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Netanyahu’s parting gift to Trump — a new embassy plot — is an empty gesture
On the day President Donald Trump faced his second impeachment, he received a gift from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: a tract of Jerusalem land.
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Experts dismiss Israeli drive to vaccinate world’s Holocaust survivors as political stunt
Critics blast plan to vaccinate all Holocaust survivors
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Growing numbers of Yom Kippur War veterans are seeking PTSD treatment
A growing number of 1973 veterans are seeking PTSD treatment
‘I’m considered a traitor.’ Orthodox Jewish Biden voters are feeling the heat
Some of the most moving conversations I have had recently were with voters who left their political home on the right, including Orthodox Jews, and voted for Joe Biden. Why did their stories make such an impression on me? Their reasons for rejecting Trump weren’t unusual. They eschewed his character, his policies, his populism and divisiveness, his cruelty towards the oppressed or weaker groups in America – just like most voters who rejected Trump.
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Israel in talks with Pfizer after it announces major progress on coronavirus vaccine
Although deals were struck with other producers, Pfizer could still meet Israel’s relatively small demand of 2 to 4 million vaccine doses.
Trump who? Israelis are less attached to Trump than you think
On November 9, 2016, on about three hours of sleep, I wandered shocked and unkempt out to my Jerusalem neighborhood, where other residents were going about their day unaware an election had taken place, and fairly disinterested.
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Plan to name former right-wing politician to head Yad Vashem enrages Holocaust survivors
Opponents decry candidate Effi Eitam, as a ‘lightning rod’ for ‘haters of Israel, unsuited to sensitive post at Holocaust authority
Right-wing, ultra-Orthodox parties accused of plotting ‘takeover’ at World Zionist Congress
World Zionist Congress scheduled to vote on agreement that would strip non-Orthodox movements and center-left parties of positions of power.
Israeli kibbutz changes its name to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg
When I was studying Hebrew and working at Kibbutz Ramat Hashofet, back in 1977, I was always a little envious of the volunteers down the road at Kibbutz Ein Hashofet, southeast of Haifa.
From camel milk cosmetics to AI: Israelis jump at UAE and Bahrain opportunities
Israelis jump at UAE and Bahrain business opportunities
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