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Opinion Debating Zionism is good for Jews, actually
People offended by student objections to a JTS commencement speaker are taking the wrong lessons from our history
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
Two opposing letters are circulating among undergrads at the college, a bastion of Israel support
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Fast Forward IDF suspends unit that detained CNN crew in the West Bank, as Herzog condemns settler violence
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he expects Israel to act against the violence.
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Fast Forward Arrests and clashes with police as Australians protest Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s Sydney visit
Herzog visited the site of the Bondi massacre on Monday
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Fast Forward Hecklers urge Israel’s president to pardon Netanyahu at American Zionist Movement conference in NYC
Right-wing delegates confronted Isaac Herzog, who said he was invited to discuss the challenges facing Zionism in America
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Fast Forward Netanyahu says he is formally seeking the pardon Trump requested on his behalf
Netanyahu said the move would bring healing to a fractured Israel
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Fast Forward Trump formally requests pardon in Israeli legal system for Benjamin Netanyahu
Trump’s letter represents a once-unusual insertion of the White House in Israeli domestic politics
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