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Israeli bill to outlaw the word Nazi sparks ire

YoopyaJanuary 17, 2014November 26, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 17, 2014November 26, 202307

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli draft law that would criminalize the use of the word Nazi in most cases has sparked a debate on freedom...

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Israel holds memorial ceremony for Ariel Sharon

YoopyaJanuary 13, 2014November 26, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 13, 2014November 26, 202306

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Israeli VIPs and international dignitaries attended a state memorial ceremony for the late Ariel Sharon on Monday, remembering the controversial...

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Israel’s ex-PM Ariel Sharon dies at 85

YoopyaJanuary 11, 2014December 31, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 11, 2014December 31, 202303

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has died aged 85 after spending eight years in a coma following a stroke. He was a giant of...

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Israel city unveils gay Holocaust victims memorial

YoopyaJanuary 10, 2014November 26, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 10, 2014November 26, 202303

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s cultural and financial capital unveiled a memorial Friday honoring gays and lesbians persecuted by the Nazis, the first specific...

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Population swap idea angers Israel’s Arab minority

YoopyaJanuary 10, 2014December 3, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 10, 2014December 3, 202300

TAYBEH, Israel (AP) — Israel’s powerful and outspoken foreign minister has enraged the country’s Arab minority by proposing that some of its towns and villages...

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Thousands of African migrants protest Israel detention policy

YoopyaJanuary 6, 2014December 3, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 6, 2014December 3, 202303

(Reuters) – Thousands of African migrants, many holding banners demanding freedom for compatriots jailed by Israel, protested on Sunday in a Tel Aviv square against a...

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Israeli ex-PM Sharon’s condition in steady decline: hospital

YoopyaJanuary 6, 2014December 3, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 6, 2014December 3, 202308

(Reuters) – The condition of Israeli former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma since a 2006 stroke, continues to decline, a...

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Pope to travel to Holy Land May 24-26

YoopyaJanuary 5, 2014December 10, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 5, 2014December 10, 202303

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis announced Sunday that he would travel to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan on May 24-26, his first visit...

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Vandals spray graffiti against Kerry in West Bank

YoopyaDecember 31, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 31, 2013December 31, 202303

JERUSALEM (AP) — Suspected Jewish vandals set fire to three vehicles in a West Bank village early on Tuesday and sprayed threatening graffiti referring to...

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Israeli woman appeals rabbinical ruling she must circumcise son

YoopyaDecember 20, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 20, 2013December 31, 202301

(Reuters) – An Israeli woman appealed to the Supreme Court on Wednesday against a rabbinical ruling that ordered her to circumcise her one-year-old son, the...