A toy museum in Turkey has put on display what it says is a doll with hair from a Jewish girl killed in the Holocaust.
“Before being killed, girls’ hair was cut and used on the dolls produced for rich German children. This is the tragedy of baby dolls with real hair,” museum director Emrah Ünlüsoy told CNN.
The object has been on display at the Anatolian Toy Museum since its opening in 2017, the Turkish edition of CNN and other Turkish media reported last week.
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On the evening of Tisha B’Av 5708, Pinchas Soloveitchik, the only soldier who served in the Irgun and was killed in the breach of the wall near Mount Tzion in the War of Independence.
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Baghdad – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made an unannounced trip to Iraq as Washington warns Iran against any action against American interests in the Middle East. Pompeo was in Baghdad briefly Tuesday night before flying out. Pompeo says his visit was meant to show U.S. support for “a sovereign, independent” Iraq, free [...]

The latest round of fighting between Israel and Gaza sparked many reactions from Saudis on Twitter. Noteworthy among these responses were tweets, some by prominent intellectuals and journalists, siding with Israel and expressing hope for its safety and victory, while attacking Hamas and its policy, in particular its firing of rockets. Some wrote that Hamas was acting on orders from Iran, in retaliation for the United States tightening sanctions on the Islamic Republic on May 3. It should be noted that this is not the first time Saudi intellectuals and academics have openly expressed support for Israel and criticized Hamas.
The following are some of the tweets:

Prosecutors say they couldn't find concrete evidence to jail Hartmut Hopp, a member of 'Colonia Dignidad' that abused regime critics during Pinochet rule

Speaking in the United Nations, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, wearing a kippa, quotes the Chumash and then lifts a Tanach and explains, “this is our deed to the land”.
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Since the release of the Mueller report, Democrats have gone on the attack against Attorney General William Barr.
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday told House Democrats he would not furnish President Donald Trump’s tax returns despite their legal request, the latest move by Trump administration officials to shield the president from congressional investigations.
Mnuchin, in a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., said he had consulted with the Justice Department and that they had concluded that it would not be lawful for the Trump administration to turn over the tax returns because of potential violations of privacy.
Mnuchin added that requests from Congress “must reasonable serve a legitimate legislative purpose” and that the request from Democrats does not.