Israeli Arab poet Dareen Tatour gets five-month sentence for poem

Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour was sentenced to five months in prison on July 31 by the Nazareth District court. Tatour, an Israeli citizen, was convicted in May of incitement to violence and supporting terrorist organizations, based on her social media posts. Following the sentencing, Tatour said she was not surprised. “I expected prison and that’s what happened. …

Israel expels 2 Italian artists who painted mural of Ahed Tamimi

Israeli authorities are deporting two Italian artists who drew a portrait of a Palestinian girl on a separation wall near the town of Bethlehem, the press service of the Israeli police said. The artists were arrested in the West Bank by Israel on July 28. “As a result of the investigation carried out by the border police, the case …

72 Turkish tourists barred from Israeli for having ‘forged visas’

A Turkish tourist said that Israeli police treated them like fugitives at Tel Aviv airport and their dream was to visit Jerusalem. Israel has denied entry to a group of Turkish tourists planning to visit the city of Jerusalem, claiming that the group “forged” their visas. Mustafa Bickioglu, a representative of the Turkey-based Sila Tour …

Vandals paint Nazi symbols on wall at Jewish temple in Indiana

Nazi images, including a swastika, were discovered on July 28 morning painted on a structure that is part of a Jewish synagogue in Indiana, the temple said. The swastika and two iron crosses were on a brick wall that goes around a dumpster at the Congregation Shaarey Tefilla in Carmel, just north of Indianapolis. The synagogue …

Serena Williams alleges ‘discrimination’ in how often she is tested for drugs

Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion, is alleging discrimination after being singled out for drug testing. Williams, who reached the finals of Wimbledon this month, took to Twitter Tuesday, saying she’s the tennis player “getting tested the most.” “And it’s that time of the day to get ‘randomly’ drug tested and only test …

Austrian state may require Jews to register to buy kosher meat

Nazi comparisons have become such frequent occurrences almost anywhere in the world that they rarely draw attention these days. But in Adolf Hitler’s birth country, Austria, they usually still strike a nerve whenever they come up. They certainly did so this week, after Jewish organizations criticized the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), the ruling …

Dutch FM under fire for discriminatory remarks

Politicians and refugee organisations have criticised Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok for claiming there are no peaceful multicultural societies.  Blok, a member of the liberal VVD, the largest party in the Netherlands, also said that Suriname has become a failed state because of its ethnic divide. The minister made the comments during a private event last week, where he met …

Israel passes controversial ‘Jewish nation-state’ law

Israel’s parliament on Thursday adopted a law defining the country as the nation state of the Jewish people, provoking fears it will lead to blatant discrimination against its Palestinian citizens. The legislation, adopted by 62 votes to 55, makes Hebrew the country’s national language and defines the establishment of Jewish communities as being in the …

German court releases weapon supplier to neo-Nazi NSU murder spree

Judges ordered the release of a key accomplice to a German neo-Nazi gang that murdered 10 people over a seven-year campaign of racially-motivated violence, saying that he had served enough of his sentence to no longer pose a flight risk pending his appeal. The order to release Ralf Wohlleben, sentenced to 10 years in prison …

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