Current
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When the Israeli singer Eden Golan arrived in Malmo, Sweden, to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, she was “welcomed” by crowds of anti-Israel protestors, numbering in the thousands. Throughout her stay in Malmo, Golan was surrounded by tight security, due to the death threats she had received. The protestors were trying to pressure Eurovision […]
Human Interest
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Six-foot tall, bi-racial and German-speaking, Jennifer Teege was noticeably different from other students at the University of Tel Aviv in the early 1990s. Jennifer herself didn't yet know just how different she truly was. She would soon discover that she was the granddaughter of a Nazi mass-murderer. Jennifer Teege’s earliest years were harsh and difficult. […]
Today, one of Israel’s greatest heroes is a middle-aged mother whose son was held hostage in Gaza and accidentally killed by Israeli forces after escaping with two other hostages. Since the death of Yotam, her son, Iris Haim has been spreading a message of love and support that’s buoyed the entire nation. Yotam was one […]
You’ve probably heard of the Balfour Declaration of 1917 or the U.N. Partition Plan of 1947. But chances are you haven’t heard of The Treaty of San Remo, created in 1920 which radically transformed the Middle East and sowed the seeds of conflict that reverberate to this very day. A year and half after the […]
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