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Opinion What Sort Of Israel-Arab Peace Are Jared Kushner And The Saudis Cooking Up?
Nobody outside the tight-lipped circle of principals knows what’s in the Trump administration’s planned Israeli-Palestinian “deal of the century.” But there are hints and rumors, and a coherent picture seems to be emerging. And based on what’s emerging, it looks like it’s going to be a letdown. The plan is being drafted primarily by presidential…
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Culture How Photographer Bonnie Geller-Geld Captures Luminous Moments of Humanity
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Judging by her portfolio, Bonnie Geller-Geld is a little like the character in Woody Allen’s “Zelig” who has a knack for inserting himself into life’s big moments. She was on the scene with her Canon DSLR in 1988 when Leonard Bernstein took a bow at his 70th…
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Fast Forward Police Interview Netanyahu For 6th Time In Corruption Probe
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police officers on Sunday questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the sixth time in a corruption probe, Israeli media reported. Police investigators arrived by car in late afternoon to Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem where past interrogations have taken place, and disappeared behind security gates. Police and Netanyahu’s office declined to…
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Fast Forward Mexico Says It Will Stop Voting Against Israel At U.N.; Bibi Says ‘Gracias’
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted a message of gratitude to Mexico following its announcement that it would not vote against the Jewish state in upcoming votes at the United Nations. “Thank you President of Mexico @EPN and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Videgaray for refusing to go along with one…
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Israel News Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg Snubbed For ‘Jewish Nobel’ — And Was Bibi Behind It?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently received a lifetime achievement award from a major Jewish philanthropic group. The group, the Genesis Prize Foundation, is best known for its Genesis Prize, often called the “Jewish Nobel.” This year, Natalie Portman received the prize. But a report in Haaretz is claiming that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stopped the…
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Community Birthright’s Move To Exclude Arab-Israelis From Its Narrative Is A Crisis — And Here’s How We Fix It.
Birthright Israel’s education department recently announced that all providers of its signature 10-day trip to Israel for young Jews must stop including meetings with Israeli Arabs in their programming. The move has hit a nerve. It has brought out the raw feelings surrounding the funders of the program, those who safeguard the educational content and…
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Opinion Avi Gabbay Is #Winning: Israel’s New Political Dynamo Plays For Keeps
Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! Avi Gabbay wants you to know that he is a different kind of Labor Party leader. The newly-elected head of Israel’s oldest and arguably most troubled political party sat down with me for…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Vows ‘No Free Gifts’ In Hardline Message To Hamas On Body Swaps
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to push a hard line with Hamas to bring home the bodies of Israelis being held in Gaza. Netanyahu made the remarks on Monday during a construction agreement ceremony in the city of Migdal HaEmek in northern Israel. “The government has two roles: to protect the…
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