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IDF Chief of Staff Kochavi makes first senior appointments
Maj.-Gen. Yoel Strick to take over as Commander of the embattled Ground Forces.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
2/19/2019 1:30:40 AM
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Israeli cyber-intelligence firm: We shut down misuse of cyber systems
NSO has denied any connection to the Khashoggi or Black Cube affairs.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
2/18/2019 12:44:42 AM
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Al Vorspan, Jewish leader for the Reform movement, dies at 95
URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs described Vorspan as “one of the towering giants of Jewish social justice.”
By MARCY OSTER/JTA \
2/18/2019 1:06:16 AM
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Australian Jewish group calls for firing Litzman over extradition debacle
Details emerged that police suspect Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman attempted to pressure the Jlm. district psychiatrist into falsely stating that Leifer is mentally unfit to be extradited.
By MARCY OSTER/JTA \
2/18/2019 2:42:27 AM
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CNN, NBC agree to air ad for Oscar-nominated documentary about Nazi rally
By MARCY OSTER/JTA \
2/18/2019 2:49:07 AM
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Students at Oxford call for provision that would prohibit kosher meat
By BEN SALES/JTA \
2/18/2019 2:55:23 AM
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Hamas enlists female participation in border riots - watch
New footage released over the weekend shows Hamas using its women as human shields.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 4:58:32 PM
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British Labour MP Paul Flynn dead at 84
"I'm very sad at the passing of my good friend Paul Flynn," Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said.
By REUTERS \
2/18/2019 3:50:19 AM
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Cherry trees cut down and destroyed by Arab extremists in West Bank
"We must take steps to eradicate agricultural terror and fight terror in all its cruel forms."
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 3:22:26 PM
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Venezuela denies EU lawmakers entry given 'conspiratorial motives'
"They have retained our passports, they haven't communicated the reason for our expulsion."
By REUTERS \
2/18/2019 5:28:00 AM
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Turkey hoping to cash in on the cannabis cow
It looks as if Israel won’t be the only Middle Eastern country cashing in on the expected-to-be-lucrative cannabis industry.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 6:08:07 AM
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Trump echoes Limbaugh with calls for Mueller investigators to be jailed
President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested that investigators on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team should face prison for a political cover-up.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 6:36:25 AM
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Syria jails 'English-speaking voice' in brutal ISIS videos - report
"No, I don’t regret it,” Khalifa told 'The New York Times' in an interview from his prison cell in Syria. “I was asked the same thing by my interrogators, and I told them the same thing.”
By SARA RUBENSTEIN \
2/18/2019 6:50:46 AM
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Gun battle with militants kills 4 Indian soldiers, civilian in Kashmir
By REUTERS \
2/18/2019 7:18:57 AM
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V4 summit canceled in Jerusalem after Poland quits over Holocaust crisis
Poles furious after acting Foreign Minister Israel Katz quotes former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir to the effect that 'Poles imbibe antisemitism from their mothers' milk.'
By HERB KEINON \
2/19/2019 12:34:08 AM
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Israeli police arrest dozens in drug-trafficking sting
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 8:58:10 AM
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Report: ISIS fighters take $200m. to western Iraq
The comments by a senior US military official come as the US readies its forces for withdrawal from Syria.
By ZACK EVANS \
2/18/2019 9:23:08 AM
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Palestinians, Jordanians expand alliance to torpedo Trump's peace plan
The Palestinians and the Jordanians have set up a joint council for the administration of the Temple Mount and holy sites in Jerusalem.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 5:57:23 PM
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UK MPs, Jewish orgs back Labour party splinter group
Seven MPs quit UK Labour Party on Monday due to its failure to tackle antisemitism and its stance on Brexit
By JEREMY SHARON \
2/19/2019 1:32:13 AM
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Where is Avi Gabbay?
Last time that Gabbay said he was sick, he was actually on a mission to Dubai, UAE
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 2:10:35 PM
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Herzog condemns antisemitic verbal assault of French Jewish philosopher
French intellectual Alain Finkielkraut was verbally assaulted in Paris on Saturday by Yellow Vest protesters who called him a “dirty Jew” and a “dirty Zionist sh*t.”
By JEREMY SHARON \
2/19/2019 1:23:29 AM
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Birth after 50? Israeli researchers say bring on the baby
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/20/2019 5:16:59 AM
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Eight years of chaos later, Libya marks anniversary of Gaddafi's overthrow
Country still divided between internationally-recognized government in Tripoli and loyalists of Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army in the east.
