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Fast Forward Hasidic Rabbis and Iran Imams Agree On One Thing: Zumba Is Very, Very Bad
Iran generated headlines around the world last week and sparked a vicious backlash after its government did the unthinkable: they made Zumba illegal. But, as Haaretz points out, the Muslim clerics who hope to purge Iran of “Zumba and any harmonious movement or body-shaking instruction” might find sympathy among their sworn enemies: ultra-Orthodox rabbis. Four…
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Community Should Israel Be Cozying Up To Iran?
One of the most prominent arguments for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians is that it would integrate Israel into the regional fabric and create a new alliance between the Jewish state and the remaining Arab states of the region that have no diplomatic relations with it. Already, Israel has shown tacit approval…
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Fast Forward Senate Passes New Iran Sanctions Bill 98-2
(JTA) — The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill that would impose new sanctions on Iran. The measure adding sanctions on Iran due to its ballistic missile program, support for terrorism and human rights breaches passed Thursday in a 98-2 vote. It complies with the Iran nuclear agreement reached in 2015, which put restrictions on…
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Fast Forward Congressional Committee Considers Enhancing Hezbollah Sanctions
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A congressional committee convened on Thursday consider enhancing sanctions targeting Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror group and Iranian ally. House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Ed Royce said the 2015 Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act was a good start, but needed enhancement as Hezbollah still remained a threat to Israel. “Part II of this…
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Community The Crucial Congressional Resolutions On Yemen You Haven’t Heard About
One of the year’s most crucial resolutions is about to go to a vote in the United States Congress, and the American Jewish community is missing it. For all of the conversations and debates in our community about Middle East issues, we rarely hear a word about Yemen. The most impoverished Arab-majority country, Yemen is…
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Fast Forward Arab Countries Are Turning On Qatar. What Does It Mean For Israel?
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Five Arab nations cut ties with Qatar on Monday, escalating a long-simmering competition for preeminence in the region into actions that could set the stage for war. Saudi Arabia, which is leading the charge, has cut off Qatar’s only land crossing – and what one Saudi-friendly estimate says is as much as 40…
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Fast Forward Hungarian State TV Shows Ayatollah Calling Soros ‘Evil Zionist-American’
(JTA) — Hungarian Jews condemned a public broadcaster’s airing of an allegedly anti-Semitic rhetoric against billionaire George Soros, and a state news agency’s silence about it. The main news program of the state MTVA channel aired on Wednesday the controversial rhetoric on Soros, who recently became the subject of hostile statements by Hungary’s top politicians…
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Fast Forward Senate Committee Approves New Sanctions On Iran’s Missiles
WASHINGTON (JTA) – A key Senate committee approved new sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missiles program after amending clauses that critics said could scuttle the Iran nuclear deal. On Wednesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the bill by a vote of 18-3. It was backed by the committee’s two leaders, Sen. Bob Corker, the chairman,…
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