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Fast Forward Georgia congressman says he was misunderstood after appearing to endorse antisemitic social media post
Following backlash, Republican Mike Collins posted that he had not meant to amplify antisemitism
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel Rep. Ritchie Torres left the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Or did it leave him?
Torres’ departure illustrates an identity crisis faced by pro-Israel Jews who identify as progressive but who now find themselves at odds with a movement they once embraced
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Politics Jamaal Bowman, losing favor among Israel supporters, teams up with Rashida Tlaib
Tlaib, one of Israel’s most vocal critics in Congress, has raised far more money than Bowman this year
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News Joe Biden is pressing Congress to send $14B to Israel. What is the emergency aid for?
Unlike Ukraine, which has made its need for U.S. funding clear, Israeli leaders have not publicly clamored for the aid
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Fast Forward Congressional committee issues subpoenas to Harvard, stepping up investigation into campus antisemitism
The subpoenas signal that the House investigation remains focused on discrimination against Jews and Israelis at Harvard
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Politics Why is an LGBTQ+ group asking candidates about Israel?
New York’s Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club says the questions on the Middle East are not litmus tests
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News Republican opposition to Israel aid is the latest headache for the pro-Israel community
“This new Republican Party will soon throw Israel under the bus,” said a spokeswoman for Nikki Haley
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Politics ‘Very foolish woman’: Trump berates Jewish Republican candidate for losing special election
Mazi Pilip, an Ethiopian Israeli, Orthodox Jew, refused to embrace Trump on the campaign trail
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Fast Forward CA Gov. Newsom says he regrets apartheid comment, ‘reveres’ Israel in new interview
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Fast Forward Israeli-American soldier Moshe Katz, killed in Lebanon rocket strike, laid to rest on Mt. Herzl
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Fast Forward A second poll of US Jews finds the same result: Most oppose the war in Iran
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News Their sons survived the battlefield but not their wounds. Now these Israeli mothers mourn together.
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Fast Forward IDF suspends unit that detained CNN crew in the West Bank, as Herzog condemns settler violence
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