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[Link] Israel says Putin apologised for foreign minister's Hitler remarks
Read: 6/5/2022 www.theguardian.com
The Israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett, said on Thursday that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, had apologised for his foreign minister’s claims that Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins.
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[Link] Australia’s Future Fund bans investment in Israeli defence contractor over cluster munitions allegations
Read: 13/3/2022 www.theguardian.com
The Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems has denied producing cluster munitions after two big investment funds banned investment in the company, saying it was involved with the weapons.
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[Link] Shooting at holy site in Jerusalem kills one and injures four
Read: 21/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Israel says the shooting at a holy site for Jews and Muslims by a Palestinian gunman has left one dead and four injured. The attack took place near an entrance to a contested flashpoint shrine known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, police said.
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[Link] Meet the Antisemitic QAnon Leader Who Led Followers to Dallas to Meet JFK
Read: 7/11/2021 www.vice.com
On Tuesday morning, hundreds of QAnon followers gathered on the grassy knoll in Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, believing they were going to see John F. Kennedy reappear. These people had traveled from all over the U.S.
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[Link] Sally Rooney novels pulled from Israeli bookstores after translation boycott
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Books by will no longer be sold in two Israeli bookshop chains, after the acclaimed writer’s decision not to sell translation rights for her most recent novel to an Israeli publisher.
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[Link] US Sanctions Could Cut-off NSO from Tech It Relies On
Read: 3/11/2021 www.vice.com
The U.S. government added NSO Group to a federal denylist that prohibits any American company or individual from selling or providing services to the controversial Israeli spyware seller. The sanctions effectively prohibit any U.S. company, as well as American citizens working in the U.S.
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[Link] The Palestinian Authority’s crackdown on protest shows it will never serve its own people
Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
On 24 June, Nizar Banat, a longtime activist and outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority (PA), was reportedly arrested and beaten outside his cousin’s home in Hebron by the authority’s security forces – he died in custody shortly after.
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[Link] Israel says US plan to reopen Jerusalem consulate is ‘bad idea’
Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Israel has said a US plan to reopen its consulate in Jerusalem that was traditionally a base for diplomatic outreach to Palestinians is a “bad idea” and could destabilise the prime minister’s new government.
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[Link] Sirhan Sirhan, man who assassinated Robert F Kennedy, granted parole
Read: 28/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
The man who killed Robert F Kennedy was granted parole on Friday after two of the former attorney general, senator and presidential hopeful’s sons spoke in favor of release and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars.
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[Link] Jared Kushner’s hidden genius? To make terrible decisions – yet keep failing upwards
Read: 5/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Having selflessly served the public for four long years, Jared Kushner has decided it’s time to step away from politics and apply his unique talents elsewhere.
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[Link] “Ben & Jerry’s will regret the day they boycotted the State of Israel”
Read: 3/8/2021 www.israeltoday.co.il
Ben & Jerry’s is on its way to losing ownership of its brand in the settlements. The law association Shurat HaDin has submitted a request to the Registrar of Companies to register a company called “Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream of Judea and Samaria.
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[Link] Palestinians facing eviction from East Jerusalem offered deal
Read: 3/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Palestinian residents of the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah facing forcible eviction from their homes have been offered a compromise deal with Jewish settlers by Israel’s supreme court, in an unexpected development in the high-profile case.
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[Link] Israeli authorities investigate NSO Group over Pegasus spyware abuse claims
Read: 30/7/2021 www.theregister.com
Israel's Ministry of Defense says the nation's government has visited spyware-for-governments developer NSO Group to investigate allegations its wares have been widely – and perhaps willingly – misused.
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[Link] Israeli opposition leader tells president he can form government
Read: 3/6/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Israeli opposition leader has told the country’s president that he can form a government, a critical step that places Benjamin Netanyahu in his most precarious political position for more than a decade.
[Link] Israel: who are the politicians trying to oust Netanyahu?
Read: 3/6/2021 www.theguardian.com
An unlikely mix of Israeli politicians from far-right nationalists to Arab lawmakers are in discussions to form a coalition government that could end Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year hold on power.
[Link] The fallacy of the colonial ‘right to defence’
Read: 17/5/2021 www.aljazeera.com
The violence convulsing the Middle East has produced heart-rending images and statistics.
[Link] Joe Biden feels political ground shift as Israel-Gaza conflict rages on
Read: 17/5/2021 www.theguardian.com
In his staunch defence of Israel, Joe Biden is sticking to a course set decades ago as a young senator, and so far he has not given ground on the issue to the progressive wing of his party or many Jewish Democrats urging a tougher line towards Benjamin Netanyahu.
[Link] Netanyahu has no clear path to remain prime minister, Israeli election results show
Read: 26/3/2021 www.thenations.co.uk
JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fallen short of securing the parliamentary majority he needs to stay in office, according to the official Israeli election results announced Thursday, raising the possibility that Israel’s political gridlock will continue.