By SHERIF ELHELWA/JACOB WIRTSCHAFTER/THE MEDIA LINE \
2/18/2019 12:23:27 PM
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Bennett on Poland: We cannot allow anyone to revise history
"We need to face the reality that they were a victim, but that not a small number [of Poles] were involved in antisemitism.”
By JEREMY SHARON \
2/18/2019 3:55:50 PM
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Iran's Khamenei warns govt about deception by European states
By REUTERS \
2/18/2019 12:38:39 PM
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Livni was an "important partner in striving for peace"- Yacimovich
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 12:57:32 PM
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Ex-defense minister Liberman 'shocked' at ultra-Orthodox reaction to Shabbat bus
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 1:06:11 PM
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Palestinians say Israel 'playing with fire' by closing Temple Mount gate
The Jerusalem Police detained five east Jerusalem Arabs who tried to enter the premises of the Golden Gate, which has been closed by a court order.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
2/19/2019 12:41:50 AM
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Man nearly swept out to sea rescued by Tel Aviv police life-saving effort
Paramedics were on location following the incident and upon arriving ashore, the man was transferred into medical custody.
By ZACHARY KEYSER \
2/18/2019 1:22:37 PM
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Party-merger negotiations progress between Gantz and Levy-Abecassis
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 1:27:11 PM
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Czech PM: Visegrad 4 summit in Israel is off
By REUTERS \
2/18/2019 1:32:57 PM
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Tzipi Livi: I am leaving politics, but I won’t let hope for peace leave Israel
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 1:42:22 PM
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Tzipi Livni quits politics: I acted to maintain Israel’s Jewish majority
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 4:35:59 PM
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Israel-Poland crisis: To solve it, we need diplomatic nuance and finesse
'It is really astonishing that the newly appointed foreign minister of Israel quotes such a shameful and racist remark. Utterly unacceptable.'
By HERB KEINON \
2/19/2019 12:25:11 AM
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Bayit Yehudi, Likud spar over far-right party Otzma
Israel's right-wing parties argue over who should unite with whom to prevent a left-wing victory.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
2/19/2019 12:46:41 AM
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President Rivlin advocates 'Jewish Hope' to strengthen Israel-Diaspora
In the face of rising antisemitism including in North America, this unity is more important than ever, he insisted.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
2/19/2019 1:20:48 AM
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Oman FM: no normalization with Israel w/o Palestinian state
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 2:29:31 PM
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What comes after ISIS? The day after Daesh
Israeli intelligence assessment finds 150,000-200,000 Islamic State militants left around the world.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
2/19/2019 1:27:52 AM
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Anatomy of a crisis: How Israel-Polish relations collapsed
A day-by-day account of how a crisis that started with a mistaken quote unraveled Israeli-Polish ties.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
2/18/2019 6:37:25 PM
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German Islamic State fighters in Syria have right to return home
By REUTERS \
2/18/2019 2:55:40 PM
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Gabbay: Despite disagreement, I appreciate her contribution
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 3:31:03 PM
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Stock exchange calls on public to start investing again
"The stock exchange is dealing for the first time with the public's fear of investing in it," said TASE CEO Ittai Ben-Zeev.
By EYTAN HALON \
2/18/2019 4:01:31 PM
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The rabbi who votes for the Academy Awards
The Simon Wiesenthal Center's Rabbi Marvin Hier - a two-time Oscar winner - talks films, politics, and rubbing elbows with the Hollywood elite.
By AMY SPIRO \
2/18/2019 3:25:22 PM
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For The First Time in Israel
Cutting Edge lifesaving Technologies at The New Walder Foundation Ward at the Hala Center in Jerusalem.
By SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR \
2/18/2019 5:10:48 PM
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Israel justice system let down abuse victims, it’s time to do the right thing
By MANNY WAKS \
2/18/2019 3:39:39 PM
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Ex-Aussie envoy: Failure to extradite accused pedophile hurts Israel ties
Dave Sharma, formerly Australian ambassador to Israel, told the 'Post' that a failure to extradite Malka Leifer "would alienate people who naturally defend and are supportive of Israel."
By HERB KEINON \
2/19/2019 11:44:46 AM
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Edelstein on Poland crisis: We have a right to say what really happened
“I definitely regret” that the summit is canceled, Yuli Edelstein said, “but having said that, we are not trading in history, definitely not that of the Holocaust.”
By LAHAV HARKOV \
2/19/2019 12:29:31 AM
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Hundreds of staff demonstrate in front of the Education Ministry
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 3:48:51 PM
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Uri Shechter, Rabbi from Tzohar rabbinical organization, joins New Right -Report
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 3:53:03 PM
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EU presented with ‘first-ever’ action plan to combat antisemitism
“If there is to be an end to the current deluge of antisemitism then it requires a holistic, strategic and forward-looking response,” EJC president Dr. Moshe Kantor emphasized.
