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Joshua Levitt is a Contributor for The Algemeiner. Previously, Joshua served as an advisor to the newspaper, as its Managing Editor and as Senior Correspondent. Follow him on Twitter at @joshua5737 and read recent features here.

ARTICLES BY: Joshua Levitt


June 2, 2014 10:35 am
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On Twitter, Netanyahu Calls Out Hamas as Terror Group, Points to its Sympathies for Bin Laden

As the rival Palestinian Fatah and Hamas parties announced details of their unity pact on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reminded the world via...

June 1, 2014 12:13 pm
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ADL Calls on Chicago Schools to Respond to Virtual ‘Jewish Incinerator’ in Online Student Game of ‘Clash of Clans’

The Anti-Defamation League called on the Chicago Public Schools to take action against student harassment in the classroom and online, after Chicago's CBS 2...

June 1, 2014 12:00 pm
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Hezbollah to Lebanese Patriarch Rai: No to ‘Israeli Agents’ Among Us

Hezbollah MP Ali Meqdad on Saturday criticized Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai's visit to Israel to meet Pope Francis last week and speak with Lebanese Christian exiles who...

June 1, 2014 11:55 am
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Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel Says Turned Down Netanyahu’s Offer to Run for Israeli Presidency – ‘Leave Me Alone, I Write Books’

Elie Wiesel, humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate and Chairman of The Algemeiner's Advisory Board, said he turned down an offer from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

June 1, 2014 11:47 am
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Israel’s Peres Hosts LA Lakers Center Pau Gasol, Along With Arab, Jewish Teen Basketball Players

Israeli President Shimon Peres on Sunday hosted Pau Gasol, co-captain of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, along with a delegation of young Jewish and Arab...

June 1, 2014 10:46 am
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Netanyahu on Hamas-Fatah Unity Deal: ‘This Will Not Strengthen Peace; It Will Strengthen Terrorism’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called on the international community to take a strong stand against the Hamas-Fatah unity government that the Palestinian...

May 30, 2014 6:23 pm
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Moroccan Journalist Vilified at Home for Posing With Book of Psalms on Jerusalem Visit

Moroccan journalist Ghislaine Taibi was attacked at home for photos taken of her proudly holding an open book of Hebrew Psalms of David at the...

May 30, 2014 6:11 pm
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Iran Foreign Minister Blames Israel for Nuclear Program Scrutiny

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blamed Israel for the world's focus on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, according to Iranian semi-official news agency Mehrs...

May 30, 2014 6:04 pm
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Jewish POW Relayed Intel From Nazis Most Notorious Prison in Coded Letters

Captain Julius Morris Green, a Jewish dentist from Glasgow, was captured by the Nazis at Dunkirk in 1940, and imprisoned, from 1941 to 1944,...

May 30, 2014 12:57 pm
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Australian Museum Returns First Nazi-Looted Art Piece to Heirs of Original Jewish Owner

The National Gallery of Victoria, in Melbourne, Australia, agreed to return a portrait in their collection to the heirs of its original Jewish owner, marking the...

May 30, 2014 10:38 am
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Simon Wiesenthal Center to Swedish Education Minister: ‘Prevent Nazification of Sweden’s Schools’

Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center has urged Jan Björkland, Swedish Minister for Education and Deputy Prime Minister, to take a firm stand...

May 30, 2014 10:28 am
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Israel Economy Minister Bennett: ‘We Are Shifting Our Economic Resources to Bangalore, Africa and China, China, China’

Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett told a technology conference in Tel Aviv last week that "Israel is going east," with the government announcing a...

May 29, 2014 8:49 pm
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Tony Blair Sister-in-Law Lauren Booth Slammed for ‘Anti-Semitic’ Tweet

British columnist Lauren Booth, the sister-in-law of Tony Blair, former UK Prime Minister and current Quartet Representative to Jerusalem, writes for The Mail on Sunday and...

May 29, 2014 4:44 pm
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EXCLUSIVE: SWC Rabbi Takes on Jerusalem Cardinal Over Papal Trip, Says Herzl Grave Visit Was Break From Church Doctrine

Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center, on Thursday took Jerusalem Cardinal Edwin O'Brien to task after...

World

Jews, Israelis Targeted in Austria Amid Surge in Antisemitic Incidents; Loc...

Austria is facing a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents and anti-Israel rhetoric, prompting outrage from the country's Jewish community and...

Israel

Europe Won’t Pressure Israel to ‘Commit Suicide’ Amid Gaz...

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has dismissed mounting global pressure to end the war in Gaza and accept the creation...

Middle East

US, Israel Recall Negotiators From Gaza Ceasefire Talks, Witkoff Says...

Israel and the United States both recalled their negotiators from Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar on Thursday, with US envoy...

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