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Germany to Ban Hamas Flag Amid Uptick in Antisemitism

Armin Laschet, the top CDU politician bidding to succeed Merkel, called for the flag to be banned last month following a series of anti-Israel demonstrations that have seen violent clashes with police

Libyan Guards Accused of Sexually Assaulting Minors in Government-run Center

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Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz speaks at the Greenbelt Festival in the UK, 2016.

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The gate at the site of the former Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz, in Poland, January.

Ex-Auschwitz Prisoner Cannot Sue Publisher in Poland, Says EU Top Court

Muslims wearing protective masks pray outside the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 2021.

Israel Keen to Build Ties With Asia's Muslim Nations, Singapore Envoy Says

Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Joe Biden prior to the U.S.-Russia summit, in Geneva, Wednesday.

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George Soros as seen in Jesse Dylan's 2019 documentary on the billionaire financier.

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Biden shakes hands with Putin in Moscow, 2011.

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A mural at the Wave restaurant and bar in Taipei, Taiwan, featuring the image of Theodor Herzl.

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Ayelet Balaban's new British passport

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Top International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan attends a news conference at the ICC in The Hague in 2013.

New ICC Prosecutor Must Steer War Crimes Court Through Choppy Waters

Supporters of the right-wing extremist NPD move through the city with a strong police presence in Greifswald, Germany, last month.

Germany Sees Rise in Far-right Extremists, Government Report Shows

President Tayyip Erdogan at a news conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on Monday.

At NATO, Turkey Hails Its Revival of Dialogue With Greece

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. President Joe Biden pose during the NATO summit, on Monday.

NATO Takes Tough Line on China at First Summit With Biden

Michal Rovner, 63, splits her life between New York and Kfar Shmuel in central Israel.

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A migrant flees the Moria Camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, after a fire broke out, in September.

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Police stand outside a hotel where a meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal, is held in Austria, two months ago.

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German police officers watch people gathering on the square in front of the Old Opera for drinks and food in Frankfurt, Germany, last month.

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Jewish figurines each holding a one-grosz piece in Poland.

Calling Them Antisemitic, Krakow Bans Sale of Jewish Figurines Holding Coins Calling Them ‘Antisemitic Images,’ Krakow Bans Sale of Jewish Figurines Holding Coins

A German police officer stands guard at a cemetery in Leverkusen, Germany, April 2021.

Germany Disbands Commando Unit Over Members’ Participation in neo-Nazi Chat

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters wear masks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally ahead of West Bengal state elections in Kolkata, India

Modi’s India Has Chosen Israel Over Palestine

'Ours was the last civilian bus to leave before the city was besieged by Bosnian Serbs...My father stayed behind in Sarajevo'

The Butchers of Bosnia's Muslims Are in Jail, but There's No Justice The Butchers of Bosnia's Muslims Are in Jail, but There Hasn't Been Justice

A pedestrian shelters from the rain in central London, June 2016.

U.K. Jews Protest Tapping of Controversial Activist to Organize Antisemitism Course

Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro (L) in Miami, Florida, last month.

Regional Forum to Appoint Antisemitism Czar for Latin America

2022 presidential election candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon delivers a speech during a demonstration by striking workers in eastern France, earlier this week.

French Presidential Candidate Pushes Conspiracy Theory on Jewish School Murders French Presidential Candidate Implies Jewish School Murders Were Part of Election Conspiracy

Alta is seen with her brother Tzvi and father Abraham, in Manchester, Britain, in this undated picture obtained from social media.

Father Pleads U.K. Authorities to Keep Sick Daughter Alive and Take Her to Israel

Then-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen at a memorial event in Jerusalem, in April.

Ex-Mossad Chief 'Doesn't Understand' U.S. Antagonism Toward China

A woman riding a donkey loaded with water jerrycans, while United Nations troops from Tanzania conduct a patrol in the camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Khor Abeche, South Darfur, in 2014.

Renewed Clashes in Sudan's Darfur Kill at Least 36, State Media Reports

David Dushman in 2015

Last of Soviet Soldiers Who Liberated Auschwitz Dies at 98

People hold placards to express their support for Ethiopia's mega-dam on the Blue Nile River n Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last month.

With Sissi's Diplomacy Stalling, Egypt's Dam Crisis Could End in Regional War

Police officers walk at the Danish-German border in Krusaa, Denmark, 2016.

Preparing for Deportations, Denmark Approves Plan for Asylum Center Abroad

The landscape of the Tehuacán Valley region in south-central Mexico.

What Were Rabbits and Deer Doing in a Cave in Mexico 30,000 Years Ago?

Missiles in an underground storage facility in an undisclosed location, Iran.

