Andrew Tobin
By Andrew Tobin
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Fast Forward Israeli Firm Provides Drinking Water For India And Vietnam — From Air
TEL AVIV (JTA) — An Israeli company has signed deals to produce drinking water — by extracting it from the air — in India and Vietnam, two countries that have long faced shortages. Water Gen inked an agreement last week with India’s second largest solar company to produce purified water for remote villages in the country. Earlier,…
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Fast Forward Amid Israeli Election Chatter, 70% Want Right-Wing Rule
JERUSALEM (JTA) — With talk of elections in the air, a new survey found that 70 percent of Israelis want a right-wing or center-right government. According to the latest monthly Peace Index, published Tuesday by the Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University, only 24 percent of the country prefers a left-wing or center-left government. The survey included…
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Fast Forward ‘Entourage’ Star Adrian Grenier Hawks Passover Gifts Cards
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Adrian Grenier, best known as the star of HBO’s “Entourage,” returned to TV this week. In a Passover commercial for an Israeli gift card company, the actor clips on a white satin yarmulke and nails the guttural pronunciation of the holiday’s Hebrew name, Pesach. He then proceeds to dispense terrible gifts — including a rock replica, an ashtray…
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Fast Forward Arab Leaders Vow To Relaunch Mideast Peace Talks
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Arab leaders declared their willingness to help advance the two-state solution, signaling that Palestinian demands would have to be addressed before, not after, any regional embrace of Israel. The closing statement of the annual Arab League Summit, hosted by Jordan, said Wednesday that “peace is a strategic option” for its members. The Arab…
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Fast Forward Should Opposing The Occupation Get These Israeli Teens Out Of The Army?
TEL AVIV (JTA) – They’re both named Tamar. They’re both 19. And they both refuse to perform mandatory service in the Israeli army because of their opposition to Israel’s actions in the West Bank. But after back-to-back hearings at the Tel Hashomer army base Monday, the army deemed only Tamar Zeevi a conscientious objector. She…
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News Are Israeli Children At Risk From Iron Deficiency Due To Desalinated Water?
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s first-ever national survey of iodine levels in the population revealed widespread deficiencies, which could mean millions of children will not reach their intellectual potential. The survey, whose unpublished results were presented last week to endocrinologists in Ramat Gan, found that 62 percent of school-age children and 85 percent of pregnant women have iodine…
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Fast Forward Iran And Hamas Sanction US, Israel For Alleged Misbehavior
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel’s archenemies apparently couldn’t wait until April Fool’s Day. On Sunday, geopolitics got all “hafouch” as they say in this country. Iran reportedly imposed penalties on U.S. firms for working with Israel, and Hamas closed its border with the Jewish state. Typically, of course, it’s the other way around, with the United States…
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Fast Forward Israelis Cheer On Single Mom Lawmaker Raising Child With Gay Co-Parent
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israelis welcomed Knesset lawmaker Merav Ben Ari’s announcement that she gave birth to a baby girl, whom she has said she will raise with the baby’s gay father. Ben-Ari made the happy announcement on Facebook Sunday, the first day of the Knesset’s spring break. Alongside a photo of her holding Ariel, her first…
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