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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Wants ‘Jewish State’ Law
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he would seek a new law declaring Israel a Jewish state, striking back against a Palestinian refusal to recognise that status in now-collapsed peace talks. “I will promote a Basic Law that will define Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people,” Netanyahu said in a speech…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldiers Mount Facebook Campaign for Accused Comrade — Get 80K Likes
Israeli troops, covering their faces to avoid punishment, have mounted an online campaign in support of a soldier whom they believe was jailed for pointing his gun at Palestinians who were arguing with him. The massive outpouring of support on Facebook was described on Thursday in front-page reports in the Israeli media as a sign…
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Fast Forward British Actor Bob Hoskins Dies at 71 Following Bout of Pneumonia
British actor Bob Hoskins, whose roles ranged from London gangsters to FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover and who starred opposite a cast of cartoon characters in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”, has died after a bout of pneumonia, his publicist said on Wednesday. He was 71. A statement issued on behalf of his wife Linda and…
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Music There’s No Storm in Sight But Clouds Loom for Israel as Peace Talks Collapse
With even the illusion of a peace process now dead, experts’ predictions of what will fill the vacuum range from a new intifada to continued peace and prosperity for Israel. Israel is, in other words, now on untested ground, and what the future holds is anyone’s guess. Still, some of those guessing about the new…
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News Donald Sterling Rant Reveals Archetype of Small-Minded Jew Hasn’t Quite Died
Several hours before Yom HaShoah solemnly commenced, the website deadspin.com released the fullest version yet of the secretly recorded conversations between Donald Sterling, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, and V. Stiviano, his ex-mistress. Their subject matter, Sterling’s antipathy toward black Americans, at one point veered in a remarkably timely direction. “Isn’t it wrong?” Stiviano…
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Music Basketball World Unites in Cheering Ban of Donald Sterling
The basketball world was united in their support for NBA Commissioner Adam Silver following his decision to ban Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life and fine him $2.5 million for racist comments. Past and present players and other team owners all voiced their approval after Silver effectively booted Sterling out of the game,…
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Opinion How Young Is Too Young for Shoah Education?
Getty Images Israel’s Education Ministry has left Israeli parents asking how young is too young when it comes to Holocaust education. Yesterday, on the Israeli Holocaust memorial day, Yom Hashoah, kindergartens began following a new government directive to teach the Holocaust. But is this really the right decision? First, it’s not just that every parent…
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Opinion Can ‘New Israel’ in Texas Solve Mideast Crisis?
Cowboy boots with Star of David / Congressional candidate Allan Levene (JTA) — With the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations floundering, it may, perhaps, be time to consider an entirely different kind of two-state solution. One that involves the State of Texas. Congressional candidate Allan Levene is proposing to cut the Gordian Knot of Middle East peace…
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