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French kosher store burns down on attack anniversary

Paris - Emiratesvoice

A French kosher grocery store was gutted in a suspected arson attack Tuesday, reviving anti-Semitism fears three years to the day since an assault on a Jewish supermarket by an Islamist gunman. Prosecutors said the store in the southern Paris suburb of Creteil caught fire in the early hours, days after it was vandalised with anti-Semitic graffiti. "I just feel sick,"Read more

Visit is our initiative,delegation represents us only

Manama - Emirates Voice

“This is Bahrain” has stated that its delegation visiting Israel and which comprises expatriates from various religious affiliations living in Bahrain does not represent any official entity. “With reference to reports carried by some media and social networking sites about the visit of a delegation from ‘This is Bahrain’ to Israel and Occupied Jerusalem, the society confirms that the delegation,Read more

Dolly the cloned sheep was not old before her time

Jerusalem - Emirates Voice

A breed of goat limited for decades by law in Israel is expected to prosper once again in the Jewish state. The black goat, also called the Syrian goat, has since 1950 been barred from forests and woodlands under a law that says they cause environmental damage. On Wednesday, parliament in a preliminary reading passed a bill to repeal thatRead more

French court returns WWII looted Pissarro painting

Paris - Emirates Voice

A French court on Tuesday ordered the return of a painting by impressionist master Camille Pissarro to the family of a Jewish art collector who was dispossessed during World War II. The court ruled in favour of the relatives of Simon Bauer, who staked their claim on "La Cueillette des Pois" (Picking Peas) after it turned up in a ParisRead more

Brother of French Jewish school shooter gets 20 years

Paris - Emirates Voice

The older brother of a French jihadist who shot dead seven people in Toulouse in 2012, including three Jewish children, was given a 20-year jail sentence Thursday after being convicted of a terrorist conspiracy. Abdelkader Merah was however cleared of having a direct hand in Mohamed Merah's killing of three soldiers and attack on a Jewish school, where he gunnedRead more

UK organizations call on British public

London - Emirates Voice

2017 marks the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, which pledged support from Britain for a Jewish national home in Palestine. Pro-Palestinian organizations in the UK called for a demonstration to be the centrepiece of a wider series of actions to mark centenary of the Balfour Declaration and highlighting widespread and systematic rights violations that have been committed by the IsraeliRead more

Israel holds controversial ceremony marking

Gush Etzion - Emirates Voice

Israel on Wednesday hosted a celebration of 50 years of Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights, angering the Palestinians and triggering a row with the supreme court. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government considers the commemoration a state occasion. An estimated 5,000 guests attended the event next to a military base in the Gush Etzion settlementRead more

Israel imposes general closure on the West Bank

Jerusalem - Emirates Voice

Israeli army spokesmen announced imposing a general closure on the West Bank, all crossings of the Gaza Strip, as the Jewish holidays approach. The closure is to start from midnight last night until Sunday night. He said that during the closure, only people, goods, doctor, and critical cases would be allowed entrance only with the approval of the Israeli coordinatorRead more

Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

Jerusalem - Emirates Voice

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) prevented Muslim worshipers and students from entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque. Eyewitnesses confirmed that the ban was “selective,” including high school students, noting that IOF placed iron barricades at the gates of al-Aqsa, searched the worshipers and examined their ID cards. Occupation forces set up barricades at the gates leading to the old city of Jerusalem andRead more

Global HIV meeting urges US to 'stay engaged'

Paris - Emirates Voice

A Jordanian was killed on Sunday and an Israeli seriously wounded at the Jewish state's embassy in Amman, a security source said. "A Jordanian man was killed and an Israeli man wounded and is in a serious condition following an incident inside the (Israeli) embassy" in the residential Rabiyeh neighbourhood of Amman, said the source who declined to be namedRead more