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Fast Forward An Israeli protest group is inviting strangers to debate politics in their sukkahs
'We want the public to learn and understand the issues at play here, and not just to learn how to protest,' one of the initiative’s leaders said
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Art Haunting, poignant, unsettling, riveting — images from the precarious lives of artists in a diverse Israeli city
The art in 'Tales and Textiles' at JCC Manhattan reflects divergent backgrounds and similar experiences
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Fast Forward Five Jews arrested on suspicion of spitting at Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City
Jerusalem's police chief established a special investigation to look into the rise of hate crimes against Christians in the Old City
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Fast Forward Israeli minister holds Sukkot prayer service in Saudi Arabia amid warming ties
Shlomo Karhi is the second Israeli minister to attend a conference in the Saudi capital in as many weeks
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Culture Why there’s nothing normal about Israel normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia
As Hans Morgenthau and Hannah Arendt would remind us, choosing the lesser of two evils still means choosing evil
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Fast Forward Israeli government cuts support to mental health organizations by 70%
The funding cuts will hurt roughly 15 organizations that played an important role during COVID, but with the coronavirus pandemic gone the Health Ministry says it no longer has the need to fund them
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Fast Forward Trump frustrated when told he couldn’t leverage US aid to Israel for peace deal, book claims
‘I was told there’s no connection,’ the former Republican president gasped during a dinner with American journalists in 2017
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Politics As Democrats urge Menendez to resign, pro-Israel PACs stand by him
AIPAC and NORPAC said they are acting out of appreciation for the New Jersey senator’s support for Israel
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