55 U.S. universities condemn ASA boycott of Israel
At least 55 American universities and colleges have rejected the American Studies Association membership vote in favor of an academic boycott of Israel.
At least 55 American universities and colleges have rejected the American Studies Association membership vote in favor of an academic boycott of Israel.
Gal Gadot, the Israeli supermodel recently cast as Wonder Woman in the upcoming movie “Man of Steel,” opened up on an Israeli talk show about her new role.
I’ve run out of excuses for hanging on to stuff. No, I haven’t achieved Zen non-attachment to material things, but I’m no longer on the road to “Hoarding: Buried Alive.”
A panel of Israeli cabinet ministers endorsed proposed legislation on Sunday to annex an area of the West Bank likely to be the eastern border of a future Palestinian state.
Secretary of State John Kerry will return to Israel and the Palestinian territories for peace talks next week, a senior U.S. government official said on Saturday, days after Israel is due to free another group of Palestinian prisoners.
France is considering banning performances by a black comedian whose shows have repeatedly insulted the memory of Holocaust victims and could threaten public order, Interior Minister Manuel Valls said on Friday.
Russia said on Thursday former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died of natural causes, not radiation poisoning, but a Palestinian official called the finding \”politicized\” and said an investigation would continue.
On a busy street near the Dutch Parliament, three white musicians in blackface regale passersby with holiday tunes about the Dutch Santa Claus, Sinterklaas, and his slave, Black Pete. Many native Dutchmen view dressing up as Black Pete in December as a venerable tradition, but others consider it a racist affront to victims of slavery.
Israel’s military fired on what it called terror sites in Gaza in retaliation for the murder by a Palestinian sniper of an Israeli man who was making repairs to the security fence.