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If American Jewish leaders were interested in defending their values and interests, they would have called Natalie Portman on this stunt when she first tried it in 2015.

byCaroline Glick22 Apr 2018, 12:55 PM PDT0

Jared and Ivanka Trump (Michael Reynolds / Pool / Getty)

White House advisers Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are confirmed to attend the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 14, according to the left-wing Israeli daily Haaretz.

byJoel B. Pollak22 Apr 2018, 10:55 AM PDT0

A minister from the ruling Likud party on Sunday said Israeli-born actress Natalie Portmans refusal to arrive in person to accept an award at an event in Jerusalem because of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus attendance at the same event “bordered on anti-Semitism.”

byDeborah Danan22 Apr 2018, 7:58 AM PDT0

A video of a 21-year-old Arab-Israeli dressed up as a Jew being beaten up by a belt-wielding a Palestinian refugee from Syria in Berlin went viral last week, sparking outrage across Germany about the rising levels of anti-Semitic attacks in the country. 

TEL AVIV – A video of a 21-year-old Arab-Israeli dressed up as a Jew being beaten up by a belt-wielding a Palestinian refugee from Syria in Berlin went viral last week, sparking outrage across Germany about the rising levels of anti-Semitic attacks in the country.

byDeborah Danan22 Apr 2018, 5:57 AM PDT0

A member of Iraq's elite Special Forces wears a skull mask in the fight against the Islamic State in 2016. AP: Khalid Mohammed

The Australian Army has issued a directive that prohibits soldiers from wearing “death” symbols in combat, declaring the practice arrogant, ill-considered and deterimental to the ethos of the armed forces.

bySimon Kent22 Apr 2018, 4:24 AM PDT0

The Royal Air Force proudly took to the skies over Israel as the Jewish state celebrated its 70th birthday with a dramatic flypast.

bySimon Kent22 Apr 2018, 2:33 AM PDT0

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The far-left activist organisation HOPE not Hate have been forced to publicly distance themselves from Labour party activist and Momentum organiser Ian Love, who has been accused of posting anti-Semitic rants on social media.

byChris Tomlinson22 Apr 2018, 2:23 AM PDT0

Senator Eric Abetz during Senate question time on July 7, 2014 in Canberra, Australia. Twelve Senators will be sworn in today, with the repeal of the carbon tax expected to be first on the agenda. (Photo by Stefan Postles/Getty Images)

Australian Senator Eric Abetz ‏argues the countrys embassy in Israel should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and took part in a recent television debate to push his point.

bySimon Kent22 Apr 2018, 1:27 AM PDT0

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Irans military head said Saturday that forces are preparing to “annihilate” Israels Zionist regime within 25 years after recent threats between the foes.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Apr 2018, 12:54 AM PDT0

A French gendarme films, an anti-Semitic inscription written in German 'Jews Out' at a Jewish cemetery 30 April 2004 in Herrlisheim, in eastern France, where 127 graves have been desecrated.

PARIS – More than 300 French dignitaries and stars have signed a manifesto denouncing a “new anti-Semitism” marked by “Islamist radicalisation” after a string of killings of Jews, to be published in Le Figaro newspaper Sunday.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Apr 2018, 12:44 AM PDT0

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The Palestinians will not allow US President Donald Trump or anyone else to say that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Apr 2018, 12:05 AM PDT0

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi sports authorities shut down a female fitness center in Riyadh Friday over a contentious promotional video that appeared to show a woman in figure-hugging workout attire.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Apr 2018, 12:05 AM PDT0

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech in Tehran on February 11, 2018

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expressed in a letter to Syrian President Bashar Assad on Saturday his countrys willingness to aid in the post-civil war reconstruction of Syria, Irans Tasnim news agency reported.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Apr 2018, 12:04 AM PDT0

Sardar Hossein Salami & Sardar Mohammad Bagheri & Sardar Mohammad pakpour in Great Prophet Wargame in April 2016

The vice commander of Irans Revolutionary Guards warned Israel Friday that its airbases are “within reach” and Irans “hands are on the trigger and missiles are ready,” in apparent reaction to Israels publication on Tuesday of a map showing five Tehran-controlled bases in Syria, and boasted that Israel will have nowhere to go but the sea.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Apr 2018, 12:04 AM PDT0

Pedestrians walk past a bullet-riddled wall at the scene where Palestinian scientist Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh was gunned down in what his family claim was an assassination by Israel's Mossad spy agency

