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Jul 5, 2018, 9:15 PM

'I don't have time to talk to you'

Illustrative: Turkish mosaic lamps in an Istanbul bazaar. (iStock)

Have Turkey's warm welcomes been warped by years of Erdogan’s calculated mix of hate and financial success?

Sheldon Kirshner

Jun 21, 2018, 2:46 PM

The Caliphate At War

Whether Islamic State was merely a flash in the pan or an organization still capable of regenerating itself after devastating battlefield defeats, it has already cast a dark shadow. Spreading fear and terrorism throughout the Middle East and Europe following...

Vladimir Sloutsker

Jun 12, 2018, 11:18 AM

If the international community is serious about fighting terror – it must ban Hezbollah now

Yesterday, more than a thousand protesters took to the streets of London for the annual Al-Quds Day parade, proudly waving flags of the terrorist group Hezbollah, calling for the destruction of the State of Israel. A similar spectacle occurred in Berlin only few...

Apr 3, 2018, 12:39 PM

Why was Islamist extremism accepted up until the late 2000s?

I remember the year and it was 2009 and I was sitting next to a group of Muslim activists and the then Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the Rt. Hon. Hazel Blears MP. She was explaining how...

Mar 23, 2018, 12:13 PM

Chief Rabbi right to call out ‘see no evil hear no evil’ mantra on anti-Semitism

The Chief Rabbi is absolutely right. Speaking at the Global Forum for Combatting Anti-Semitism in Jerusalem, he said “our journey is a frustrating one……the rule today is that around the world, Muslim faith leaders are keeping schtum”, (on anti-Semitism). The...

Feb 21, 2018, 6:46 PM

Real heroes are carers, not cape wearers

Night Of Heroes, a celebration of the community’s outstanding achievers held by Jewish News on Monday night, was inspired by a remarkable man my team and I simply call ‘Our hero’. On Wednesday, 1 July 2015, we were set to...

Feb 14, 2018, 2:47 PM

Who’s abusing human rights – Israel or the Palestinians?

I was born in Pakistan, and since then I have been listening, reading and watching news and stories that condemn Israel as a country guilty of human rights abuse, genocide and brutal killings of Palestinians. I believed it, as...

Jan 26, 2018, 7:41 AM

Jerusalem belongs to the Jews: Islam says so

In denying Jewish ties to the land of Israel, Islamists defy the Quran and cultivate a genocidal anti-Semitism

Chaim Steinmetz

Dec 15, 2017, 2:34 PM

No free lunch for NYC's Jewish and Muslim students

Illustrative. (iStock)

Mayor de Blasio will feed all school kids. Well, except for 33,800 students who eat halal and kosher

Nov 22, 2017, 1:24 PM

Europe’s killing fields, from Eichmann to Ratko Mladic

The first time I reported from the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia in The Hague, I was reminded of the title of a play written about the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem. It was called The Man in...

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