Author: Jmedia Manager
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NY Jewish institute builds collection of Indian prayer books
The Parker Jewish Institute in New York is building a collection of Indian prayer books, thanks to the donation from members of the community, a media report said. Parker’s Indian Cultural Unit now features a burgeoning collection of prayer books and religious poems. Carefully selected, the books bring residents and patients a sense of spiritual…
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When robbing Palestinians of their rights is called a ‘peace plan’
US President Donald Trump’s “peace plan of the century” is not designed to solve the Palestine question and achieve a just and lasting peace in the Middle East but to legalise Israel’s military occupation, territorial expansion and violations of international law. Trump believes the US can bully the Palestinians, Arabs and the international community into accepting this…
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German church to keep anti-Semitic ‘pig’
A German court has ruled a 700-year-old anti-Semitic sculpture could stay on the exterior of a church in the city of Wittenberg, dismissing a claim by a member of the local Jewish community that it was defamatory and should be removed. The court case comes amid a national debate in Germany about rising anti-Jewish hate,…
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Iran to co-operate with plane crash probe
Iran’s civil aviation authority says it will keep working with other countries investigating the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane last month and it has called on all parties to avoid politicising the issue. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards shot down the airliner on January 8, killing all 176 people onboard. They later admitted they had done…
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EU slams Trump’s Middle East peace plan
The European Union has rejected parts of the new US peace plan for the Middle East, saying the plan broke with “internationally agreed parameters”, and any Israeli annexation of Palestinian land would be subject to challenge. President Donald Trump’s plan, announced last week, was warmly welcomed by Israel and rejected outright by the Palestinians. It…
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Italy wants to shift but stay in EU orbit
Italy isn’t looking to leave the European Union but wants reforms that would shift the Britain-less bloc’s “centre of gravity” away from bureaucratic institutions in Brussels to elected bodies like the European Parliament, the Italian foreign minister says. In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio also expressed…
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Trump’s “deal of the century” demands Palestinian surrender
US president Donald Trump has released his so-called deal of the century, a Middle East “peace plan” that dictates the terms for a complete Palestinian surrender. By his side at the 28 January announcement stood Israeli interim prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who hours earlier had been indicted on charges of bribery and fraud resulting from…
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American Airlines sued by Jewish family kicked off flight over ‘body odour’
An Orthodox Jewish couple is suing American Airlines for discrimination after being kicked off a flight over body-odour complaints – and, they say, being humiliated by a gate agent on their way off the plane. Jennie and Yehuda Yosef Adler and their 19-month-old daughter were booked on an American flight from Miami to Detroit on…
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Sudan opens talks with Benjamin Netanyahu to recognise Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met Sudan’s leader to discuss normalising ties, which would make Khartoum only the third Arab country to recognise the Jewish state. Mr Netanyahu’s office said he met Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of the ruling sovereign council in Sudan, in the Ugandan city of Entebbe, on Monday. Israel remains technically…
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EU rejects Trump’s Israel-Palestine plan, wants land swaps
Brussels: The European Union has rejected US President Donald Trump’s proposal for securing peace in the Middle East and expressed concern about Israel’s plans to annex more Palestinian land. Trump’s plan, which was unveiled last week, would foresee the eventual creation of a Palestinian state, but it falls far short of minimal Palestinian demands and would…