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Man Who Threatened Colorado JCC Sentenced to Work Release, Probation

By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Boulder District Court (Colorado) has sentenced a man who threatened a Jewish Community Center to a one-year work release and four years of probation. Jeffrey Thomas Klinkel sent hateful, handwritten letters to the center in envelopes containing a mysterious white powder. His work release involves him working during […]

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Republican National Committee Rejects a Two-State Solution

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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada The Republican Party has approved a new platform that does not call for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying it will no longer support the establishment of a Palestinian state. The platform, approved on July 12, gives Israel the freedom to determine whether or not it

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Israel opens new delivery point into Gaza for the first time in nine years

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By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada On Thursday, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that a photographer had captured images of deliveries into the Gaza strip arriving through the Erez crossing, which has been closed for the past nine years. The Erez crossing has been restricted to individuals since 2007, with deliveries to Gaza arriving solely

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10-Year Anniversary of the Second Lebanon War

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By Jordan ZaitchikB’nai Brith Canada Today marks the ten-year anniversary of the Second Lebanon War, a 34-day-long conflict between Israel and the terrorist organization Hezbollah. The conflict took place in Northern Israel, the Golan Heights, and Lebanon. It ended in a UN-led ceasefire on August 14, 2006. Hezbollah, backed by the Iranian and Syrian regimes,

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South African Twins’ Plot to Bomb Jewish Institutions Foiled

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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada A South African court has charged identical twins with terrorism for plotting to attack several Jewish targets and a U.S. diplomatic mission. Twenty-three-year-old twins Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie as well as two others were arrested during a police raid in Johannesburg over the weekend. They were allegedly planning to

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B’nai Brith Canada Statement on Prime Minister Trudeau’s Auschwitz-Birkenau Visit – B’nai Brith Canada

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp Sunday to pay tribute to the millions who were massacred during the Holocaust. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion, International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, Canadian Holocaust Survivor and past president of the Canadian Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants (CJHSD) Nate Leipciger

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N Report: Taking Kids to Christian Schools ‘Violates Human Rights’

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada A United Nations committee has determined that sending children to Christian schools, assemblies and churches is a violation of the child’s human rights. A report conducted by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which reviews the state of children’s rights in the United Kingdom, found

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