Riyadh official tells Iraqi Kurdish leader to drop plans 'in light of the situation in the region,' while Israel remains lone country to openly support efforts

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Laurent Louis received a suspended six-month jail term and a $22,000 fine in 2015 for minimizing the genocide of European Jewry on his blog

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Palestinian leader says world body employs a double standard regarding Israel; demands apology from UK over 1917 Balfour Declaration

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Characterization of Sarah Halimi's murder follows months of lobbying by French Jews, outraged that indictment of Traore Kobili didn't brand it a hate crime

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Term to include attacks against religious institutions, the state of Israel and non-Jews attacked for anti-Semitic reasons

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Stanwood Elkus convicted of first-degree murder of Dr. Ronald Gilbert

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US president on Tuesday slammed Islamic Republic at the UN as a corrupt dictatorship that ruthlessly represses its own people

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US president says 'we have maybe the best shot ever' at a deal; Palestinian leader confident 'we are on the verge of real peace'

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In address to UN, Iranian president blasts 'ignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric' of Trump and Netanyahu, terms Israel a 'racist regime'

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US leader assures PA leader his administration is working 'very hard' for regional peace despite barely mentioning Palestinians in speech to General Assembly

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With a cheery 'Shanah Tovah,' US Ambassador Nikki Haley leads off in clip assembled by Israels envoy Danny Danon

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700-page file includes allegations of apartheid, forced displacement of Palestinian West Bank residents in favor of Jewish settlers

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Official says Israel's strategic situation 'greatly strengthened' by PM's 10-day visit to Latin America, US

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When US president said Iran is a 'depleted rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed and chaos, Nima Chitsaz's Persian version was 'Iran speaks of destroying Israel'

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President Rouhani to address concerned world leaders after US president intimated he might torpedo 2015 agreement

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UN expecting 51 countries to endorse ban on development, testing, production, or possession of nuclear arms 'under any circumstances'

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Nonplussed by Iran threat, Israelis are optimistic, satisfied with life, see cost of living as more worrying than security situation, want ultra-Orthodox drafted into army

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Iranian president, PA leader will speak at Wednesday's session, a day after Trump and Netanyahu ripped into Iran, barely mentioned Palestinians

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May 5778 see religious and secular Jews stand together against the aiding and abetting of crimes against humanity.

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How 'A Jewish Father' led the way out of the echo chamber

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