Invasive fungal infections of the internal organs or bloodstream can have a high level of mortality (up to 50%), are often difficult to treat, and cause at least 1.6 million deaths per year.
Nearly 2,000 people are participating in Ben-Gurion University’s 2020 Drylands, Deserts & Desertification Conference (DDD) which began on Monday.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The percentage of assimilation among Polish Jews is 70%, in Hungary, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden it is 50% and in France 31%.
There were times when I was carrying out these duties while laden with personal problems that I was able to approach him and ask for a beracha. They always worked.
Israeli Ambassador to The Hague Naor Gilon welcomed the decision of the Dutch Senate.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Trump administration cut all U.S. funding to UNRWA in September 2018 due to criticism that the agency enables the Palestinian refugee issue and teaches anti-Israel material in its student textbooks.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
It is regrettable that European aid money finds its way to the financing illegal activities.
“Instead of persuading the Palestinians to choose the path of negotiations and peace, these resolutions only encourage them to harden their positions,” says Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Gilad Erdan.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz could not rule out anti-Semitism as a possible motive.
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‘Our Hearts and Thoughts Are with Austria.’
In a world reeling from a pandemic and a divisive U.S. election, the 7th annual international Shabbat Project offers unity, optimism, and a much-needed break from the 24-hour news cycle.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Erdogan focused much of his anger on France and French President Emmanuel Macron. The two are already in conflict over French policy against the separatism of Muslim communities across the country.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Russia has a presence in Syria and has significant sway on the development in the country. The IDF and the Russian army maintain a line of communications through which they coordinate their actions to prevent a clash between the two militaries.
An Israeli delegation will meet in Sudan with a Sudanese team in the coming weeks to discuss cooperation in many fields including migration and the possible return of tens of thousands of illegal Sundanese migrants in Israel to their country.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Guatemala’s announcement came just a day after Estonia decided to recognize Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and to bar the group’s members from entering the country.
Israel has made peace with Sudan.
The full transcript and video of the discussion between Trump, PM Netanyahu and Hamdok on the Israel-Sudan peace deal.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Jews in Europe had constituted 83% of world Jewry in 1900 but currently account for merely 9% of the total number of Jews worldwide, according to the study.
By Aryeh Savir & Baruch Yedid / Tazpit News Agency
“His Majesty’s government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Nearly $6.9 million was given to an NGO ties to the PFLP terrorist organization.
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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Still, Rabbi Menachem Margolin of the European Jewish Association said “the battle isn’t over. It has merely been postponed. If you kick a can down a road, you will eventually run out of road.”
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By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
“With China, Russia, Cuba and Venezuela as members, the Council makes a mockery of its intended purpose and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft stated.
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations lauded the decision, saying “this killer should be behind bars for the rest of his days; anything less would be a painful insult to the Pearl family.”
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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Gulf nation will work to ensure that its agreement with Israel “opens new intellectual horizons in the region,” says UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Neighbors reported on Monday the large bright yellow swastika on the hood of a car. The windshield was covered in paint as well. The police were notified.
The Czech decision Followed an international tender process which lasted several years.
The Israel Ministry of Defense will purchase 5 advanced training helicopters from Italy, increasing the Air Force’s training fleet to 12. The Italian Ministry of Defense will purchase Rafael spike missiles and Elbit Systems simulators in exchange.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The president reiterated that the recent normalization and economic deals represent “the dawn of the new Middle East.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Having Chinese tanks, or Chinese air-defense systems or defensive missile systems in Iran in the first instance threatens the people of Iran, in the second instance, threatens the people of the Middle East, and the next people who come under threat are the people who live in Europe,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The verdict did not mention Hezbollah, but the prosecutor’s office showed evidence the two defendants, who were tried in absentia, “had links to the radical wing of the Shi’ite group.”
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By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Honduras will relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by the end of 2020, President Juan Orlando Hernandez announced, joining the US and Guatemala in Israel’s capital.
A psychiatric panel in January decided that the alleged sex offender, who escaped to Israel from Australia, is mentally fit to stand trial and has been feigning mental illness.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Poland is the only European Union member-state that has not adopted a national comprehensive private-property restitution law.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“You can’t allow Iran to have more money, power and arms, and at the same time try to disconnect Hezbollah from the disasters it provoked in Lebanon,” says the U.S. secretary of state.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The survey was presented on Tuesday to the Knesset’s Subcommittee on Israel-Diaspora Relations.
local Jewish Bury Councillor Jane Black said: “Pikuach nefesh, the protection of life, is the highest principle in Judaism and we, as a community, must take responsibility and protect ourselves and others from Covid-19.”
They need a miracle. Meanwhile, they sing.
By Israel 21C
For five years, IsraAID has been helping tens of thousands of Syrian, Iraqi and Afghani refugees in Lesbos. Last week, it burned down, leaving 12,000 people homeless.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Organizers say it is an “in-depth course on legislative advocacy” in training activists to lobby Congress on BDS and other anti-Israel issues.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The terror attack left six people dead and at least 20 wounded.
