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Opinion Bill De Blasio Takes Well-Worn Pro-Israel Path
Bill De Blasio and his family celebrate inauguration as New York mayor. Like predecessors at Gracie Mansion, liberal and conservative alike, Hizzoner is hewing a pro-Israel line. (JTA) — New York City’s new mayor, Bill de Blasio, drew some attention last week with his remarks at an American Israel Public Affairs Committee event. “Part of…
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Fast Forward Israeli Documentary on Hamas Spy Wins Audience Award at Sundance
An Israeli documentary about how the son of Hamas leader Hassan Yousef spent a decade as Israel’s top informer in the West Bank received a top honor at the Sundance Film Festival. “The Green Prince,” which premiered last week at the film festival in Utah, won the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary on Sunday….
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Fast Forward Fifteen Israeli Defense Computers Hacked by Email Virus
Hackers broke into an Israeli defence ministry computer via an email attachment tainted with malicious software that looked like it had been sent by the country’s Shin Bet secret security service, an Israeli cyber security firm said on Sunday. Aviv Raff, chief technology officer at Seculert, said the hackers earlier this month temporarily took over…
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Fast Forward Scarlett Johansson Stands by SodaStream, Response To Oxfam Criticism
Scarlett Johansson addressed criticism from the Oxfam aid organization over her role as a spokeswoman for SodaStream, which operates a factory in the West Bank. “I remain a supporter of economic cooperation and social interaction between a democratic Israel and Palestine,” Johansson, a Jewish-American actress who serves Oxfam as a global ambassador, said in a…
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Fast Forward Israel Grants Asylum to Two Eritreans Amid Mass Refugee Protests
Israel has granted political asylum to two Eritreans, its Interior Ministry said on Sunday, amid protests by thousands of other African migrants who accuse the Jewish state of denying them consideration as refugees. The ministry said the sanctuary decision was unconnected to censure of Israel, including from the U.N. refugee agency, of its treatment of…
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Israel News Orthodox Growth Tests Multiculturalism in Flashpoint Beit Shemesh
Beit Shemesh: A pessimist could call this city a vision of Israel’s future. The ultra-Orthodox represent, by far, the fastest-growing demographic in the Jewish state, and government statisticians expect their numbers to increase by anywhere up to 700% in the next half-century. Nobody knows what the full consequences will be if there is such rapid…
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Fast Forward New York Mayor Bill De Blasio Praises Israel at AIPAC Gala
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio reportedly praised Israel at a private gala event hosted by the pro-Israel group AIPAC in Manhattan. The new mayor, who took swept into office in a November landslide, told the group that “part of his job description is to defend Israel” and that it is “elemental to being an…
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Fast Forward Scarlett Johansson Defends SodaStream After Criticism Over Occupation
Scarlett Johansson has defended her decision to represent SodaStream, an Israeli company that operates in the occupied West Bank. The Hollywood starlet, who will appear in a Super Bowl ad for the controversial home beverage company, released a statement to the Huffington Post after coming under fire for speaking on behalf of the company. “While…
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