Ben Harris
By Ben Harris
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Fast Forward HIAS Helps Reunite Syrian Family Split by Trump’s Muslim Ban
(JTA) — A Syrian family was reunited with help from the resettlement agency HIAS after the mother and her two daughters were temporarily prevented from traveling to the United States by President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration. Razan Alghandour and daughters, Hanan, 8, and Lian, 5, were reunited Thursday with their husband and father,…
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Fast Forward Iran Says Its Missiles Can Hit Tel Aviv in 7 Minutes
(JTA) — A senior Iranian official threatened immediate retaliation against Israel if it is attacked, warning that Iranian missiles can reach Tel Aviv in seven minutes. Mojtaba Zonour, a senior member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission and a former Revolutionary Guards official, made the remarks over the weekend to Iran’s Fars news…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv University Ranked Among Top for Wannabe Startup Moguls
(JTA) — A new study ranked Tel Aviv University among the top schools producing billion-dollar startups. According to the British marketing firm Verve Search, Tel Aviv ranks eighth in the world for training the founders of so-called unicorns, startup firms worth more than $1 billion. Stanford University topped the list with 51 alumni responsible for…
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Fast Forward Britain’s Theresa May Backs Two-State Solution in Meeting With Netanyahu
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in London for talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May, called for new sanctions on Iran following its test of a ballistic missile. In remarks before the two leaders met privately on Monday, Netanyahu said Britain should follow the example of the United States, which on Friday introduced new sanctions…
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Fast Forward Israel Bill To ‘Legalize’ Illegal Outposts Headed for Vote
(JTA) — A controversial bill that would legalize some settlements built on private Palestinian land is expected to be put to a final vote in the Israeli parliament. The so-called outpost bill is due to be brought to a final vote in the Knesset on Monday evening, the Times of Israel reported. Netanyahu, who was…
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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Back at Gaza After Rocket Attack
(JTA) — The Israeli Air Force attacked targets in the northern Gaza Strip following the firing of a rocket that landed in an empty field near the southern city of Ashkelon. The aerial attack on Monday came just hours after Israeli tanks shelled targets in Gaza, according to media reports. Both strikes came in response to…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Slams ‘Pernicious’ Israeli Occupation as Main Obstacle to Peace
(JTA) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry slammed Israeli settlements as obstacles to peace and counter to Israel’s long-term interests. In lengthy remarks from the State Department in Washington, Kerry presented a detailed critique of Israeli settlement policy in a speech billed as an effort to lay out a vision for achieving a two-state solution…
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Opinion That Time Shimon Peres Needed a Speech Written — and I Needed a Nap
(JTA) — It was 9 o’clock on a weekday evening and I was lounging around my Brooklyn apartment in pajamas when the call came summoning me to a Midtown Manhattan hotel. Shimon Peres needed a speechwriter; I was a speechwriter at the time for Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations. It was the fall of…
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