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NY Police: Suspect in knife rampage at rabbi’s home appears to have acted alone
NEW YORK: An assailant who stabbed five people attending a party at a Hasidic rabbi’s home in what New York’s governor called an act of domestic terrorism appears to have been acting alone, police said yesterday. Grafton Thomas, 37, is
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Netanyahu uses the anti-Semitism card against ICC war crime probe
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the International Criminal Court of anti-Semitism yesterday over its chief prosecutor’s plan to pursue a war crimes probe in the Palestinian Territories. The right-wing leader, who is fighting for his political life in
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German city in “state of shock” after anti-Semitic killing
BERLIN: The eastern German city of Halle remained in a state of shock, a day after an anti-Semitic shooting which left two people dead, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting a German public broadcaster. Bernd Wiegand, mayor of Halle, said in
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Synagogue attack sparks fear among Jews in Germany
BERLIN: As Jews left Yom Kippur prayers across Germany yesterday, they were jolted by word that an anti-Semitic gunman had attacked a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle hours before, killing two people. The news heightened fears of more
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Dr M: Me, anti-Semitic? I’m just exercising free speech
NEW YORK: Accused of being anti-Semitic, Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad contends that he is merely exercising his right to free speech when commenting on the Jews. “Why is it that I can’t say something against the Jews
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Dr M: A racist, mediocre leader
I attended Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s address to the Cambridge Union recently. It was a disappointing and unpleasant experience. Before entering, I had thought of him as an enigma, a giant of history with the tremendous recent
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UK Jewish students slam Dr M for insults against the community
PUCHONG: A group of United Kingdom based Jewish students criticised Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for insulting the community during a talk in Cambridge Union. The Union of Jewish Students (UJS) said it was also disturbed by the
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