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Families of dead soldiers to meet with Netanyahu and Ban Ki-moon after Turkish deal

By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada Israel’s Channel 10 News is reporting that the families of deceased soldiers will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday, following outcry over Israel’s new agreement with Turkey. The families of the deceased soldiers allege that Netanyahu had promised them the deal would include […]

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Abbas to EU: Israel Poisons Water, if ‘Occupation’ Ends So Will Terrorism

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada While the world was engrossed in the UK referendum vote to leave the EU, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wasted no time delivering a plethora of nonsensical anti-Israel rhetoric to the very same European parliament this week. Addressing the EU parliament in Brussels on the purpose of

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Turkey and Israel to Normalize Relations: Report

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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Turkish and Israeli negotiation teams will normalize ties between the two countries after six years of severed relations, according to a Times of Israel report. The announcement will be made this month, on June 26, when the terms of agreement are finalized. “There is no reason this won’t happen”, a senior Israeli

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Montreal, Toronto Mayors Heading to Israel

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada The mayors of Canada’s largest metropolises are heading to the Holy Land. In an announcement made at Montreal city hall this week, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said he will lead an economic mission to Israel in the fall. He will be joined by Toronto Mayor John Tory.

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Los Angeles Dodgers Sign First Israeli Baseball Player

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Major League Baseball is no stranger to Jewish baseball superstars, from revered Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg, former all-stars Shawn Green and Kevin Youkilis and current active all-stars Ryan Braun and Ian Kinsler. But when it comes to Israeli baseball players in the majors,

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Knesset Passes Major Law in Fighting Terrorism

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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Earlier this week, the Knesset passed new and expanded anti-terrorism legislation. The new laws penalize convicted terrorists, supporters and organizers of terror harsher and more effectively than ever before. Punishments range from heavy fines to life sentences. The goal of the legislation is to ”set legal guidelines in criminal

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Knesset Committee Proposes Mammoth Punishments for Israeli Flag Burning

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By Jordan ZaitchikB’nai Brith Canada Flag burners in Israel are about to get burned in the third degree. The Knesset issued a press release on June 13 stating the Internal Affairs Committee approved the first reading of a bill that would hand out harsher punishments for desecrating the Israeli flag. The new bill would

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This week in Jewish History: June 5-11

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By Simon Pelsmakher B’nai Brith Canada The first week of June this year marks the anniversary of several important events in Jewish and Israeli History. Although many of these events are often celebrated on the Hebrew dates, listed below are when they occurred on the English calendar. On June 5th marks the 49th Anniversary of

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Al Quds

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Another Al-Quds Day Speaker in Toronto Calls for Israelis to be Shot B’nai Brith Canada, which is on the record as warning that the 2016 al-Quds Day rally would once again descend into open support for terrorist organizations and antisemitic incitement, has called for a criminal investigation into hate speech at the event. One keynote

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Sodastream CEO: Boycotts actually helped our company

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada While speaking at the Ambassadors Against BDS International Summit at the UN on May 31, Sodastream CEO Daniel Birnbaum delivered a beatdown on the movement – implying that instead of hurting the popular soda-making company, it actually resulted in massive profits. When asked about whether the movement

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