Gombak (Malaysia) – An autopsy was being carried out Sunday on the body of a Palestinian professor who was gunned down in what his family claim was an assassination by Israels Mossad spy agency.

byBreitbart Jerusalem21 Apr 2018, 9:57 PM PDT0

Prince Mohammed bin Salman has launched a major image overhaul for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a move Amnesty International characterized as a PR campaign to

TEL AVIV – If the U.S. really wants to stop the massacres in Syria, it needs to target President Bashar Assads palace in Damascus, an article published in Saudis government daily said.

byDeborah Danan21 Apr 2018, 3:20 AM PDT0

US President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump said he 'may' attend the opening of a controversial new US embassy in Jerusalem, a fraught prospect designed to underscore close ties with Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he hosted Monday.Trump warmly welcomed the embattled prime minister to the White House, claiming US-Israel ties had 'never been better' and floating a May trip that would be a major security and diplomatic challenge. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are “much worse” than Hitler, a columnist writing for a Jordanian daily said, and added that some of the crimes attributed to Hitler probably didnt take place.

byDeborah Danan21 Apr 2018, 3:18 AM PDT0

A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator carries placards reading 'Keep calm and boycott Israel' on the Republique square in Paris, ahead of a banned demonstration against Israel's military operation in Gaza and in support of the Palestinian people, on July 26, 2014. French authorities banned on July 26, 2014 a new pro-Palestinian demonstration over concerns it could turn violent as previous rallies have, but demonstrators may ignore the ban as they did last weekend. US Secretary of State John Kerry and other top diplomats from Europe and the Middle East began talks in Paris on July 26 to press efforts for a long-term ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD (Photo credit should read KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images)

TEL AVIV – New York University expressed that it was against the boycott of particular student groups after 51 campus organizations pledged to boycott pro-Israel groups.

byDeborah Danan21 Apr 2018, 3:15 AM PDT0

Russian military police officers check weapons left behind by members of the Army of Islam group in a factory produced weapons, in the town of Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack, near Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 16, 2018. Faisal Mekdad, Syria's deputy foreign minister, said on Monday that his country is

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday denied allegations that Russia is working with the Syrian government to keep international inspectors away from the chemical weapons attack site in Douma so the evidence can be destroyed.

byJohn Hayward20 Apr 2018, 7:18 PM PDT0

Alleging a far-reaching conspiracy that contributed to Hillary Clintons loss in the 2016 election, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Friday filed a lawsuit against the Russian government, Donald Trumps presidential campaign and WikiLeaks.

byAaron Klein20 Apr 2018, 11:11 AM PDT0

James Comey Jr., nominee to be director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), testifies during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill July 9, 2013 in Washington, DC. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Mr. Comey will replace Robert Mueller III to become the eighth director of the FBI (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

In newly-released personal memos, ex-FBI Director James Comey wrote that he briefed President Donald Trump on unverified claims about an alleged escapade with prostitutes in Moscow in 2013 because “media like CNN had them and were looking for a news hook.”

byAaron Klein20 Apr 2018, 7:25 AM PDT0

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Natalie Portmans decision to cancel her upcoming trip to Israel to accept a special award has been met by equal measures of anger and dismay in the Jewish state.

bySimon Kent20 Apr 2018, 6:45 AM PDT0

A theater in southern Germany is proceeding with plans to open a satirical play Friday about Adolf Hitlers youth in which some patrons will be wearing swastika armbands, despite objections and legal complaints.

byBreitbart News20 Apr 2018, 6:39 AM PDT0

On four separate occasions, ex-FBI Director James Comey vouched to President Trump for the alleged integrity and professionalism of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, according to Comeys newly-released personal memos.

byAaron Klein20 Apr 2018, 4:53 AM PDT0

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The Syrian regime remains able to conduct chemical attacks, though only at a limited level, the Pentagon said Thursday following last weeks international cruise missile strikes on chemical targets.

byBreitbart Jerusalem20 Apr 2018, 4:07 AM PDT0

A Sri Lankan police officer looks on near a demolished illegally built Sri Lankan hotel that was bulldozed in the southern town of Unawatuna on December 13, 2011. Sri Lanka is experiencing a boom in tourism after security forces crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels in May 2009, ending 37-years of ethnic bloodshed. Tourist arrivals have risen to a record 758,458 from January to November this year, which is 33.1 percent more than the same figures reported in 2010. AFP PHOTO/ Ishara S. KODIKARA (Photo credit should read Ishara S. KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka announced Friday it would establish new police posts and step up patrols at popular resorts after a spate of sexual attacks and violence targeting foreign tourists.

