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Jewish Columbia professor Shai Davidai leaves school after warning about antisemitism
Washington Examiner
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July 9, 2025
Shai Davidai, the former Columbia University professor who has sounded the alarm about rampant antisemitism at the university, particularly about pro-Palestinian activism since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, has left the...
U.N. investigator says she was shocked by U.S. sanctions for her views on Israel’s war in Gaza
The Hindu
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July 11, 2025
U.N. Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese at the Sarajevo airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on July 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP An independent U.N. investigator and outspoken critic of Israel’s...
Israeli report details systematic use of sexual violence by Hamas
Ghana News Agency
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July 9, 2025
Tel Aviv, July 9, (dpa/GNA) – A report released on Tuesday offers detailed evidence, that Hamas used sexualized violence as a “tactical weapon of war” during its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, and such violence continued against hostages held...
Classical View: Jerusalem Singers in 30th anniversary concerts
Salisbury Press - Pennsylvania
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“We are proud to present our 30th season this year with the theme, ‘Singing with Friends,’” says Pete Deshler, Director of the Jerusalem Singers. There are three opportunities to hear the Jerusalem Singers’ “30th Anniversary Concert: Singing with...
Netanyahu orders Israeli military to build massive concentration camp inside Gaza
World Socialist Web Site
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July 11, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally ordered the Israeli military to create plans for the building of a giant concentration camp on the ruins of Rafah, where the population of Gaza would be moved in preparation for their forcible...
Israeli-Armenian activist sees hope after years of mistrust
The California Courier
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The Times of Israel It didn’t make international headlines, but yesterday, the capital of a nation whose people were devastated by genocide during World War II memorialized victims of a nation ravaged by genocide during World War I. On July 7, the...
Israel insists on keeping troops in Gaza, complicating truce talks with Hamas
Japan Today
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July 9, 2025
As Israel and Hamas move closer to a ceasefire agreement, Israel says it wants to maintain troops in a southern corridor of the Gaza Strip — a condition that could derail the talks. An Israeli official said an outstanding issue in the negotiations...
Columbia student sues Trump administration for $20 million over immigration arrest
The Print
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July 10, 2025
New York: Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist who was detained by U.S. immigration authorities for more than 100 days, is seeking $20 million from the Trump administration over what he says was his false...
Israeli Haredi school accused of segregating Sephardi students
The New Arab
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July 9, 2025
A Haredi girls' seminary in Jerusalem is facing backlash for discriminating against Sephardi Jews [Getty] A leading Haredi girls' seminary in Jerusalem is setting up a separate educational track for students from a Sephardi background. Beit Yaakov...
Jewish camps express grief and condolences after Central Texas flood devastates summer camps, claims more than 100 lives
Jewish Herald-Voice - Texas
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Jewish camps and camping leaders are joining a chorus of condolences after a flash flood in Kerr County, Texas, took the lives of dozens of children and counselors at a summer camp there. “In the Jewish community, we know the power of camp,” Jamie...
Education Department, HHS notify Harvard's accreditor of Title VI violation
Just the News
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July 9, 2025
The departments of Education and Health and Human Services notified Harvard University's accreditors Wednesday of the Ivy League school's Title VI violation. Last week, HHS announced that an agency investigation found Harvard had violated Title VI...
Iran expels half a million Afghans in 16-day stretch since recent conflict with Israel, UN says
Yahoo News
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More than half a million Afghans have been expelled from Iran in the 16 days since the conflict with Israel ended, according to the United Nations, in what may be one of the largest forced movements of population this decade. For months, Tehran...
Jewish Groups Deny Endorsing Trump’s Far-Right Pick for Watchdog Chief
The Daily Beast
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July 9, 2025
A number of Jewish organizations the Trump administration said had backed the president’s pick for chief of an internal watchdog just clarified they’ve never even heard of the guy—who has ties to a white nationalist Holocaust denier. President...
The Israel-Hamas conflict through a local lens
The Acorn - California
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July 10, 2025
A bloody dispute that’s been raging for almost 80 years, founded upon the internecine strife that goes back millennia, cannot be resolved in just a few paragraphs on this page. But in light of an article published in The Acorn on June 6 (“Attacks...
Israel’s aggression must be confronted by the Global South
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Mafa Kwanisai Mafa IN an era defined by hypocrisy and imperial arrogance, the recent wave of Israeli aggression against Iran and the ongoing annihilation of the Palestinian people serve as a stark reminder of a world order in crisis. A world where...
Muslim Physician Indicted for Threatening to Kill Jewish Congressman
PJ Media - Virginia
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July 9, 2025
A Muslim physician threatened to kill a Jewish congressman from Ohio, and that’s only one small part of what he did. On Tuesday, that errant doctor was indicted, but the deep hatreds that led to his behavior remain, and we will see them play out...
Israeli women face ‘invisible war’ of abuse as Iran tensions boil
Religion News Service
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July 9, 2025
Domestic violence ‘nearly doubled’ since 2023; Israelis in ‘crisis of survival’ warns aid agency JERUSALEM — Thousands of women in Israel are fighting their own “invisible” battles against domestic abuse, abandonment, and crushing poverty as...
‘Gaza Must Be Demilitarized’: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Says Israel Ready to Discuss Permanent Gaza Ceasefire If Hamas Disarms
Latestly
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July 11, 2025
Jerusalem, July 11: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is prepared to negotiate a permanent ceasefire in Gaza during a proposed 60-day truce, but only if the territory is fully demilitarised. "At the beginning of the...
Israel insists on keeping troops in Gaza. That complicates truce talks with Hamas
Associated Press
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July 9, 2025
JERUSALEM (AP) — As Israel and Hamas move closer to a ceasefire agreement, Israel says it wants to maintain troops in a southern corridor of the Gaza Strip — a condition that could derail the talks. An Israeli official said an outstanding issue in...
Pro-Israel website Canary Mission used to identify students for deportation, says ICE
Middle East Eye
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July 10, 2025
A senior US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official on Wednesday told a federal court judge that its investigation of pro-Palestinian student protestors has been largely informed by a pro-Israel website that blacklists academics and...