The outsize role that ultra-Orthodox parties, like Shas and United Torah Judaism, are likely to have in Netanyahu’s next will make it impossible to “make any progress on religious freedom and pluralism.” . ..…
United Torah Judaism, a right-wing ultra-Orthodox party backed by Ashkenazic Jews, was supported by 248,490 voters. ..…
They have adopted an extremist, “take-no-prisoners” approach unlike any opposition to John Paul II or Benedict, according to Faggioli. . ..…
Jewish forces that invaded Deir Yassin belonged mainly to two extremist, underground, paramilitary groups, Irgun and Lehi, both of. ..…
Maduro has blasted Trump for adopting an extremist, unwise and improper position against Venezuela, saying that Washington has never been concerned with democracy or humanitarian crisis Venezuela and is rather eyeing the wealth and energy resources.. ..…
Then came the push back, including a frivolous lawsuit from a shadowy ultra-right “think tank” that the Idaho Supreme Court laughed out of existence. ..…
In Williamsburg, home to one of New York City’s communities of ultra-Orthodox Jewish people, a coordinated and baseless scare campaign—led by rabbis peddling debunked conspiracy theories, including the claim that vaccines are linked to autism—is convincing Hasidim to shun vaccinations. ..…
What’s highly unlikely is possible with neocon extremist hardliners in charge of Trump regime geopolitics. . ..…
Extremist Israeli minister of agriculture and development, Uri Ariel, together with group of settlers, has stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Old City district of East Jerusalem, amid escalation of violence by Israeli forces and settlers against Palestinian people.. ..…
GMU’s law school was renamed after the ultra-reactionary Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia following his death in 2016 as a result of an anonymous donation of $20 million. ..…