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In Palestine, the Victim Must Apologize to the Killers

“A nation that hasn’t stopped occupying, destroying and killing, and has never considered apologizing for anything – anything – gets its victims to apologize for one measly sentence by their leader.”

Relatives of a Palestinian Iman who was shot and killed Friday by Israeli troops during the ongoing protest along the Gaza Strip border with Israel, carry his body to the family house during his funeral in Gaza City, April 14, 2018. (AP/Khalil Hamra)

Gideon Levy has written in Haaretz about the “absurd” situation whereby, in his words: “The leader of the Palestinian people is forced to apologize to the Jewish people” for saying something “anti-Semitic” about the Holocaust. According to Levy, “The one who was robbed apologizes to the robbers, the victim apologizes to the rapist, the dead to the

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Jewish Life In Iran Was ‘Always Better Than In Europe’

DW’s Theresa Tropper spoke with Siamak Morsadegh, the director of Tehran’s Jewish Committee.

In this Nov, 2014 combo image made up of 8 photos, Iranian Jews pose for photographs holding a painting of Moses with "The Ten Commandments," after prayers at the Molla Agha Baba Synagogue, in the city of Yazd 420 miles (676 kilometers) south of capital Tehran. Iran has been home to Jews for more than 3,000 years, and has the Middle East’s largest Jewish population outside of Israel, a perennial foe of the country. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran is frequently at odds with Israel, despite having the second biggest Jewish community in the Middle East. DW's Theresa Tropper spoke with the director of Tehran's Jewish Committee, about why that is the case. DW: How is life as a Jew in the Islamic Republic? Siamak Morsadegh: It's a lot better than many people think. Jews are a recognized

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Germany Newspaper Forced To Retract Article After Listing Netanyahu As A ‘Crazy World Leader’

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a complaint to the German government and the Israeli embassy in Berlin criticised the newspaper and said in a statement that this is an “anti-Semitic” act.

Extract from the Hamburger Morgenpost , the German newspaper which had included Netanyahu in a list of “The Seven Craziest Leaders in the World”

A German newspaper was forced to remove the name of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from a list of the world’s craziest leaders following diplomatic pressure. Hamburger Morgenpost had included Netanyahu in a list of “The Seven Craziest Leaders in the World” because he promotes settlement policies and because he tried to convince former

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Infowars Is Anti-Semitic But Pro-Israel? Alex Jones Goes Zionist Under Trump

‘Because Barack Obama has cursed Israel at the United Nations, America is now under a curse,’ reads the tagline of a blog post recently reprinted by Infowars.

The only openly Anti-Semitic Alex Jones,’ is now staunchly Zionist.

AUSTIN, Texas --- Infowars, an alternative multimedia outlet notorious for peddling hoaxes and anti-Semitic ideas, is now toeing a far-right, extremist line on U.S.-Israel relations. The site’s shifting political viewpoint is another sign of the transformation that Alex Jones, the site’s founder, has undergone as he’s transitioned from an

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Montana Town Takes On Neo-Nazi Leader And His Supporters

Neo-Nazis plan to march to support the mother of white nationalist leader Richard Spencer, who is facing pressure to sell a building she owns because of its ties to her son.

Richard Spencer, the founder of the so-called “alt-right” movement, an offshoot of conservatism mixing racism, white nationalism and populism. (AP Photo)

(REPORT) ---  Top Montana Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Tuesday warned neo-Nazis they would find "no safe haven" for a rally that could include guns planned for next month in a mountain town where white nationalists have threatened Jewish residents. The lawmakers include both Democrats and U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke, recently

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