byBreitbart Jerusalem20 Apr 2018, 3:47 AM PDT0

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with Kadima party leader Shaul Mofaz at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on May 8, 2012. Netanyahu struck a surprise deal with the opposition Kadima party to form a national unity government, axing plans for a snap election. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON (Photo credit should read GALI TIBBON/AFP/GettyImages)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday at least six countries were in talks with Israel to move their embassies to Jerusalem. He implored countries to follow the United States and Guatemala in making the move, saying it would advance peace efforts, and promised “preferential treatment” to the first ten embassies relocated to Israels capital.

byBreitbart Jerusalem20 Apr 2018, 3:16 AM PDT0

Black Swan star Natalie Portman has cancelled her upcoming trip to Israel and rejected the chance to attend an acceptance ceremony hosted by the Genesis Prize Foundation.

Black Swan star Natalie Portman has canceled her upcoming trip to Israel and rejected the chance to attend an acceptance ceremony hosted by the Genesis Prize Foundation.

bySimon Kent20 Apr 2018, 1:30 AM PDT0

A picture taken on October 28, 2017, shows a fighter of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walking through an empty rubble-filled street surrounded by damaged buildings in the Syrian city of Raqa. The US-backed SDF took full control of Raqa on October 17, wrapping up an operation that lasted more than four months to capture a city that had been the inner sanctum of IS's now moribund 'caliphate'. Hundreds of thousands of people fled the city since 2014 and by the time the SDF retook it, Raqa had become a ghost town of collapsed buildings. / AFP PHOTO / Delil souleiman (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), in a piece published Thursday, condemned United States-led attacks on the Islamic State in the city of Raqqa that took place nearly one year ago, arguing that Americas intention to remove the terrorist group was a “lie.”

byAdelle Nazarian19 Apr 2018, 8:45 PM PDT0

Russian forces patrol damaged buildings in Douma, Syria on the outskirts of Damascus on April 16, 2018 during an organised media tour after the Syrian army declared that all anti-regime forces have left Eastern Ghouta, following a blistering two month offensive on the rebel enclave. The announcement, which represents a key strategic victory for President Bashar al-Assad, came just hours after US-led strikes pounded Syrian government targets in response to a suspected chemical attack on the enclave's main town of Douma. / AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA (Photo credit should read LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images)

The U.S. State Department said on Thursday that it has “credible information” Russia and Syria are working together to keep inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) from visiting the site of the alleged chemical attack in Douma.

byJohn Hayward19 Apr 2018, 8:15 PM PDT0

Mohammed Haydar Zammar leaves a mosque in Germany on Oct. 3, 2001. (Knut Mueller/Der Spiegel via AP)

Kurdish forces in Syria announced this week that they have captured a Syrian-born German jihadist linked to 9/11 ringleader Mohamed Atta and other terrorists, Mohammed Haydar Zammar.

byAdelle Nazarian19 Apr 2018, 6:46 PM PDT0

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A jihadist group linked to al-Qaeda has capitalized on the international troops near single-minded focus to defeat the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) to consolidate its power in northwestern Syria and surface as the last major terrorist group standing in the war-ravaged country.

byEdwin Mora19 Apr 2018, 5:30 PM PDT0

Liviu Dragna, a member of the Romanian ruling party, confirmed in an interview with the Romanian TV channel ANTENA 3 on Thursday night that his country would transfer its embassy to Jerusalem. He clarified that the decision was made Wednesday night.

byBreitbart Jerusalem19 Apr 2018, 2:30 PM PDT0

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Saudi Arabia opened its first movie theater on Wednesday in a historic launch at the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, bringing an end to a 35-year ban on cinemas over fears that they distort Islamic morality.

byBen Kew19 Apr 2018, 10:31 AM PDT0

United Nations vehicles carry the team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), arrive at hotel hours after the U.S., France and Britian launched an attack on Syrian facilities to punish President Bashar Assad for suspected chemical attack against civilians, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, April 14, 2018. A team of the international chemical weapons watchdog arrived in the Syrian capital Damascus to carry out an investigation into the alleged chemical weapons attack on the town of Douma where opposition activist said more than forty people were killed. (AP Photo/Bassem Mroue)

Inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) “arrived” in Douma, Syria, on Tuesday, but they were not able to enter the town and examine the sites where the Syrian government allegedly deployed chemical weapons.

