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Fast Forward 5 things to know as Netanyahu’s corruption trial gets underway
JERUSALEM (JTA) — After more than three years of investigation, charges in three cases and three national elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will enter a Jerusalem courtroom Sunday for the start of his corruption trial. Netanyahu was indicted more than a year ago on three charges that you can read more about here. Two…
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Israel News Netanyahu, Gantz sign coalition deal to form government
Let’s start with the good news, for a change. If the coalition agreement signed by Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz on Monday night, a few minutes before the onset of Holocaust Remembrance Day, is ever implemented, Israel’s new government could theoretically be a vast improvement over its immediate predecessors. Replacing the xenophobic, nationalist, Netanyahu-dominated ultra-right…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu accused of breaking his own quarantine rules by having son at Passover Seder
Israel’s prime minister and president were criticized on social media Thursday for having Passover Seders with children who live outside their home – despite strict quarantine measures that banned such gatherings. The Israeli government ordered Jewish citizens to stay in their homes with no exceptions from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning, in order to stop…
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Israel News Savoring a last hour at the beach, as new coronavirus rules descend on Israel
When Israel announced its latest coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday afternoon, I immediately pulled on my sneakers and headed to the beach. I live in Jaffa, about 10 minutes by foot from the water, but the new rules — which were coming into effect two hours later — would only allow us to venture 100 meters…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu trial postponed after government closes courts over virus
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial in three corruption cases has been postponed by over two months, a district court announced on Sunday. The trial was set to begin on Tuesday. It has now been pushed back to May 24. In the very early hours of Sunday, Israeli Justice Minister Amir Ohana announced that emergency…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu surges but still just shy of power: Israel exit polls
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is likely to once again be the largest party in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, but still may fall just short of a governing majority, according to exit polls. Israel’s Channel 11 and 12 found that Likud (currently at 32 seats) is likely to get 36 or 37 Knesset…
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Israel News In third round of Israeli vote, Netanyahu and Gantz must expand electorate
It was supposed to be Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s big day, perhaps the push he needed to win the third round of Israel’s endless national election. He was standing next to President Donald Trump at the White House as Trump unveiled his much-awaited ‘plan of the century’ to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It included almost…
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Israel News On a sunny day in Tel Aviv, startup nation’s tech workers unfazed by data debacle
Days after the revelation that a massive election-related security breach exposed the private information of almost 6.5 million Israelis, Tel Aviv tech workers said that the incident exposed something else, too: the messy reality of “Start-up Nation,” when imperfect tech and incompetent politics collide. “It’s the Israeli story,” said tech consultant Eyal Moshe, who was…
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Yiddish „מײַן זינגען אויף ייִדיש האָט גאָרנישט צו טאָן מיט נאָסטאַלגיע““My singing in Yiddish has nothing to do with nostalgia“
חוה אַלבערשטיין האָט לעצטנס אַרויסגעלאָזט איר אויטאָביאָגראַפֿיע, וווּ זי באַשרײַבט די ראָלע פֿון ייִדיש אין איר רעפּערטואַר און אין איר לעבן
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