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Mixed bag: Erratic Pandemic Olympics come to a nuanced end

(AP) — It began with a virus and a yearlong pause. It ended with a typhoon blowing through and, still, a virus. In between: just about everything. The Tokyo Olympics, christened with “2020” but held in mid-2021 after being interrupted for a year by the coronavirus, glided to their conclusion in a COVID-emptied stadium Sunday […]

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14 Israelis infected with COVID despite 3rd vaccine dose

(Arutz Sheva)More than a dozen Israelis who have been vaccinated three times against SARS-CoV-2 have been diagnosed with the virus in spite of the vaccines, according to a new report Sunday evening. According to data from Israel’s Health Ministry which was published in a report by Channel 12 Sunday evening, fourteen people who have received […]

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The “Squad” targets Jerusalem

Stephen M. Flatow (Arutz Sheva) Move over, Ben & Jerry’s. Now the congresswomen known as “The Squad” have launched a new attack on Israel—and, just like the ice cream maker, one of their prime targets is Jerusalem. The dirty little secret of the Ben & Jerry’s assault is that it is aimed not just at […]

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US Averaging 100,000 New COVID-19 Infections A Day

(AP) — The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States crossed 100,000 new confirmed daily infections Saturday, a milestone last exceeded during the winter surge and driven by the highly transmissible delta variant and low vaccination rates in the South. Health officials fear that cases, hospitalizations and deaths will continue to soar if more Americans don’t […]

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Trump’s former press secretary: He will run in 2024

(Arutz Sheva) Former US President Donald Trump’s onetime press secretary, Sean Spicer, says that Trump would run for the presidency again in 2024. “He’s in,” Spicer told the Washington Examiner in an interview. “A couple of months ago, I wasn’t sure,” Spicer said of a Trump run. “Now … there needs to be something that […]

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Envoy will first need to root out anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party

(JNS) U.S. President Joe Biden’s choice of Emory Professor Deborah Lipstadt as America’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism has not been greeted with the unqualified approval that might have been expected for such an appointment. Lipstadt has a stellar academic record as a justly admired scholar of the Holocaust and antisemitism. In 2000, […]

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Israeli takes home gold in rhythmic gymnastics

Arutz Sheva Staff Rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram,22, took home Israel’s third-ever Olympic gold medal, and the country’s fourth medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Her teammate Nicol Zelikman took seventh place overall. Ashram is the Israel’s first-ever female gold medalist, and the first non-Russian rhythmic gymnast to win the Olympic gold since the 1996 games in […]

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At first-ever Olympics, American Jewish athlete takes the gold

(Aritz Sheva) After failing to make the indoor volleyball team for the 2016 Olympics, Alix Klineman decided she would switch her sport to beach volleyball. She explained, “I looked at the beach as a new opportunity and a chance to chase my dreams without anybody having to give me approval or put me on a […]

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Hezb’allah and the Druze

By Lev Tsitrin(American Thinker) The recent exchange of fire over the Israeli-Lebanese border — Palestinian groups in Lebanon firing three rockets, Israel responding with the tank fire and aircraft strikes, and Hezb’allah firing a salvo of about twenty of its own rockets — caused a good deal of geopolitical analysis focused largely on the intentions […]

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