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Fast Forward Trump Says He Will Visit Israel ‘Soon,’ Avoids Question About Military Aid
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump said he would visit Israel soon and dodged a question about whether the United States would continue subsidizing defense assistance to the Jewish state in an interview with an Israeli newspaper. “I’ll be there soon,” the presumptive Republican nominee told Israel Hayom in an posted Wednesday when asked about reports he…
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The Schmooze Reebok Rescinds Support for ‘Israel 68′ Sneaker — One Day After Promoting It
Reebok announced — and then quickly rescinded — plans to sell a special-edition sneaker commemorating Israel’s 68th birthday. On Tuesday, one day after Reebok Israel said it would market a blue-and-white sneaker engraved with “Israel 68” as a collector’s item for sale in Israel and internationally, the sportswear firm said the announcement had been made in…
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Fast Forward Israeli-American Soldier Killed in Stabbing Attack Awarded Bravery Medal
JERUSALEM — A dual Israel-American citizen killed in a West Bank supermarket terror attack was one of three Israeli soldiers honored by the Israel Defense Forces for bravery. Tuvia Yanai Weissman, 21, along with Sgt. Lihi Malka and Matan Shamir, was cited for thwarting a terror attack, the IDF announced Tuesday. The awards were approved…
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Fast Forward New Jersey State Senate Passes Anti-BDS Bill
The New Jersey Senate unanimously approved a bill that would require the state’s public worker pension fund to divest from companies that boycott Israel. The Senate passed the Monday. A similar bill in the state Assembly is in committee. The bill bars the state Division of Investments from investing the public workers’ $68.6 billion pension…
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The Schmooze Beyonce Rocks Israeli-Designed Dresses on New World Tour
JERUSALEM — Beyonce is wearing a line of dresses custom made by Israeli fashion designer Inbal Dror on stage during her new world tour. Dror, of Tel Aviv, posted photos on her Facebook and Twitter feed of the performer wearing her creations in a May 7 Houston show for the “Formation” tour, which started late…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Manchester Kosher Restaurant Set Ablaze in Suspected Arson
Police in Manchester, England, are investigating a suspected arson at a kosher restaurant. Security camera footage shows the kosher Ta’am Restaurant in Bury, 11 miles north of the city of Manchester, being doused with a liquid by two unidentified men before bursting into flames on Friday night, the Manchester Evening News Wednesday. No one was hurt in the incident….
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Fast Forward Trump Campaign Withdraws Support for White Supremacist Delegate
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s campaign withdrew its support for a white supremacist as one of its California delegates. William Johnson, the leader of the American Freedom Party, on May 9 signed a pledge to support the presidential candidate as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in July. In the story first by Mother Jones, Johnson…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Population 10 Times Larger Than at State’s Founding
The population of Israel has grown more than tenfold since the state’s establishment in 1948. In statistics released to coincide with Israeli Independence Day, which begins Wednesday night, the Central Bureau of Statistics that Israel has 8.52 million residents, compared to 806,000 in 1948. In the past year alone, Israel’s population has grown by 182,000, or…
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