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Israel News Israel Under Fire Over ‘Restrictions’ on Palestinian Academics — But What Is Truth?
In May 2010, Noam Chomsky, the famed linguist and left-wing activist, showed up at Israel’s Allenby Bridge border crossing, seeking to enter the Israeli-occupied West Bank from Jordan. For hours, Israeli border police questioned Chomsky, who was planning to lecture at Birzeit, a Palestinian university near Ramallah. Then they turned him away. Chomsky, a Jew…
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Opinion ADL’s One-State Double Standard
Chile’s El Palestino soccer club recently raised the ire of pro-Israel groups when it decided to redesign its team jerseys, replacing the numeral one with a one-state map of Palestine. Because they show the entire map of Israel as Palestine, these jerseys effectively erase Israel, making it seem like the state doesn’t exist. In a…
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Fast Forward Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Is One of Israel’s Strongest Backers — But Why?
(JTA) — It took seven years, but one of Israel’s staunchest allies among world leaders will be making his maiden voyage to the Jewish state on Sunday. In announcing the trip last month at a Jewish National Fund dinner, where he was being honored, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper called Israel “a light of freedom…
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The Schmooze Michael Oren Joins CNN
Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to the United States, will be a contributor to CNN. “Michael will be joining CNN as a Middle East contributor,” a spokeswoman for Oren told JTA in a statement. Oren, a U.S.-born historian who served as ambassador from 2009 until September, now splits his time between Israel, where he…
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Israel News Israel Gets Poor Environmental Marks on Tu B’Shvat ‘Green Report Card’
(Haaretz) — Tu Bishvat, the so-called Jewish Arbor Day, what better time to examine the preservation of nature in Israel and compare it to the situation in other countries? To do this, we can turn to a new report issued by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, which will be presented in…
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Fast Forward Rep. Jim Moran, Liberal Critic of Israel, Plans to Retire From Virginia Seat
Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), a longtime congressman from northern Virginia who repeatedly clashed with pro-Israel and Jewish groups, is retiring. Moran, 68, told media Wednesday that he would not run again in his district, which comprises Arlington, Falls Church and parts of Alexandria and Fairfax County, because it has become strongly Democratic, , making his…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Wants To Keep More of West Bank — Hardens Stance
Israel’s prime minister has increased the amount of occupied territory he wants to keep after any peace deal with the Palestinians, state media reported on Thursday, a move that could complicate U.S.-backed efforts to reach an accord. Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman declined to comment on the report he had added a bloc of Israeli-settled land near…
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Fast Forward Israel Aid Back to $3.1B in New Budget
Funding to Israel was restored to its pre-sequester levels in the spending bill the U.S. House of Representatives passed. The bill keeps funding for Israel at $3.1 billion for 2014, the amount designated in a 2007 10-year memorandum of understanding that guaranteed Israel an average of $3 billion a year in assistance. The $1.1 trillion…
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