Jonathan Lis
By Jonathan Lis
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Fast Forward Progressive Democrats remove $1 billion Iron Dome funding from bill
An internal dispute within the ranks of the Democratic Party led on Tuesday to the removal of a provision granting $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system from a key funding bill. The removal came after behind-the-scenes pressure from several progressive Democratic lawmakers. The development led to sensational headlines about Democrats rejecting U.S….
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The Schmooze Tel Aviv Museum Ordered To Provide Arabic Signs
Crossposted from Haaretz Culture Minister Limor Livnat announced Wednesday that she had ordered the Tel Aviv Museum of Art to install signs in Arabic by the end of February, after a Haaretz probe last week revealed that half of the Israeli museums required to provide visitors with Arabic explanations fail to do so despite government…
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Fast Forward Knesset Holds Emergency Session Over Growing Protests
The Knesset has decided to break temporarily from its summer recess and hold a special session to discuss the growing social protests across Israel, at the request of the opposition parties. The session will take place either this Wednesday or on the following Monday. Some members of the opposition, are pushing to convene the meeting…
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News More Than 300,000 in Israel Protest High Cost of Living
Over 300,000 people marched together in the mass protest that took place across Israel on Saturday, according to police estimates. It was the third consecutive week of mass rallies across the country against the high cost of living and other social and economic inequities. Approximatley 300,000 people gathered in Tel Aviv, 20,000 participated in Jerusalem,…
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Fast Forward Shin Bet Arrests Terror Cell Suspects
Israeli security forces have arrested a terror cell belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, it was revealed Monday, which is suspected of planning to carry out several terror attacks in the Jerusalem area and to abduct an Israeli soldier. In a joint effort between Israel Police, the Israel Defense Forces and…
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Fast Forward Israel To Investigate Sex Abuse Allegations Against Religious-Zionist Rabbi Mordechai Elon
The attorney general yesterday instructed police to examine the sexual abuse allegations raised earlier this week against the prominent religious-Zionist Rabbi Mordechai Elon. The Knesset is expected next week to discuss a bill attributing criminal liability to rabbis who sexually harass persons seeking their counsel. The debate was scheduled several weeks ago, long before the…
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Fast Forward Eight Killed in Shooting Attack at Jerusalem Yeshiva
Eight people were killed and nine others were wounded Thursday evening when a terrorist infiltrated the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem, police said. A single terrorist infiltrated the yeshiva and began firing in every direction. He was shot and killed, police said. Three of the injured were listed as being…
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