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Four Reasons the Olympics Were Unfriendly to Israel During Opening Weekend

By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada It’s that time every two years where the entire world comes in harmony to participate in good-natured athletic competition. It’s the Olympics – where nations put aside petty conflicts with one another and “celebrate humanity.” And then of course, there’s Israel. The exception. That exception was on […]

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Diary Of KGB Head Reveals Raoul Wallenberg Was Executed on Stalin’s Orders

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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat and holocaust hero, has finally had his mysterious death revealed. A recently discovered diary of a KGB head says that the hero was executed in a Soviet prison in 1947. On August 6, the New York Times reported that the diary of Ivan A. Serov, the first

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Black Lives Matter Endorses Boycott And Sanctions Of Israel

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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada The Black Lives Matter (BLN) movement has come out encouraging people to boycott Israel as well as calling on the American federal government to end all military aid to Israel. On Monday, BLN released its expanded political platform; its “Invest-Divest” section includes the organization’s calls to action on Israel. This section

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Munich Olympic Massacre Victims Officially Honoured in Rio

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada It took more than 40 years, but the victims of the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre have finally received the commemoration they deserved. The 11 Israeli victims of the massacre were honoured in an official Interantional Olympic Committee (IOC) ceremony Thursday at the site of this year’s Summer Olympic Games

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Antisemitism Sharply Rises In UK: Report

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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada According to a new report on antisemitism in the United Kingdom,, antisemitic incidents rose by 11% In the first half of 2016. The Community Security Trust (CST) released a report that revealed a total of 557 antisemitic incidents that took place in the UK between January and June of 2016. CST is an organization

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Israel and US To Sign New Military Aid Agreement

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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada The United States and Israel are expected to sign a new 10-year military aid package that will take effect in 2018, as reported by Reuters. The three day long, closed door discussions ended on Wednesday, August 3. The discussions included Jacob Nagel, acting head of Israel’s national security council and

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Israeli Cybersecurity Firm Hacks ISIS, Warns of Impending Attacks

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By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada Intsights, an Israeli cybersecurity start-up, claims it has managed to hack the communications of ISIS and has uncovered a list of the terror group’s next targets. The company, which is based out of Herzliya and run by former IDF intelligence officers, says it has gained access to a Telegram

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Canadian Philanthropists Donate $5-Million to Enhance Communication Studies at Tel Aviv University

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada A Toronto couple is making what sources are saying is the largest individual donation to Tel Aviv University (TAU) from a non-corporate Canadian. The donation, from Aubrey and Marla Dan of Toronto, is $5-million (US). It’s going to the communications department at TAU. The department has been named the

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Boycott and Sanctions Movement Obliterated in Three Spanish Cities

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By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada The Boycott and Sanctions movement has suffered major legal setbacks in three Spanish municipalities: Olesa, Rivas Vaciamadrid, and La Guardia, The Jerusalem Post is reporting. A judge in Olesa (pop. 24,000) responded to a report commissioned by members of the Solidarity Network Against the Occupation of Palestine, which had proposed a

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Himmler’s Diaries Discovered

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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada The diaries of Nazi mass murderer Heinrich Himmler have been found in the Russian Military Archive in Podolsk filed under Dnewnik, Russian for diary. The diaries contain Himmler’s personal life experiences throughout 1938, 1943, and 1944, as reported by Daily Mail. The diary mainly functioned as a service calendar containing dates, places,

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