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The Global War on Terrorism’s promises lie broken, and the West is still counting the cost at home and abroad

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‘We cannot afford to eat’ – Pain on the streets of Iran as surging prices make food ‘too expensive’ for many

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Jews target of nearly two-thirds of religion-based hate crimes in US, FBI finds

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Trump launches nationwide crackdown on antisemitism

‘I’m coming with a full arsenal of people,’ says Task Force Chairman Leo Terrell

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‘Israel is where the warmongers must feel the pain’ - the warning coming out of Iran

President Trump cancels strikes but fears rise that the Islamic Republic could escalate the war and attack Israel

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Netanyahu plays down Trump rift claims, describing Israel-US alliance as ‘wall of granite’

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Qatar ‘in secret talks’ to secure release of Jewish prisoners held by Iran

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Marco Rubio launches campaign to ‘dismantle’ International Criminal Court

The US State Department would bring down the court ‘brick by brick, if necessary’, Rubio wrote in an op-ed published on Monday

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Trump orders more Arab states to join Abraham Accords as part of Iran deal

It should be ‘mandatory’ for countries including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Pakistan to normalise ties with Israel, the US president said

By Lianne Kolirin

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The Reb in Chief for Yiddishkeit: Donald J Trump

The President issued a proclamation like none other: to make Shabbos great again. Our overpaid, sclerotic organisations reacted precisely as you’d expect – by doing absolutely nothing. But young Jews across the country went all-out for Shabbat

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By Dominic Green

Go to university in the US and what will you learn? Israel, capitalism and your nation are evil

Higher ed inculcates a ‘permission structure’ for political actions. It is a means to an ideological end, so all ideas that fall within it are legitimate

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Death camp survivor’s haunting sketches hidden for decades to go on display

Images documenting Nazi war crimes created by French resistance fighter Marcel Roux and given to a US Army doctor were concealed for decades

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United States

Twenty-five years after 9/11, did the Islamists or the US win the war on terror?

US and Iran exchange fire for the first time since July

Could America ever have a Chief Rabbi?

‘We cannot afford to eat’ – Pain on the streets of Iran as surging prices make food ‘too expensive’ for many

Jews target of nearly two-thirds of religion-based hate crimes in US, FBI finds

Trump smuggled off Air Force One in catering truck after Israeli tip-off of Iran threat to blow jet up – report

Joy as Emilia, 6, becomes 100,000th person to make aliyah through Nefesh B’Nefesh

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