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Israeli election results confirmed as Herzog asks Gadi Eisenkot to form a government
After Israel’s election, Isaac Herzog has asked Gadi Eisenkot to form a government. What do the results allow, and how much time does he have?
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A “first” in Trappes? Fourteen years earlier, three Jewish children were murdered in Toulouse
Gabriel, Arié and Myriam were killed in Toulouse in 2012. How do court judgments and public tributes bear on Macron’s remarks in Trappes in 2026?
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America before the Holocaust: from the lynching of Leo Frank to immigration quotas
From the Leo Frank case to the fate of Jewish refugees, how did antisemitism manifest itself in the United States before the Second World War?
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Dan Bilzerian says he is criticising Israel. In 2011, he was already blaming Jews for 9/11
From poker to a Florida primary, what Dan Bilzerian has said about Jews and the Holocaust, as documented in broadcasts and archival material.
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Hebron, 24 August 1929: the massacre that uprooted a four-century-old Jewish community
What happened in Hebron in August 1929? This account traces the massacre of Jewish residents, the help given by Arab neighbours and the evacuation of the survivors.
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How the Soviet Union helped bring Israel into being: Gromyko at the UN, Czech arms and a break in relations
From the UN vote on the partition of Palestine to arms deliveries from Czechoslovakia, how did the Soviet Union put its support for Israel into practice in 1947 and 1948?
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Lahav Shani, from Ghent to Brussels: when must an artist answer for his country?
The same Israeli conductor lost a concert in Ghent and kept his place on the programme in Brussels. From books to sport, who decided to boycott, on what grounds and to what effect?
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