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Fast Forward IDF Rabbi Who Trashed Female Soldiers Goes On Leave
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The rabbinic head of a religious Zionist pre-military yeshiva in the West Bank who said the Israeli army drives female soldiers “crazy” and upsets their Jewishness has gone on an indefinite leave from his position. The Bnei David academy in the Eli settlement told Israel’s Channel 2, which first reported Rabbi Yigal…
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Fast Forward El Al Launches Nonstop Flight To Miami
(JTA) — El Al Israel Airlines will begin nonstop flights between Tel Aviv and Miami in November. It will be El Al’s sixth route in North America; the others are New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Boston and Toronto. Miami International Airport had been in talks with Israel’s national airline since February 2016 in order…
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Fast Forward Jewish Man Killed At West Bank Checkpoint Left Suicide Note
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Jewish man shot and killed at a West Bank checkpoint after charging at a female soldier while brandishing a knife left a suicide note. The Jewish man, 19, was shot and killed on Tuesday afternoon by Israeli security forces who felt their lives were in danger when they called on him to…
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Fast Forward Israel Withholds $1M To Protest UNESCO Vote On Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel will withhold $1 million in funds that it gives to the United Nations following the passage of a resolution that condemns Israel’s sovereignty in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday, a day after the vote by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, that he has instructed Foreign Ministry…
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Fast Forward New Zealand Reaches Out To Restore Ties With Israel
Recently appointed New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Gerry Brownlee contacted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an effort to restore diplomatic relations with Israel. Brownlee received his ministerial warrant on Tuesday, Israel’s Independence Day, and hours later wrote to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to get the relationship back on track. “I’ve sent a letter…
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Fast Forward Michael Solomonov Wins Foodie ‘Oscar’ As Top Chef
(JTA) — Israeli-born restaurateur Michael Solomonov was named outstanding chef — the top award in the profession — at the 2017 James Beard Foundation Awards, the culinary world’s equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards were presented Monday in Chicago. Solomonov, whose Philadelphia restaurant fiefdom includes Zahav, Federal Donuts and Abe Fisher, is often credited with…
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Fast Forward George Washington Students Vote 15-14 Against Israel Divestment
(JTA) — The student senate at George Washington University narrowly rejected a resolution calling on the university to divest from companies that do business with Israel. The vote by the Student Association Senate late on Monday night was 14 in favor, 15 against, and one abstention, the Washington DC-area university student newspaper The Hatchet reported….
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Fast Forward Israel Ousts Critical Dutch Journalist
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Citing an administrative technicality, Israeli authorities refused to extend the work visa of the Jerusalem-based reporter of a Dutch daily that is highly critical of the Jewish state. Derk Walters, who has been the main correspondent of the NRC Handelsblad daily in Israel and the Palestinian Authorities since 2014, has exhausted the…
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