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Fast Forward Israel Awaits Verdict in Soldier’s Shooting of Helpless Palestinian
Last March, Sergeant Elor Azaria, a 19-year-old Israeli army medic deployed to the occupied West Bank, shot and killed a Palestinian assailant as he lay wounded and motionless on the ground after attempting to stab an Israeli soldier. The shooting, and the tense moments leading up to it, were captured on video by a Palestinian…
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Life The Politics of Drooling Over IDF Women
Thea Glassman has flagged an (inactive?) Instagram account, and noted, with regret, that no male equivalent (well, not on Instagram) exists. If so, it could be that for whichever reasons, societal ideals for male beauty skew a bit older: Sigh. Where was I? Oh yes: What to make, then, of the IDF-hotties genre? Pro-Israel, pro-military…
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The Schmooze Sizzling Pictures of Israeli Women Soldiers Heat Up Instagram
For those looking to warm up during these cold winter months, look no further than the Hot Israeli Army Girls instagram. The account, which has amassed 55,200 followers, features ridiculously photogenic female IDF soldiers posing both in and out of their uniforms. Mostly it’s bikini shots galore, but there’s also groups shots of the women…
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Fast Forward American F-35 Stealth Jets Arrive in Israel
JERUSALEM — Two F-35 stealth fighter jets touched down in Israel for a handover ceremony from their American pilots to their Israeli pilots. The planes arrived five hours late for the ceremony on Monday after being delayed in Italy due to fog. U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter was in Israel for the arrival of the…
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Life Hashtag Protests Against IDF Sexual Assault Case Inspire Backlash
With Brigadier General Ofek Buchris, an IDF officer convicted of multiple counts of sexual assault, set to receive a generous plea deal, many Israeli army veterans have taken to Facebook to protest. The most popular expression of protest entails individuals (men and women both) recounting minor infractions they engaged in while enlisted, such as unkempt…
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Israel News Military Service Is What Makes Israeli Men Modern-Day Methusalehs: Study
Israeli males can expect to live to older ages than almost any other men in the world. Israeli male life expectancy is 81 years, compared with the global male average of 68.8, according to a 2013 report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Now, an Israeli researcher has developed a surprising theory to…
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Israel News Israeli Couple Wins Right To Get Grandchild — Using Dead Son’s Sperm
After a protracted legal battle, an Israeli couple won the right to produce a grandchild using the sperm of their son, who died in a car crash while serving in the Israeli Navy four years ago. Irit and Asher Shahar plan to use a donor egg and surrogate mother to produce a son or daughter…
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Fast Forward IDF Chief Rabbi Nominee Says He Never Excused Wartime Rape
JERUSALEM — The nominee for chief rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces said in a deposition that he never believed rape during wartime is acceptable. Rabbi Col. Eyal Karim submitted a deposition on Wednesday to the Supreme Court, which had suspended his appointment and ordered him to clarify comments he had made a decade earlier that…
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Yiddish אַ פֿריִערדיקער גילגול פֿון בינעם העלערס באַרימט ליד „מײַן שוועסטער חיה“A previous version of Binem Heller’s iconic poem, ‘My Sister Khaye’
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BINTEL BRIEF I live in a Muslim country. Speaking out against antisemitism has left me isolated
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