Antisemitism Envoy Nominee Lipstadt Attacks Branding of Israel as ‘Apartheid’ State During Senate Confirmation Hearing by Ben Cohen

 

Daily Edition February 8, 2022 WORLD ISRAEL MIDDLE EAST OPINION CULTURE FEATURES Top News Antisemitism Envoy Nominee Lipstadt Attacks Branding of Israel as ‘Apartheid’ State During Senate Confirmation Hearing by Ben Cohen Deborah Lipstadt, US President Joe Biden’s nominee for the post of antisemitism envoy, warned a confirmation hearing on Tuesday that the effort to brand...More Details Emerge of Complex IDF Operation That Killed Three Palestinian Gunmen in West Bank by Benjamin Kerstein Details of Tuesday’s IDF operation that killed three members of a terrorist cell based in the West Bank city of Nablus have emerged in the Israeli media, giving the...More Children Find it Harder to Recognize People Wearing Masks, Israeli-Canadian Study Finds by Sharon Wrobel School-aged children find it more difficult than adults to recognize people wearing masks, which could potentially affect their ability to socialize and make...More Italian Jews Take Legal Action Against Video Game Encouraging Palestinian Terror Against Israel by Algemeiner Staff A video game in which players adopt the role of a Palestinian terrorist whose mission is to kill as many Israelis as possible is the subject of a legal challenge in Italy...More Bennett Warns of New Maritime Threats, Commends Joint Naval Exercises With US by Sharon Wrobel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett hailed the joint naval exercises with the US and regional allies, while warning about a recent increase in maritime threats...More Alabama Jewish Groups Respond to ‘Inappropriate’ Display of Nazi Salute in Classroom by Dion J. Pierre Footage of a Mountain Brook, Alabama, history teacher and his high school students pantomiming a Nazi-style salute in class has emerged, prompting a response...More California Honda Dealership Fires Employee for Posing as a ‘Member of the Tribe’ to Sell Cars by Algemeiner Staff An employee of a Long Beach, California Honda dealership has been fired after he posted a video to TikTok disguised as a religious Jew and calling himself a...More Campus Antisemitism Largely Felt In Person, Says Year-End Student Report by Dion J. Pierre Last year’s spike in antisemitic incidents on campus was mostly felt face-to-face, despite the online learning that continued at many universities during the...More Jimmy Carr Says ‘I’m Going Down Swinging,’ Blasts ‘Cancel Culture’ Amid Holocaust Joke Controversy by Shiryn Ghermezian British-Irish comedian Jimmy Carr criticized “cancel culture” on Sunday after thousands signed a petition to have Netflix remove his new stand-up...More Netflix Partners With Israeli Film School to Cultivate New Talent by Shiryn Ghermezian Netflix announced on Sunday that it is supporting a new program at a Jerusalem film school that will help up-and-coming creators in the field of scripted...More Opinion The Moral Mismatch: Democratic Israel vs. Palestinian Dictatorship by Gil Troy Sometimes headlines don’t mislead. Consider the contrast: June 7, 2021: “Palestinian Authority pays $42,000 to family of terrorist who killed 2 Israelis.” February 1, 2022: “IDF’s Kochavi: ‘Immoral...More Reuters Confused About Own Ties to Journalism Institution That Gave Fellowship to Terrorist-glorifying Writer by Rachel O'Donoghue Here are a handful of examples of journalistic blunders that Reuters has made in its reportage on Israel and, more generally, about Jews over just...More Palestinian Authority Repeatedly Vows to Continue ‘Pay-for-Slay’ Terror Rewards by Nan Jacques Zilberdik Despite international criticism and the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s alleged financial crisis, the PA continues to defend its “Pay-for-Slay” rewards, vowing to the imprisoned terrorists and the families...More Emirati Rapprochement with Iran Causes Concern Amid Attacks by Hany Ghoraba The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s air-defense forces intercepted a ballistic missile on Monday that was fired at its capital, Abu Dhabi, by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. It was the second such attack in...More US Failure on Ukraine Could Lead to a Conflagration in the Middle East, Asia by Efraim Inbar It is not clear yet whether the Ukraine crisis will end peacefully or whether war will again erupt on European soil. Nevertheless, several observations are in order. For years, many in the West have...More   DOWNLOAD OUR NEW APP TODAY!   BECOME AN ALGEMEINER MEMBER