UN votes to implement Durban plan
The UN General Assembly this week approved a draft resolution to implement the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. The resolution, approved at a UN Social, Humanitarian Cultural Affairs...
View ArticleIs Israel sterilising Ethiopians?Err, no
In December 2012, an Israeli TV documentary suggested that the administration of birth-control injections to Ethiopian Jews in Israel could be a reason why there has been a sharp decline in birthrates...
View ArticleAipac and Adelson backstrike on Assad
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), the main pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington, has launched a major campaign to convince members of Congress to vote in favour of US military...
View Article‘Why I defied a novelist topublish his book in Israel’
An Israeli activist tells spiked why he broke a literary boycott of his country. The New York Times’ decision to hire Egyptian novelist Alaa Al Aswany as a columnist has prompted some protest. The...
View ArticleOf Torahs and Tablets
Tel Aviv Israelis are in shock after the murder of three teenagers near Hebron. Tensions are running high as leaders weigh how best to respond to escalating violence. But beyond the conflict, Israelis...
View ArticleSweden to back Palestinian state
The announcement last weekend by Sweden’s new PM, Stefan Löfven, that his government would recognise a Palestinian state has caused consternation in Jerusalem. It is unclear, however, when Sweden will...
View ArticleAssyrians urge Sweden tohelp stop IS kidnappings
Assyrians living in Sweden are worried about relatives whom they say were kidnapped by IS when the terrorist group attacked 10 villages in Syria on Monday. The exact number of people who were abducted...
View ArticleTurks eye Spanish passport offer as elections approach
As Turks go to the polls for the general election on June 7, some of the country’s Jews are applying for Spanish citizenship. They are motivated both by visa-free travel in Europe and the chance to...
View ArticleSnabbmatens roll i världspolitiken
Mc Donalds försvann från Teheran för flera decennier sen. Efter genombrottet i förhandlingarna om Irans kärnenergiprogram, hoppas unga iranier nu på den amerikanska snabbmatens återkomst. Samtidigt...
View ArticlePoesi effektivt verktyg för att motverka jihadismen
Militanta islamister använder sig av dikter och lovsånger för att vinna slaget om själ och hjärta i Mellanöstern. Det menar Elisabeth Kendall vid Oxforduniversitetet. Hon har studerat jihadistpoesi och...
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