By Israel Hayom
"Denmark saved Jewish life during the Holocaust, and now it may end Jewish life in the kingdom," says Danish Jewish community president Henri Goldstein.
The Alfred Landecker Foundation was established by the Reimann family in June 2019 to atone for their father and grandfather's war crimes.
This is the first time in the country’s history that a Jewish religious leader has been honored with the highest award of the Ukrainian Parliament.
The program enables Israeli participants to compete for extensive grants which support long-term R&D and test applications of proposed solutions in a variety of fields together with potential customers.
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Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin called the move “long overdue,” insisting that “Cyprus is a new hot spot. Cyprus is our ally. Those threatening Cyprus are not.”
It turned out that in full accordance with the forecasts for 2010-2012 in the United States over the past 10 years, the number of anti-government demonstrations and street riots has increased significantly.
Hezbollah is unconcerned if its actions cause an out-of-control spiral.
AUF is one of the largest associations of higher education and research institutions in the world.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Ashkenazi called on Germany to “join and support the joint global effort against the Iranian threat and the restoration of the arms embargo on Iran.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Athens and Ankara are holding naval exercises in the area amid an ongoing dispute over energy resources.
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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The warning by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came one day after the United States initiated the mechanism for the U.N. Security Council to snapback sanctions on Iran.
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Israel says Hezbollah was involved in the assassination and tampered with the investigation.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We are in direct discussions with representatives of the American government about our shared interests, including communications infrastructure,” said Israeli Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel partially reopened its skies this week, with visitors from “green countries” exempt from quarantine upon arrival.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The UN blacklist only includes Jewish, and not Arab-owned, Israeli companies- clear discrimination and a violation of the UN charter.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We’ll be doing a snapback. You’ll be watching it next week,” says the U.S. president.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israelis can fly to Greece, Bulgaria and Croatia, but must be tested for COVID-19 before flying and remain in quarantine upon arrival until receiving the results.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The administration hopes the seizures will deter shipping companies from dealing with Iran and Venezuela.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israelis will reportedly be limited to four locations and will have to remain in quarantine until receiving the results of a pre-flight COVID-19 test.
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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The status quo in Lebanon is unacceptable,” says U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Kelly Craft. “Now is the time to ... enable the [peacekeeping] mission to fully achieve what it was set out to accomplish.”
From the beginning of 2020 through July, The Jewish Agency has facilitated the Aliyah of 2,269 Olim from Latin America.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Greece, Israel, and Cyprus have established an alliance to counter Turkey. Greece and Cyprus are historic adversaries of Turkey.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The American Jewish Committee called on former Prime Minister Carl Bildt to apologize.
Pickles has long been one of the strongest, most prominent public voices against anti-Semitism in the UK.
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By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The four tech systems being tested are the Corona voice test, breathalyzer test based on terahertz waves, isothermal test, and polyamine acids test.
The UN vehicle was polluting near the Israeli community of Na’ale in the Benyamin region.
Anti-Defamation League’s Dr. Sharon S. Nazarian also addressed “complexities” of Jewish community’s approach to Black Lives Matter.
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The PFLP is not the largest of the terror organizations, but it has been more active in Jerusalem than Hamas and Fatah.
By Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal
“The world will neither forgive nor forget a genocide against the Uyghur people,” says Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinian Authority supports China's takeover of Hong Kong.
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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. administration’s peace plan can serve as a basis for a process leading to peace and security, says Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Nine months after the Yom Kippur attack on the small Jewish community in Halle, Germany, local leaders say anti-Semitism is only getting worse.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Until their arrest by Israel at the end of 2019, the two terrorists worked for the Dutch-funded NGO Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC).
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The agreement, reached with Cyprus, Greece and Italy, reportedly will see the 1,200-mile pipeline built by 2025.
By Ariel Kahana
The plan calls for giving budgetary support to companies that engage in sustainability and other environmentally friendly activities.
Danny Danon began as Israel's ambassador to the UN in 2015.
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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Russia, China, Iran and Turkey are “key players in espionage and influence directed against Germany,” according to a report.
President of Murcia said at the only surviving synagogue from pre-Expulsion Spain: “A Jewish soul still beats deep in our hearts, a hope of freedom for today, looking towards the East.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Amnesty International claimed that NSO Group—whose technology enables the surveillance of smartphones—helped the Moroccan government spy on a human-rights activist critical of Rabat.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel has unique knowledge and experience in the field of food and agriculture and is happy to share it with other countries and organizations.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Foodbenders, a Toronto health food restaurant, has lost business and is now facing legal action after using the hashtag “#zionistsnotwelcome” in social media posts.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Canadian lawmaker Erin O’Toole, a member of Canada’s Conservative Party, also said he would expand relations with Israel.