Iran Deal Will Be Struck in Next Round of Talks, EU Envoy Believes

A woman in 2016 visiting the memorial to victims of the 1941 Nazi massacre of Jews in Babi Yar in Kiev, Ukraine.

Someone Shot at a Synagogue in Ukraine, but the Community Tried to Keep It Quiet

Oassengers arriving at Ben-Gurion Airport recently (illustrative).

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A recent gathering of the newly formed local branch of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance in Melbourne.

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Saraya al-Quds Brigades militants from the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement parade with their weapons in the streets of Gaza City after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire

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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet delivering her speech remotely to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva regarding Israel and Gaza on Thursday.

Israel Summons Mexican Ambassador Over UN Rights Council Vote

A man voting at a polling station near Nicosia during the parliamentary elections in Cyprus on Sunday.

Cyprus Sees Nationalists Gain in Parliament Vote

Bnei Menashe praying at a synagogue in India's northeastern state of Manipur in 2012.

In Rare Move, Israel Bars Entry for Indian Immigrants Over COVID-19 Infections Israel Bars Large Group of Immigrants From India After Discovering High Rate of COVID Among Them

Police officers on guard in Vienna, Austria, November, 2020

Austrian Police Under Fire After Accusing Victim of Provoking Antisemitic Attack

A view shows the cabin's wreckage covered with a tarpaulin in Italy, last week.

Italy Judge Releases Three Held in Jail Over Cable Car Disaster, One Under House Arr Italy Judge Releases Three Held in Jail Over Cable Car Disaster, One Under House Arrest

A double burial at Jebel Sahaba, Sudan, from the war some 13,000 years ago.

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People holding placards and Palestinian flags march in solidarity with the Palestinian people amid the ongoing conflict with Israel, during a demonstration in Dublin, Ireland, Saturday May 15, 2021

Irish Parliament Lambasts Israel's 'De Facto Annexation' of West Bank

The resigned health minister Yaakov Litzman.

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Pastor Gregor Hohberg, Rabbi Andreas Nachama and Imam Kadir Sanci pose during a ceremony of 'House Of One' building, May 2021.

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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, right, and Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi visit the site of a rocket attack in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikvah, last week.

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Pope Francis greets Holocaust survivor Lidia Maksymowicz and kisses a concentration camp number tattooed on her arm, yesterday.

Pope Kisses Auschwitz Survivor's Tattoo

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi in IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, last week.

Israel Reprimands French Envoy Over FM's Apartheid Remarks

A man wears a kippah bearing the Star of David during a Peace and Solidarity with Israel rally at The Central Synagogue in Sydney, earlier this week.

Man Wearing Kippah Attacked in Eastern Germany

Rescuers work by the wreckage of a cable car after it collapsed near the summit of the Stresa-Mottarone line in the Piedmont region, northern Italy, earlier this week.

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Britain's Foreign Affairs Secretary Dominic Raab outside Downing Street in London, last year.

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A sign that reads "Truth for Giulio Regeni" is held up by his parents and others outside a courthouse in Rome, today.

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) with his partner Carrie Symonds in London, 2020.

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Security use a sniffer dog to check the luggage of passengers on a Ryanair plane in Minsk, on Sunday.

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Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin.

In Push for Biden-Putin Summit, Russian, U.S. Security Chiefs Meet in Geneva

An anti-coup protester throws a smoke bomb against police crackdown in Thaketa township Yangon, in March.

Myanmar News Site Says American Editor Detained by Military

A Ryanair aircraft, which was carrying Belarusian opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich and was diverted to Belarus, at Vilnius Airport, yesterday.

EU Mulls Shunning Belarus' Airspace Over Forced Landing to Detain Journalist

Amit Biran and Tal Peleg-Biran

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Bangladesh e-passport inside cover page

Bangladesh Drops 'Except Israel' From Passport, Essentially Lifting Travel Ban

Maneskin of Italy pose with the trophy following a news conference after winning the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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'We are Palestine' mural painted last week in the capital of Indian-ruled Kashmir, Srinagar, by Kashmiri artist, Mudasir Gul, who was arrested and his work erased by the Indian police

India’s Intifada: Why Modi Is Arresting pro-Palestinian Protesters

Carl Bildt in 2011.

Former Swedish PM Compares Israel Police to Nazis Over Temple Mount Clashes

Tomer Hemed, dressed in whites, at a match in 2019.

Israeli Soccer Player for NZ Team Celebrates Goal With National Flag 'For Peace' Soccer Player for New Zealand Team Celebrates Goal With Israeli Flag 'For Peace'

People holding placards and waving Palestinian flags marching in solidarity with Palestinians during a demonstration in Malmo last weekend.

As Israel and Hamas Fight in Gaza, Antisemitism Explodes Online in Sweden

A protester attending a solidarity march for the Palestinians, in central London last weekend.

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