheikh at a ceremony celebrating Palestinian Martyr's Day on Jan. 7.

PLO Executive Committee Secretary-General Hussein Al-Sheikh said at a January 7, 2023 ceremony marking Palestinian Martyr's Day that the Palestinian "martyrs" and prisoners and their families are the Palestinian people's "most precious jewel."

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Report: Cristiano Ronaldo sold Ballon d’Or trophy to Israel’s wealthiest person

January 11, 2023

Idan Ofer, Israel's richest man, bought the award for around $645,000—which was donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Cristiano Ronaldo of FC Real Madrid during the match of UEFA Champions League against FC Shakhtar at the Arena Lviv stadium on November 25, 2015 in Lviv, Ukraine. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Harvard Palestinian alumni group calls on dean to resign for vetoing anti-Israel former head of HRW

January 11, 2023

Letter claims veto demonstrates Dean Douglas Elmendorf’s “hostility to academic freedom and honest human rights discourse.”

Entrance gate and east facade of Sever Hall at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Credit: Roman Babakin/Shutterstock.

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Prosecutors won’t investigate Gantz in Fifth Dimension case

January 11, 2023

Former Defense Minister Benny Gantz served as chairman of the information-gathering and analysis company while it tried to negotiate a deal with Qatar.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks at the annual “Jerusalem Post” Conference, held in New York City on Sept. 12, 2022. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/“The Jerusalem Post.”

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Israeli moderately injured in Judea stabbing attack

January 11, 2023

The terrorist was shot and mortally injured.

The scene of a terrorist attack in the South Hebron Hills, Jan. 11, 2023. Credit: Magen David Adom.

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UK probing uranium bound for Iranians in Britain

January 11, 2023

Authorities have not ruled out the possibility that the uranium could have been used to build a so-called dirty bomb, a type of improvised nuclear device, according to reports.

Uranium. Credit: MLS/Shuttestock.

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Netanyahu, Modi vow to advance Israel-India ties

January 11, 2023

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte also called Netanyahu to congratulate him on the formation of the new Israeli government.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi visit the desalination plant at Olga Beach in Haifa, July 6, 2017. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

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Prince Harry’s memoir claims family encouraged him to wear Nazi costume at party

January 11, 2023

Kate Middleton is reportedly horrified by the prince revealing she laughed at his Holocaust trivialization.

Prince Harry at a “Colonial and Native"-themed costume party in 2005. Source: Twitter.

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2022 sees surge of Jews visiting Temple Mount

January 11, 2023

Schools, military academies, brides and grooms were among those to visit.

Israeli security forces escort a group of religious Jews as they visit the Temple Mount, also known as Haram as-Sharif, in Jerusalem's Old City, after it was reopened to the public, May 31, 2020. Photo by Sliman Khader/Flash90.

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Turkish ambassador assumes post in Israel for first time since renewal of ties

January 11, 2023

Şakir Özkan Torunlar previously served as “ambassador” to the Palestinian Authority.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog accepts Turkish Ambassador Şakir Özkan Torunlar's credentials at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Jan. 11, 2023. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

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Shas Party spiritual leader Shimon Baadani dies at 94

January 11, 2023

Rabbi Shimon Baadani was elected a member of the Council of Torah Sages of Shas with the party’s founding in 1984.

Rabbi Shimon Baadani attends a campaign event of the Shas party in Tiberias, Feb. 27, 2020. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

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Gush Etzion named in Top 10 landing spots for immigrants

January 11, 2023

The other places recognized by the Ministry of Aliyah include Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheva, Katzrin, Migdal Haemek, Nof Hagalil and Tiberias.

Children from France arrive in Israel as part of a group aliyah flight, July 21, 2021. Photo by Noga Malsa.

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