Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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News Arab citizens in a Jewish state: What to know about Arab-Israelis as unrest sweeps the country
(JTA) — As Israel has begun yet another round of fighting with Hamas in Gaza, another conflict, inside the country, has caught some by surprise: clashes between Israeli Arabs and Jews. On Tuesday, in the central Israeli city of Lod, Arab protesters burned synagogues, shops and cars. Photos showed Torah scrolls salvaged from torched interiors,…
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Fast Forward ‘We’re watching a lynching’: Jewish crowd in Israel beats Arab man as country erupts in unrest
(JTA) — A video of a crowd of Jewish Israelis beating someone presumed to be an Arab in a Tel Aviv suburb on Wednesday night was broadcast live on Israeli TV as the country erupted in violence between Arabs and Jews. The incident in the coastal city of Bat Yam, caught by a camera operator…
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News As Gaza conflict escalates, here’s what American Jews think about Israel
(JTA) — On Tuesday, Israel found itself fighting what may be another war in Gaza. And American Jews are watching. Israel and Hamas, the militant group that governs the Gaza Strip, have already traded hundreds of airstrikes and missiles since Monday. Dozens of Palestinians and two Israelis have lost their lives — a number that…
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News The fighting in Gaza, Jerusalem and across Israel, explained
(JTA) — Rocket attacks in Israel. Airstrikes in Gaza. Violence in Jerusalem’s holiest sites. Protests across the city. It feels like Israel is in chaos. What is going on? And why is it happening now? Here’s what you need to know. What is happening in Israel right now? Is this another war? Not yet —…
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Fast Forward Did Netanyahu just lose? Here’s what happened Tuesday in Israeli politics.
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to form a government by the deadline imposed by Israeli law, thrusting the country into uncertain political territory yet again. This could mean that after more than 12 years as Israel’s prime minister, Netanyahu will have to leave office. But he’s been in this situation before…
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News University president accused of antisemitism was subjected to racism, NAACP report says
(JTA) — In the latest developments in an ongoing controversy at Linfield University over the firing of a tenured Jewish professor who accused the school of antisemitism, a report from the local branch of the NAACP found that the Oregon school’s president was subjected to racism at the school. In addition, the school’s president, Miles…
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Fast Forward Wisconsin to require Holocaust education starting in 5th grade
(JTA) — Students in Wisconsin will now be required to study the Holocaust at least twice between fifth and 12th grade. A bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Tony Evers mandates that lessons about the Holocaust and other genocides be included in social studies classes at least once between fifth and eighth grade, and again in…
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Fast Forward Iran’s judo team suspended from international matches until 2023 for refusing to face Israeli opponents
(JTA) — The Iranian national judo team was suspended from international competition until September 2023 for forfeiting matches against Israeli opponents due to a boycott. The decision extends an ongoing suspension of the Iran Judo Federation that began in 2019, according to a statement from the International Judo Federation. In March, the international group said…
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