Do Not Panic Palestine: Your Star in the Sky Will Shine – Palestine Chronicle
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Nuh Ibrahim's grave in the town of Tamrah in the Galilee.
Podcast Ep 54: Palestine is the litmus test for international law – The Electronic Intifada
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On episode 54, we are joined by representatives of major Palestinian civil society organizations Sahar Francis and Ahmed Abofoul to talk about current progress in bringing an investigation into Israels crimes to the International Criminal Court, even as Israel and the US and Canada have tried to stifle progress. Francis is the director of Addameer, the Prisoners support and Human Rights Association, and Abofoul is a legal researcher and advocacy officer at Al-Haq, a group that documents Israels human rights violations. Addameer and Al-Haq are among six Palestinian civil society groups that Israels defense minister Benny Gantz designated last fall as terrorist organizations an attempt to disrupt and destroy the work of these groups and especially their gathering of evidence for the ICC investigation
COVID-19 and Youth Employment in Jordan and Palestine: Impacts, Opportunities, and a Way Forward – occupied Palestinian territory – ReliefWeb
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Executive Summary The COVID-19 pandemic drastically altered the daily lives of countless individuals across the globe, threatening their health and livelihoods and impacting businesses, supply chains, and government revenues. Jordan and Palestine were not spared from these effects, leading their governments and populations to struggle to gain footing as the resulting health and economic crises ensued. Young job seekers, particularly women, refugees, and youth with disabilities, have been disproportionately affected by the crisis through job losses and heightened barriers to entering the workforce
Palestinian Winnipegger grateful for world’s response to Ukraine, though it’s been painful to witness – CBC.ca
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This column is an opinion by Idris Elbakri, a Canadian Palestinian who calls Winnipeg his home.For more information aboutCBC's Opinion section,please see theFAQ. When war broke out in Ukraine, our family sat mesmerized and shocked in front of the TV
79-year-old to cycle over 250 miles to support causes in Palestine – Wiltshire Times
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Through her love of cycling, 79-year-old Judith Hammond has found inspiration for her fundraising in The Big Ride (TBR). This year at the end of July, TBR will go from Derby to Manchester, via Stoke, and Judiths challenge will be to get to Derby by cycling with her friend Michael Weltike.
Protesters who sing slogans used by Hamas ‘not anti-Semitic’, university decides – The Telegraph
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In January, Nadhim Zahawi, the Education Secretary, said that anyone who chanted the Hamas slogan could be referred to the police and that it was essential for universities to clamp down on the slogan following the outlawing of support for Hamas. Mr Zahawi told the Jewish Chronicle in January that the rallying cry used by Hamas is the kind of anti-Semitic, intolerant, murderous attitude of the organisation thats proscribed. The group of pro-Palestine protesters had objected to the choice of speaker for the event made by the universitys Conservative Society, Colonel Richard Kemp, the former head of British forces in Afghanistan, partly because of his support for Israel
Chair and teacup from Texas synagogue hostage crisis to be displayed in exhibit – Religion News Service
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(RNS) Probably no event is more indelibly marked in U.S. Jewish life this year than the Jan
A thriller from Mexico and a debut detective novel: The Jewish books you need to know this month – Forward
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Welcome to your monthly tour of the Jewish literary landscape! I have four new titles to share and a special announcement we just launched our Bookshop storefront, where you can shop the books recommended in this newsletter.
Repaired Texas synagogue reopens months after hostage crisis – ABC News
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In the three months since Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three of his congregants were held at gunpoint in their Texas synagogue, new carpet has been laid in the sanctuary, the walls have been repainted, the entry retiled and new doors installed By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press April 9, 2022, 3:01 AM 4 min read COLLEYVILLE, Texas -- In the three months since Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three of his congregants were held at gunpoint in their Texas synagogue, new carpet has been laid in the sanctuary, the walls have been repainted, the entry retiled and new doors installed. He said it has been healing to watch
Middle Church to begin meeting in synagogue on Easter as it awaits restored building – Religion News Service
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(RNS) When Middle Collegiate Church was devastated by fire in December 2020, the rabbi of a Manhattan Reform synagogue 10 short blocks away responded, along with many others. I was heartbroken and I reached out to the Rev. Dr