By ILANIT CHERNICK \
2/18/2019 3:56:24 PM
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Want greater job opportunities? Purchase a car
Researchers discovered that when employees have convenient access to transport, both in proximity to home and employment, the use of private vehicles for commuting purposes declines from 82% to 68%.
By EYTAN HALON \
2/19/2019 1:25:50 AM
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Hapoel Jerusalem lets the good times roll
With State Cup title in the bag, cohesive Reds set sights on more hardware this season.
By JOSHUA HALICKMAN \
2/27/2020 6:16:22 PM
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Israeli envoy, Netta welcomed at Romanian pre-Eurovision show
Musician Brian Eno echoes call to boycott song contest in Tel Aviv.
By AMY SPIRO \
2/18/2019 4:16:32 PM
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Twin explosions in rebel-held Syrian Idlib kills at least 15 people
By REUTERS \
2/18/2019 4:35:49 PM
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Tzipi Livni's tragedy of rise and fall in Israeli politics - analysis
Israel went in one direction, while Livni remained so politically stagnant that it looked like she was going in the other.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
2/19/2019 12:44:49 AM
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Chief Rabbi of Poland: Katz offended Polish Jews with Holocaust comment
Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich released an official letter protesting the Israeli Minister's statement that 'Poles imbibe antisemitism from their mothers' milk.'
By HAGAY HACOHEN \
2/18/2019 6:38:16 PM
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Skip the forms and use only your ID to get married
The new venture would allow couples to bring only their IDs to the rabbinate, and significantly speed up the process of marriage.
By ALON EINHORN \
2/18/2019 5:46:38 PM
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Is Colombia looking to buy Israel’s Barak-8 missile defense system?
The system was said to have been chosen over South Korea's Lig Nex1 KM-SAM.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
2/20/2019 5:14:59 AM
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New museum to honor Jewish World War II fighters to open in Latrun
At the cost of 38 million nis, the museum will honor Jewish fighters in armies and underground groups who fought the Nazis.
By HAGAY HACOHEN \
2/18/2019 6:10:50 PM
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Netanyahu requests meeting with National Union heads, Smotrich refuses
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 6:00:29 PM
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Australian PM: We will stand by Israel every step of the way
Country honors 70th anniversary of ‘historic ties’ with Israel.
By ILANIT CHERNICK \
2/20/2019 5:26:28 AM
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Israeli accused of a Tinder-con involving millions, various partners
The alleged criminal is Shimon Yehuda Hayut, aka Simon Leviev. Three Finnish women and two Norwegian women levied complaints against him.
By HAGAY HACOHEN \
2/19/2019 3:41:32 AM
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Will minor accused of killing Palestinian woman remain in detention?
Last month, it was revealed that the rock which killed Rabi contained the minor’s DNA, although his identity remains under gag order.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
2/19/2019 1:16:43 PM
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Court orders another assessment in Malka Leifer case
New extradition process looks set to drag on for a year in a controversial case of former principal facing 74 charges of sex abuse.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
2/19/2019 12:59:50 AM
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Israel's fertility rate comparable to U.S. 'baby boom,' study finds
Among the population of ultra-Orthodox women, the average fertility rate is somewhere in the area of seven children per family.
By ZACHARY KEYSER \
2/18/2019 9:32:16 PM
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Katowice rabbi warns of risk of increased antisemitism
He said that since tensions began rising between Israel and Poland last Friday, the Polish-Jewish community has felt like grass being trampled.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
2/19/2019 12:48:19 AM
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Pres. of German-Jewish community says bank will close BDS group’s account
Mainstream Jewish groups – including the World Jewish Congress, European Jewish Congress, Central Council of Jews in Germany and American Jewish Committee – have urged Schmitz to close the account.
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
2/19/2019 1:15:38 AM
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Judge bans Netanyahu from photos with IDF soldiers
The ruling came following a Labor petition to the committee, in light of a law prohibiting parties to use soldiers as part of their campaigns.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
2/19/2019 12:49:55 AM
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Yair Lapid calls on Benny Gantz to negotiate 'until white smoke'
Lapid is followed on his list by MKs Meir Cohen and Ofer Shelah, retired IDF major-general Orna Barbivai, and MKs Yael German, Karin Elharar, Yoel Razbozov, Elazar Stern and Pnina Tamanu-Shata.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
2/19/2019 11:34:05 PM
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Israel, Britain sign post-Brexit trade continuity deal
"More important even than the agreement itself is what it says about our future relationship," said Fox.
