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Fast Forward Israeli Man Charged in U.S. With Selling Arms to Iran Arrested
An Israeli man charged in the United States with selling arms to Iran was arrested at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport. The man was arrested Monday at the request of the United States and reportedly was attempting to flee the country. He is expected to be extradited to the U.S., where he will be charged…
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Opinion Making Fun of Haredim — Bad for All Israelis
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest plans to enlist them in the Israeli army / Getty Images When it comes to off-the-cuff remarks, we all know that stuff happens. Jokes are made that blur the boundaries of decency, people get offended, and apologies are (sometimes) made. And when it comes to broadcast media dependent on audience share, the…
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Opinion Even Lefties Should Support David the Nahlawi
Israeli soldiers support a comrade punished for pointing a gun at a Palestinian teenager. / Facebook We should all be with David the Nahlawi. Yes, I am talking about the 19-year-old Israeli soldier who pointed a gun and cursed at Palestinian youths in Hebron. Yes, I know that the brass knuckles one of his antagonists…
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Opinion No, Kerry, ‘Apartheid’ Isn’t On Israel’s Agenda
Palestinian supporters of Hamas attend a rally in the West Bank / Getty Images Employing the term “apartheid” — a word that conjures up the evils of both colonialism and racism in South Africa — to describe Israel’s future if peace with the Palestinians isn’t reached is nothing but a canard. Within the 1967 lines,…
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The Schmooze Fox vs. NBC Fight Heads to Holy Land
Breaking news: Fox is mad at NBC. Again. This time, the network has taken the fight to the Holy Land, calling Israel a “third-world country without clear regulations,” because the country’s willingness to fund NBC projects over Fox ones. According to Haaretz, NBC will receive up to 22 million shekels ($6.4 million) in funding from…
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Opinion If It Quacks Like Apartheid
Palestinian protesters near Israel’s separation wall in 2013 / Getty Images After getting verbally pistol-whipped for merely suggesting that Israel was sliding head first down the slippery slope to apartheid, Secretary of State John Kerry quickly realized that Israel can’t handle the truth. He backpedaled so fast, he broke Lance Armstrong’s record. While Kerry took…
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Opinion Eretz Niagara Falls
If there was an autonomous Jewish homeland in Grand Island, N.Y., near Niagara Falls, what would it look like? This idea seems surreal today. But it was exactly what Mordechai Manuel Noah, one of the most influential Jews in the United States in the early 19th century, advocated. Noah named his utopian vision of Jewish…
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The Schmooze 34 Things Justin Timberlake Can’t Live Without on His Trip to Israel
If you’re heading to Israel this summer (or already live there), you’re in for quite a concert lineup. The Rolling Stones, The Back Street Boys and Justin Timberlake have all announced tour dates in the Holy Land over the coming months. But before the first note is played, some demands must be met. Ynet has…
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