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Fast Forward Four 1,900-year-old Roman swords in near perfect condition found in cave near Dead Sea
The swords, three with their iron blades still in their scabbards, may have been hidden in this remote cliffside crevice by Jewish rebels during the Bar Kochba revolt
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Fast Forward NYC Mayor Eric Adams, refusing to pick a side, says Netanyahu and protesters both ‘love Israel’
Adams spoke to Jewish leaders ahead of the High Holidays and following Israel trip
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Fast Forward Border police officer lightly wounded in West Bank attack, Palestinian assailant shot dead
According to the Israel Police, a Palestinian shot at the soldiers, who returned fire and killed him
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Fast Forward Jack Lew, Orthodox Jew who led US Treasury, is Biden’s pick for Israel ambassador
Joe Biden wants to make history by establishing formal Saudi-Israel ties, and Jack Lew may be the ambassador who helps him get there
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Fast Forward Netanyahu reportedly in talks to compromise on judicial overhaul
Sources say an 18-month freeze on judicial coup bill being discussed
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Fast Forward ‘The overhaul opened their eyes’: Israeli youth publicly refuse draft
Over 200 Israeli high school students declared they will refuse to serve in the IDF 'due to the ongoing dictatorship in the occupied territories, and the developing dictatorship inside Israel'
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Books Biden decided to ‘smother Netanyahu with love’ during 2021 Gaza conflict, new book claims
Franklin Foer’s new book on Biden’s presidency includes a chapter that conveys his hesitancy to get tough with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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News ‘We don’t have another country’: Two teenage protest leaders question Israel’s future
For young Israelis who oppose the judicial overhaul, the protests feel personal — it's their future at stake
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Fast Forward Unarmed man who tackled Bondi Beach Hanukkah attacker identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed
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Opinion I grew up believing Australia was the best place to be Jewish. This Hanukkah shooting forces a reckoning I do not want.
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Fast Forward Father and son suspects in Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack identified as Sajid and Naveed Akram by law enforcement
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