byJohn Hayward19 Apr 2018, 8:39 AM PDT0

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he speaks during a meeting of the Central Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Abbas said Wednesday he will ask the United Nations to endorse Palestinian independence this fall even if negotiations restart with Israel. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed a terrorist immediately upon his release from a 20-year sentence in Israel prison for murder, in an hour-long meeting that focused on Palestinian prisoners.

byBreitbart Jerusalem19 Apr 2018, 6:53 AM PDT0

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the official ceremony for Israel's Memorial Day for fallen soldiers, at the National Memorial Hall for Israel's Fallen, in Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery, Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. (Debbie Hill/Pool via AP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a fiery address at a torch-lighting ceremony marking Israels 70th Independence Day, declared that the Jewish state is becoming a “world power” and said its light will overcome its enemies “darkness.”

byBreitbart Jerusalem19 Apr 2018, 6:06 AM PDT0

Site of earthquake near Bushehr, Iran on April 19, 2018. (Screen capture: USGS National Earthquake Information Center)

TEHRAN, Iran — An earthquake of at least magnitude 5.5 struck in southern Iran near the countrys sole nuclear power plant on Thursday morning, shaking countries across the Persian Gulf. There was no immediate report of damage or injuries.

byBreitbart Jerusalem19 Apr 2018, 5:49 AM PDT0

Michael Steinhardt, the co-founder and major supporter of Birthright Israel—a program that has brought more than 600,000 Jewish young adults from around the world to Israel for free 10-day heritage trips—gave the middle finger to a group of anti-Israel, anti-Birthright activists outside a gala Birthright celebration on April 15.

Michael Steinhardt, the co-founder and major supporter of Birthright Israel—a program that has brought more than 600,000 Jewish young adults from around the world to Israel for free 10-day heritage trips—gave the middle finger to a group of anti-Israel, anti-Birthright activists outside a gala Birthright celebration on April 15.

byBreitbart Jerusalem19 Apr 2018, 4:31 AM PDT0

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Hundreds of IDF reservists were called up for service on Thursday morning by accident, the IDF Spokesmans Office said.

byBreitbart Jerusalem19 Apr 2018, 3:53 AM PDT0

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House on March 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump said he 'may' attend the opening of a controversial new US embassy in Jerusalem, a fraught prospect designed to underscore close ties with Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he hosted Monday.Trump warmly welcomed the embattled prime minister to the White House, claiming US-Israel ties had 'never been better' and floating a May trip that would be a major security and diplomatic challenge. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his fellow Israelis on the countrys 70th anniversary, saying the United States has “no better friends anywhere” than Israel.

bySimon Kent19 Apr 2018, 2:50 AM PDT0

Polish soldiers attend the main commemoration ceremony of the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on April 19, 2018 in Warsaw, Poland. The Warsaw Ghetto was a prison created by the German military during its occupation of Warsaw during World War II. Starting in 1940, 400,000 Jews were confined to a walled-in neighborhood of 3.4 square kilometers under horrific conditions. With assistance from Polish partisans the Jews rose up in armed resistance in 1943 and held off the Germans for several weeks until the Germans annihilated the ghetto, killing 13,000 people. In all 392,000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto were killed, most of them after deportation to the Treblinka death camp. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

WARSAW, Poland — People in Warsaw pinned paper daffodils to their clothes as the Polish capital began a day of commemorations Thursday on the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

byBreitbart Jerusalem19 Apr 2018, 2:37 AM PDT0

An Israeli soldier keeps guard near a Palestinian woman standing by a Star of David graffiti sprayed by Israeli settlers near an army checkpoint in the centre of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on May 18, 2009 during a visit by a delegation of ultra-nationalist Israeli MPs protesting against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's promotion of the easing of restrictions on Palestinians.

Officials said a large-scale terror attack planned for Independence Day had been averted after security officials arrested a Palestinian at a checkpoint in the northern West Bank on Wednesday with a “powerful explosive device” stashed in his truck.

byBreitbart Jerusalem19 Apr 2018, 2:18 AM PDT0

TEL AVIV – Billionaire Sheldon Adelson made a surprise announcement at the 18th annual Birthright Israel gala on Sunday night by pledging a $70 million donation to the group in honor of Israels 70th anniversary.

byDeborah Danan19 Apr 2018, 1:49 AM PDT0

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech in Tehran on February 11, 2018

During a ceremony held to celebrate National Army Day in Iran on Wednesday, Irans President Hassan Rouhani said the Islamic Republic will “produce or procure any weapons” that it needs to defend itself.

byAdelle Nazarian18 Apr 2018, 12:35 PM PDT0

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