Jonathan Lis (Haaretz)
By Jonathan Lis (Haaretz)
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Fast Forward Bennett says Tel Aviv terrorist had accomplices, vows they ‘will pay a heavy price’
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission.Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Friday that the assailant who had carried out Thursday’s terror attack in Tel Aviv had accomplices, and pledged that they would “pay a heavy…
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Fast Forward ‘We’ll be on the right side of history’: Lapid says Israel will back UN vote condemning Russia
This story originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Monday that Israel will back a UN vote to condemn Russia for invading Ukraine. Lapid added that the United States “realizes that there are issues that require our consideration,” referring to Israel’s response to the Russia-Ukraine crisis. He…
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Fast Forward Some expect Israel-Hamas cease-fire on Thursday, though Netanyahu says fighting will continue “as long as necessary”
A senior Israeli political official said Tuesday night that “if there is no surprising turn of events,” a cease-fire with Gaza is expected on Thursday. But the fighting continued overnight, with two Thai workers at a Israeli factory killed by rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, and a Palestinian journalist reported killed in Gaza. But…
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Books Benjamin Netanyahu Says Packing Israel Prize Needed To Weed Out ‘Extremist’ Writers
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday addressed the clash over the Israel Prize for Literature and the makeup of the panel that awards it by saying that more extremist, anti-Zionist judges have been appointed in recent years. “The composition of the panel that selects Israel Prize laureates must be balanced and faithfully reflect the…
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Fast Forward ‘Racist’ Likud Campaign Ads Banned By Central Election Committee
The Central Election Committee on Thursday banned campaign ads used by Likud candidates in the Carmiel and Tel Aviv municipal elections, saying they were racist and offensive. Central Election Committee Chairman Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran ordered the candidates to stop the campaigns immediately, deeming them “racist and almost certain to hurt the feelings of…
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Fast Forward Israel Revives Funding Ban for Leftist NGOs
The Knesset is once again attempting to restrict foreign donations to certain nongovernmental organizations: MK Ayelet Shaked, chairwoman of the Habayit Hayehudi Knesset faction, submitted a new bill on this subject on Tuesday. According to the bill, groups that call for boycotting Israel or for indicting Israel Defense Force soldiers in international tribunals are among…
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Fast Forward ‘Prisoner X2’ Case Called ‘Extreme’ by Israel
Former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called the new ‘Prisoner X2’ case an “extremely severe incident” but maintained that Israel was acting within legal means. During a committee’s meeting Wednesday morning, Lieberman criticized publication of the affair, but added that such arrests are being supervised: “Following all the talk about prisoners X, Y and Z,…
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Fast Forward Israel Bill Would Put Judaism Above Democracy
An Israeli lawmaker on Monday submitted a highly controversial proposal that would make Judaism superior to democracy in the State of Israel, amending a previous bill that was tossed by the Knesset before the last general election. Coalition Chairman MK Yariv Levin (Likud) presented his formulation for a new Israeli basic law, one that obligates…
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