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Israeli Bill Would Order Courts To Give Priority To Jewishness Over Democracy

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends a session at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Israel’s far-right coalition continues to grapple with different variations of a new draft bill that seeks to give Israel’s status as a Jewish nation-state primacy over all other legal concerns, including potential conflicts with being a democracy.

The Forward Publishes Antisemitism Accusations Against Prominent Activist

Activist and writer, and founder of If Americans Knew, as well as President of the Council for the National Interest, Alison Weir. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
The website of the Forward newspaper recently published an opinion piece by political hitman Spencer Sunshine, in which he slammed the American Left and specific individuals for alleged antisemitism, including Alison Weir.

Jewish Life In Iran Was ‘Always Better Than In Europe’

Iranian Jews pose for photographs holding a painting of Moses with “The Ten Commandments,” after prayers at the Molla Agha Baba Synagogue, in the city of Yazd 420 miles (676 kilometers) south of capital Tehran. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Iran is frequently at odds with Israel, despite having the second biggest Jewish community in the Middle East. DW’s Theresa Tropper spoke with the director of Tehran’s Jewish Committee, about why that is the case.

American-Israeli Teen Charged For Bomb Threats Against Jewish Centers

An Israeli-American teenager was charged in separate complaints on Friday for making hundreds of hoax bomb threats to Jewish community centers in Florida and Georgia.
Michael Ron David Kadar, 18, who has dual citizenship and lives in Israel, made at least 245 threatening telephone calls between 4 January and 7 March, with a significant portion of them targeting Jewish community centers in the United States, according to the Florida complaint.

Israeli Suspect Arrested Over Spate Of Bomb Threats To US Jewish Centres

A 19-year-old dual U.S.-Israeli citizen covers his face as he is brought to court in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP/Nir Keidar)
A US-Israeli man has been arrested for making dozens of hoax bomb threats against Jewish centers in the US and around the world, Israeli police said on Thursday.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the suspect was a 19-year-old “resident of the south (of Israel) from the Jewish community” and had been arrested after an international investigation involving the Israeli police and the FBI.

US Muslims Offer To Guard Jewish Sites Following Spate Of attacks

Upon hearing of the vandalization of the Vaad Hakolel cemetery, A Muslim volunteer assists with restoring the toppled headstones. (Photo: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Rochester Chapter)
(REPORT) — A single tweet by an American Muslim marine who offered to stand guard at Jewish cemeteries following a wave of anti-Semitic attacks has sparked a wave of similar offers of solidarity on social media.

Muslims And Jews ‘Unite Against Hatred’ After Another Jewish Cemetery Is Vandalized

Rabbi Joshua Bolton of the University of Pennsylvania’s Hillel center surveys damaged headstones at Mount Carmel Cemetery on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in Philadelphia. More than 100 headstones have been vandalized at the Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, damage discovered less than a week after similar vandalism in Missouri, authorities said. (AP/Jacqueline Larma)

Muslim Activists Raise $58k To Help Repair Vandalized Jewish Cemetery

People walk through toppled graves at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Authorities in Missouri are investigating after dozens of headstones were tipped over at the Jewish cemetery near St. Louis. (Robert Cohen /St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Two American Muslim campaigners raised tens of thousands of dollars within hours of launching a campaign to help repair a vandalized Jewish graveyard.