Kiss my bass! Rocker Gene Simmons among stars bashing Eurovision boycott call Sharon Osborne and Rachel Riley also among well-known figures backing Creative Community For Peace initiative ahead of next month’s Tel Aviv songfest

THE DAILY EDITION Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Kiss my bass! Rocker Gene Simmons among stars bashing Eurovision boycott call Sharon Osborne and Rachel Riley also among well-known figures backing Creative Community For Peace initiative ahead of next month’s Tel Aviv songfest

Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai: boycotting is like ‘spreading darkness’ BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER

Police name Joseph McCann as suspected rapist accused of abducting two women BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Police described McCann as being muscular, about 5ft 10in and having a “distinctive” tattoo of the name “Bobbie” on his stomach.

Suspected rapist threatened to kill builder who helped victims escape BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER

Labour activist ‘suspended’ after call to ‘march’ on synagogue BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Local MP condemns ‘revolting’ remark by activist as she’s criticised by the Jewish Labour Movement

Talk Radio allows notorious antisemite David Icke to ‘promote film’ BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Station says ‘we have no plans to invite him back’ after infamous conspiracy theorist is handed 35-minute platform

Alleged Poway synagogue shooter charged with murder BY JTA John Earnest, 19, was charged on Sunday afternoon with one count of murder after Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, lost her life on Saturday

Chabad rabbi recalls confronting gunman: ‘I cannot erase his face from my mind’ BY JTA   FBI got tip about San Diego Chabad shooter 5 minutes before synagogue attack BY JOE MILLIS

Israeli envoy to US brands NYT a ‘cesspool of hostility’ after cartoon apology BY JTA Ambassador Ron Dermer ties the newspaper’s antisemitic illustration to ‘Jew-hatred of growing parts of the intellectual class’ at the annual Holocaust Days of Remembrance ceremony

ADL survey shows there were 1,879 antisemitic incidents in the US last year BY JTA   Israel foiled Hamas terror cell’s bombing plot planned for Election Day BY JTA

The crucial fight for control between AI and its creators BY STEPHEN ORYSZCZUK

The Israeli school making a world of difference and bridging divides BY LOUISE SCODIE

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Government submits revised plans for Westminster Holocaust memorial BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER   Thousands at funeral of Chasidic rebbe and Holocaust survivor who dies age 96 BY JTA   Israel releases two Syrian prisoners in ‘goodwill gesture’ BY JTA   Antisemitic incidents in Canada rise to record number for third straight year BY JTA   More than 700 cases of measles reported this year in the US BY JTA   Israel’s attorney general won’t delay a pre-indictment hearing for Netanyahu BY JTA

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