Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward Protests and strike rock Israel as future of Netanyahu’s judicial reforms falls into doubt
Thousands of protesters blocked Tel Aviv’s main highway Sunday night, filling lanes that are usually clogged with traffic and lighting a bonfire on the asphalt.
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Fast Forward Netanyahu vows more active role in Israel’s judiciary fight following a day of tense protests
Netanyahu’s speech came soon after lawmakers passed a law that shields him being removed from office on court order
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News ‘The gun is on the table’: Both sides of Israel’s debate say that a constitutional crisis is coming
Israelis are facing the prospect of a dramatic breakdown in their 75-year-old democracy
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Fast Forward Avi Mayer, prominent pro-Israel activist, named editor of the Jerusalem Post
Mayer is perhaps best known for his presence on Twitter, where he has more than 140,000 followers
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Fast Forward Asaf Zamir, Israel’s top diplomat in NY, summoned to Jerusalem after implicitly criticizing judicial overhaul
Meanwhile, Zamir’s wife Maya Wertheimer appeared in a provocative pro-democracy show to kick off Tel Aviv Fashion Week
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Fast Forward Former US marine seriously injured in West Bank shooting attack in Huwara
The attack comes three weeks after two Israeli brothers, Hallel and Yagel Yaniv, were killed in a previous shooting attack while driving on the same road in Huwara. Following that attack, dozens of Israeli settlers rioted in the village
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Fast Forward Anti-Jewish incidents jumped nearly 20% in 2021, FBI finds
Overall, the report showed a total of more than 10,800 total hate crimes — the highest number in decades
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Fast Forward After naming its terms for a normalization deal with Israel, Saudi Arabia restores relations with Iran
The two developments have created a complex picture for Israel, whose prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has publicly sought a normalization deal with Saudi Arabia
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Fast Forward Margot Stern Strom, who founded pioneering Holocaust education program Facing History, dies at 81
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די פֿאַרזאַמלטע האָבן זיך באַטייליקט אין אַ קאָנקורס צו פֿאָטאָגראַפֿירן וויפֿל מינים פֿייגל זיי קענען במשך פֿון אַ מעת־לעת
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