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Opinion Benjamin Netanyahu firing Yoav Gallant is a staggeringly reckless decision
Israel’s defense minister gets the boot as Israel faces war and a diplomatic showdown with the US
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Fast Forward After Nagasaki snubs Israeli ambassador from A-bomb commemoration, G7 envoys decide they’ll skip too
Nagasaki mayor Shiro Suzuki said he wanted to ensure ‘a peaceful and solemn atmosphere’ at ceremony
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Fast Forward Chile and Colombia call home their ambassadors from Israel
“Chile has joined Bolivia and Iran in condemning Israel and omitting the horrible crimes suffered by its civilian population on October 7th," the Jewish Community of Chile group wrote in response
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Culture Why there’s nothing normal about Israel normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia
As Hans Morgenthau and Hannah Arendt would remind us, choosing the lesser of two evils still means choosing evil
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s Views On Foreign Affairs ‘Frightening’ To Diplomats
A conversation with presidential son-in-law/senior adviser Jared Kushner left a senior European diplomat frightened because of Kushner’s foreign policy views, Politico reported. The report cited a “leading European official who came to town last January looking for answers” about what the newly-elected President Trump’s foreign policy would look like. The diplomat said that Kushner, who…
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Yiddish World In Defense of Israeli Ambassador to Poland Anna Azari
To the Editor: It was quite astonishing to read Jacob Weitzner’s criticism of the work of Israeli Ambassador to Poland Anna Azari in “The Israeli Embassy in Poland Can do More to Win Friends for Israel” (July 26, 2017). His judgement of her performance is neither fair nor complete. Ambassador Azari not only participates in…
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Fast Forward South Africa May Downgrade Ties With Israel Over Palestinian Issue
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party is calling for the downgrading of the country’s embassy in Israel to signal displeasure with the occupation of the Palestinian territories. The move would “send a strong message about Israel’s continued illegal occupation of Palestine and the continued human rights abuses against the peoples of Palestine,” read a…
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