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Fast Forward Top leaders resign from Friends of the IDF amid internal reckoning
The leadership change comes after donors retreated amid concerns from within the group supporting Israeli soldiers
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Fast Forward Tucker Carlson calls for stripping citizenship from Americans who served in the Israeli army
Carlson also accused Jeffrey Epstein of Mossad ties and slammed deportations of pro-Palestinian activists
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News Friends of the IDF in crisis after internal report alleges financial abuse and toxic culture
The U.S.-based charity has raised hundreds of millions of dollars by promising to meet the emergency needs of Israeli soldiers during the war in Gaza
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Fast Forward 7 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza, in grim reminder that one war’s end leaves another grinding on
The seven men killed were all combat soldiers between 19 and 21
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Fast Forward Israeli army fires deputy commander after finding ‘operational errors’ in killing of 15 Gazans
The army rejected the idea the bodies of those killed in the March 23 incident had been mishandled.
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Opinion Hidden in the IDF’s damning report on its Oct. 7 failures, a stark story of political disarray
Military leaders have taken accountability. When will political leaders do the same?
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Fast Forward Some Israeli soldiers traveling abroad are facing war crimes inquiries over their Gaza service
Anti-Israel activists have built cases against scores of soldiers based on their social media posts
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Fast Forward IDF loosened rules of engagement after Oct. 7, fueling high death toll in Gaza: Report
A New York Times story comes as Israelis debate allegations of misconduct by troops and their higher-ups
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