Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
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By Aiden Pink
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders: ‘It’s No Longer Good Enough For Us To Be Simply Pro-Israel’
The United States should rethink its policies toward Israel and the Palestinians, Sen. Bernie Sanders said in a Democratic primary debate on Wednesday. “It is no longer good enough for us to be simply pro-Israel,” Sanders said. “I am pro-Israel. But we must treat the Palestinian people as well with the respect and dignity they…
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Fast Forward Third Israeli Elections Likely As Liberman Slams Netanyahu And Gantz
Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Liberman announced Wednesday that his party would refuse to join a governing coalition led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or a minority government chaired opposition leader Benny Gantz, likely ensuring that a third round of elections will be held next March. “There is no chance. We will not join either…
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Fast Forward ‘My Parents Fled The Holocaust’: Sondland Cites Family In Impeachment Inquiry
United States Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland cited his family’s history fleeing the Nazis before World War II during his opening statement to the House of Representatives’s impeachment hearing on Wednesday. Sondland explained that being the child of German-Jewish refugees was formative for him. “Like so many immigrants, my family was eager for…
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Israel News Trump’s Shift On Israeli Settlements Won’t Swing Skeptical Jews In 2020
The Trump administration on Monday made its latest policy move that doubled as a bid for Jewish and Evangelical Christian votes ahead of next year’s election, declaring that they would no longer consider Israeli settlements “inconsistent with international law.” Monday’s announcement followed the transfer of the American embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, and the…
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Fast Forward Israeli Settlements No Longer Illegal According To U.S. State Department
The United States government no longer considers Israeli settlements inconsistent with international law, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday. The announcement, which was greeted with support from both Israeli government and opposition figures but harshly criticized by Arab leaders, is the latest example of the Trump administration shifting longstanding policies in ways that…
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Fast Forward Mayor Pete Was Totally ‘That Guy’ Posing At Holocaust Memorial
Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg was criticized on social media on Sunday after a 2017 photo was resurfaced that showed him posing at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial. is this….at the holocaust memorial in berlin…. pic.twitter.com/8bvmz9Zs7z — ben kesslen (@benkesslen) November 18, 2019 The photo, taken by his husband Chasten in 2016,…
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News Does An International School Operating In NYC Have A ‘No Israelis’ Policy?
One of the best institutions of higher education in the Arab world is violating American law by not letting Israelis sign up for its online courses, according to a complaint filed Friday to the New York City Commission on Human Rights. Israeli activist and attorney Yifa Segal said she was unable to sign up for…
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Fast Forward Police Arrest Teen For Chucking Eggs At Brooklyn Jews
The New York Police Department arrested a teenager for allegedly throwing eggs at Jews in Brooklyn, the New York Post reported Thursday. Mohib Haque, 18, was charged with three counts each of hate crime assault, hate crime harassment and hate crime aggravated harassment, plus one count of hate crime reckless endangerment. On Saturday evening, two…
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