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Opinion The Right Plan To Save Jews?
Americans donate about $1.4 billion to Israel-related charities each year. Now the government of Israel is asking for more. And, at the same time, it wants to send some money our way. In the next few weeks, the Netanyahu government and the Jewish Agency for Israel are supposed to announce the framework for what’s being…
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Opinion Seeking Salvation? Dial 1 for Baruch Goldstein
Right-wing activist Baruch Marzel wipes his eyes at the grave of Baruch Goldstein. / Getty Images These days, you can order almost anything by phone. Books. Movies. Food. Sex. Salvation? Sure, why not. Salvation. And not just any old kind, but the kind you can only get by virtue of an appeal to one of…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Hangs On as King of Coalition of Rivals
(JTA) — In the lead-up to last year’s Knesset elections, the pro-settlement Jewish Home party released a controversial ad showing party chairman Naftali Bennett smiling alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The message was clear: Netanyahu will be prime minister, but a vote for Jewish Home would give Bennett what he called “a hand on…
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Life Sara Netanyahu, Israel’s Marie Antoinette
Haaretz Illustration (Haaretz) — Oh, Sara, Sara, Sara. First there was your nanny way way back in 1996 – a young South African girl named Tanya Shaw, who told the press that you were a nutty clean freak, a screaming shrew and accused you of firing her on the spot for committing the sin of burning…
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Fast Forward Saudis Block Jerusalem Post Reporter Michael Wilner From Covering Obama Trip
The White House on Tuesday said it was “deeply disappointed” that Saudi Arabia had denied a visa to a U.S. citizen working for Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post to cover President Barack Obama’s trip to the kingdom later this week. Saudi Arabia does not recognise Israel, but has said it is willing to change that…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv Council Votes To Allow Shops To Stay Open on Shabbat
Tel Aviv’s city council has approved an amendment that would allow a limited number of grocery and convenience stores to remain open on Shabbat and holidays. The amendment was approved by the municipality on Monday. It still must be approved by the country’s Interior Ministry. It is illegal in Israel to open retail businesses on…
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Fast Forward Jimmy Carter Says No to Israel Boycott
Former President Jimmy Carter said he would not endorse a boycott of Israel but encouraged nations to make clear which Israeli products originated in West Bank settlements. “We decided not to publicly endorse any kind of embargo, or so forth, against Israeli invasion, or occupying troops in Palestine,” Carter told The Associated Press on Monday,…
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Fast Forward U.N. Human Rights Chief Slams Israeli Settlements
The building of Israeli settlements and attacks by settlers on Palestinians are a major source of much abuse of rights in the occupied territories, the United Nations’ top human rights official said on Monday. Human Rights High Commissioner Navi Pillay also expressed concern at a recent surge in violence in and around the Gaza Strip…
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