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Fast Forward Netanyahu: U.S. Must ‘Seize The Opportunity’ Of Trump’s Iran Deal Moves
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the Middle East policy community to do what it could to “seize the opportunity” presented by President Donald Trump when he decertified Iranian compliance with the nuclear deal. “President Trump has created an opportunity to fix the grave flaws of the JCPOA,” Netanyahu said Sunday during a…
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Fast Forward Non-Orthodox Jews Will Disappear In Two Generations, Netanyahu Tells Aides
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told advisers that non-Orthodox Jews will disappear from the United States within two generations because of assimilation and low birthrates, Israeli media has reported. The right-wing newspaper Makor Rishon reported Friday that Netanyahu had made those remarks and thinks Israel should prepare accordingly. Israeli Ambassador to the United States…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Not Allow Iran To Entrench Itself In Syria, Netanyahu Warns
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned in a video statement that Israel would not allow Iran to gain a foothold in Syria, hours after reports that Israel had struck an Iranian military installation near Damascus. “Let me reiterate Israel’s policy: We will not allow a regime hell-bent on the annihilation of the…
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Fast Forward Did Netanyahu Say Reform Judaism Will Die Within 50 Years?
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied that he said in closed talks that Reform Judaism in the United States would disappear within two generations due to assimilation. Netanyahu’s bureau said the reports, which appeared Friday in the Makor Rishon daily, were “inaccurate and do not reflect the Prime Minister’s views.” But Makor Rishon’s…
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Community Israel’s Insidious Plan To Collect Student Data Was Bad News For Jews
A version of this article originally appeared in New Voices. Picture Naftali Bennett and Bibi Netanyahu meeting in a dark basement under the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and, by the light of a single candle, recommitting themselves to a secret plan to win the hearts and minds of impressionable American youths. This is how I…
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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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