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Screen capture from a TikTok a video of a Palestinian teen slapping Jewish passengers on the Jerusalem light rail train, April 15, 2021
More violence has erupted in Israel. Children and adults have been beaten in the streets of Jerusalem. Confrontation with the police and attacks on religious Jews have become daily occurrences. Many of the attackers have been so brazen as to share their assaults on social media. The violence is clearly motivated by the world’s oldest method of hatred – antisemitism – and with the help of the United Nations, it has become a cornerstone of terrorist recruitment.
When it comes to India, President Biden wants to avoid being like Roosevelt
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Teshuvah: A Jewish Case for Palestinian Refugee Return
IN APRIL, when Joe Biden announced that he would restore US funding for The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides education, health care, and other services to Palestinian refugees, establishment American Jewish groups reacted with dismay. A letter signed by Hadassah, B’nai B’rith, and the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) blamed UNRWA’s schools for teaching Palestinian refugees “lessons steeped in anti-Semitism and supportive of violence.” AIPAC accused the organization of “inciting hatred of Jews and the Jewish state.”
But AIPAC and the ZOA did not merely accuse UNRWA of miseducating Palestinian refugees. Along with Israeli government officials, they have questioned whether most of the Palestinians that UNRWA serves are refugees at all. AIPAC has slammed UNRWA’s “misguided definition of refugees.” ZOA called UNRWA’s clientele “the descendants of Arab refugees.” Israel’s
Opinions | When it comes to India, President Biden wants to avoid being like Roosevelt Julien Reiman © Afp Contributor#afp/AFP/Getty Images TOPSHOT A health worker wearing a protective gear walks past covid-19 coronavirus patients inside a banquet hall temporarily converted into a covid care center in New Delhi on May 10, 2021. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images) BESTPIX India is experiencing the world’s fastest covid outbreak. Over 400,000 people were diagnosed with the virus on Saturday, placing the total number at over 22 million. The explosion in cases is not only a public health issue; it’s a global economic crisis. With India’s GDP growth expected to fall by several points, the international community that India employs will suffer budget cuts and layoffs. The outbreak could especially hurt the U.S. economy because American businesses depend on Indian workers for back-of-the-house operations. The
UN agencies call for end of violations against children in the Gaza Strip
Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
GAZA, Tuesday, May 11, 2021 (WAFA) – Two United Nations agencies today called for an end to violations against children in the Gaza Strip after two nights of Israeli bombardment of the besieged sea enclave.
Matthias Schmale, Director of Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip, and Lucia Elmi, UNICEF Special Representative in the State of Palestine, said in a joint statement that the conflict has a profound and long-lasting impact on children.
The escalation in the Gaza Strip has claimed the lives of 28 people, including nine Palestinian children. Four of the children were siblings, and many attended the same UNRWA school. At least 25 children have been confirmed as injured, with many other injured children reported.
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