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Russia’s Supreme Court will soon decide whether to label Jehovah’s Witnesses as an extremist group, a designation members of the faith fear would lead to the shuttering of their more than 2,300 congregations in that country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he was committed to working with U.S. President Donald Trump to advance peace efforts with the Palestinians and with the broader Arab world.

The Kitchen at Second Harvest Food Bank, located at 1234 E. Front St., will hold a spring break cooking camp for children ages 8-12 years old Monday, April 3- Thursday, April 6.

The Meet The Neighbors series, presented by SpokaneFāVS and the Spokane Interfaith Council, will continue this month with a chance to meet Spokane’s Hindu community.

The nationalistic sentiment evident since the presidential campaign, complete with calls for mass deportations, Muslim bans and economic nationalism, has led in recent months to intense media coverage of a clearly emboldened array of white supremacist groups across the country. It's a degree of attention that the groups seem to be enjoying.

A man was arrested in Israel on Thursday on suspicion of making dozens of hoax bomb threats against Jewish community centers in the United States, Australia and New Zealand over the past three months, police said on Thursday.