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Fast Forward ADL chief compares ‘radical left’ critics of Israel to right-wing extremists
‘These radical actors indisputably and unapologetically denigrate and dehumanize Jews,’ says ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt, singling out groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine.
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Fast Forward Major U.S. Jewish groups urge Biden: Welcome Ukrainian refugees ‘without further delay’
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Major U.S. Jewish establishment organizations urged U.S. President Joe Biden to rescue and welcome, at a minimum, Ukrainian refugees with close family ties in the United States without further delay. In a letter sent Friday spearheaded by the Conference of Presidents of Major…
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Fast Forward Elizabeth Warren at J Street: Israeli opposition must stop infighting to oust Netanyahu
WASHINGTON – Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has poorly served Israel’s long-term strategic interests, sharply criticizing him for driving Israel to political crisis as a means to protect himself from criminal charges. “He has precipitated four stalemate elections in two years in his frenzied effort to immunize himself from well-documented…
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Fast Forward Secretary of State nominee Blinken to cite family’s Holocaust horrors in confirmation hearing
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State-nominee Antony Blinken will open his confirmation hearing on Tuesday by discussing how his family’s experiences in the Holocaust inform his worldview. Blinken released his opening statement to the public in advance of his appearance before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which is overseeing the hearing on Tuesday afternoon….
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The latest chapter in the Chicago Dyke March controversy unfolded late last week after the group walked back its use of the term “Zio,” a pejorative brought into prominence by former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke and often deployed by white supremacists. The group had tweeted “Zio tears replenish my electrolytes” to mock concerns about…
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