By EYTAN HALON \
2/18/2019 11:32:57 PM
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The organization that helped vaccinate Mea She’arim against measles
Yad Avraham, a small medical-advice organization in the haredi community arranged measles vaccination for some 20,000 haredi children to halt recent outbreak.
By JEREMY SHARON \
2/20/2019 3:13:31 AM
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Students at large German university condemn BDS as antisemitic
The University of Cologne, located in the state North Rhine-Westphalia, has a student body of nearly 49,000.
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
2/20/2019 5:23:25 AM
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Oren Hazan to run as head of Tzomet, means to unite right-wing parties
Speaking to the Israeli people via his Facebook page, Hazan said he calls on "all true right parties that do not yield to American pressure" to join him.
By HAGAY HACOHEN \
2/18/2019 8:33:13 PM
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Ex-FM official: Put secret Iran nuke archives on internet
Currently the head of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Gold said “put the whole thing online” to help find new ways to analyze the data taken in January 2018.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
2/20/2019 5:32:30 AM
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Five Palestinians injured in Gaza riots- Hamas's Ministry of Health
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 8:26:05 PM
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Livni interviewed after her decision to quit political race for elections
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 8:32:36 PM
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National policy
On Sunday, former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz offered his first major foreign and security policy address, at the high-profile 55th Munich Security Conference.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
2/18/2019 8:56:07 PM
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If not now, when?
The turmoil surrounding the canceled visit to Israel this week of Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki provides a very timely reminder of a key aspect of Poland’s relationship with the past.
By GIDEON TAYLOR,COLETTE AVITAL \
2/18/2019 9:02:00 PM
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Stop the hypocrisy! Anti-Zionism is the new antisemitism
Over the past months, antisemitism has become particularly visible, in the context of the “yellow vest” social protests.
By MEYER HABIB \
2/18/2019 9:08:49 PM
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Advancing American and Israeli interests with the Gulf states
We engage with these less-than-stellar players to advance our interests and lower the flames of conflict, trying to make sure that American soldiers are not again forced to go to war in the region.
ERIC R. MANDEL \
2/18/2019 9:17:52 PM
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No Holds Barred: Trump’s Warsaw Summit warned Iran against a second Holocaust
Admittedly, Warsaw, which I have been to many times and which I enjoy, is always a tough visit for me.
By SHMULEY BOTEACH \
2/18/2019 9:20:51 PM
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Iranian film director dares to make fun of Ahmadinejad
Kamal Tabrizi releases a new film titled Maarmouz (Sly) in which a bearded Iranian official is presented as foolish, hot-headed and comical.
By HAGAY HACOHEN \
2/18/2019 9:43:00 PM
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Projectile fired from Gaza lands in southern Israel- Report
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 9:27:40 PM
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Fundamentally Freund: Israel must stand with India against Pakistani-backed terror
As two democracies in a sea of tyranny, India and Israel face a similar threat from Islamic jihadist terrorism.
By MICHAEL FREUND \
2/18/2019 9:27:59 PM
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IDF says no projectiles fired from Gaza landed in Israel
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 9:45:07 PM
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Israel justice system let down abuse victims, now it’s time to do the right thing
Australian police formally requested that Israel extradite Leifer to Australia to face charges. In 2014, Israel detained Leifer, but she was soon released to house arrest.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/18/2019 10:24:41 PM
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Office Depot opens 2 duty-free shops
The chain reached agreements with all the suppliers for direct work in order to enable them to conduct regular operations and competitive prices.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/18/2019 9:55:34 PM
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The lounge
Berkay Hardal was warmly welcomed by Ron Rotter, Castro CFO; his sister in law Rotem Sela, who is the company’s presenter; and Mor Paso, Castro VP marketing.
By MICHAL GALANTI \
2/18/2019 10:04:57 PM
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Becoming Astrid aims to present beloved Children writer in new light
The film focuses on the life of Astrid Lindgren, who penned that famous 1945 book Pippi Longstocking and other children's classics.
By HAGAY HACOHEN \
2/19/2019 3:42:19 AM
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14 political parties in France call for protests against antisemitism
The call for a protest rally followed the painting of swastikas on portraits of the late Holocaust survivor Simone Veil.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
2/18/2019 10:34:06 PM
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Hackers target U.S. government and companies, after withdrawal from nuclear deal
Iranian hackers have always been attacking the US, however the amount of attacks was significantly lower after the nuclear deal was signed in 2015.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/19/2019 12:35:05 PM
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Man blows himself up in old part of Egyptian capital - newspapers, resident
By REUTERS \
2/18/2019 11:31:17 PM