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Opinion For Africans in Israel, Time for Justice
Israel’s High Court of Justice struck down Israel’s practice of indefinitely detaining many non-Jewish African asylum seekers without due process in September. The unanimous court ruled that this detention policy violated Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty and ordered the government to assess the individual cases of the 1,750 detained asylum seekers for…
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Fast Forward Israel and European Union Reach Research Deal Despite Settlements
Israel struck a compromise deal with the European Union on Tuesday allowing it to join a prestigious EU scientific research project, Israeli government sources said, resolving a dispute over Jewish settlements in occupied territory. Israeli participation had been jeopardised by new EU guidelines unveiled in July effectively barring EU money from being allotted to Israeli…
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Fast Forward Israeli Defense Forces Kill Two Palestinians Planning ‘Terrorist Attack’
Israeli security forces killed two Palestinians that the Israeli military said were planning a terrorist attack. The Palestinians who were killed Tuesday in the Palestinian village of Yatta near Hebron were carrying explosive devices and guns, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. The IDF said their terror plan was to be executed in…
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Israel News AIPAC Holds Fire on Iran Nuclear Deal — Calls for Tougher Future Stance
In a carefully worded statement awaited by many observers, the main pro-Israel lobby focused more on pushing for a tough final agreement with Iran on its nuclear program than on blasting the United States and several other countries for signing an interim agreement with Iran that Israel has denounced. Even on the question of the…
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Fast Forward Israel Mother Fined $140 a Day for Refusing To Circumcize Son
The Jerusalem rabbinical court has upheld a ruling requiring an Israeli mother to circumcise her son or pay a fine of $140 a day until he has his brit milah. The court in its decision issued Sunday upheld the decision made by a Netanya rabbinical court on Oct. 29, which ruled that the mother must…
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Fast Forward Mega-Menorah Marks Milestone for Dutch — Jews and Christians Alike
(JTA) — In a windswept parking lot near the North Sea shore, Klaas Zijlstra stands motionless as he admires his latest creation. It’s the first time he is testing the 36-foot menorah he has spent weeks designing and building in the shape of a Star of David in his metal workshop in the northern tip…
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Fast Forward Congress Iran Hawks Back Off — for Now
(JTA) — They want to brandish a new stick against Iran, but hawks in Congress aren’t going to use it — yet. For all the disappointment they expressed following the deal on Iran’s nuclear program, skeptics in Congress appear to be willing to give the agreement brokered by the Obama administration space to breathe —…
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Israel News Ron Dermer Faces Big Challenges as Israel’s New Ambassador to the U.S.
Ron Dermer really had to hit the ground running. Before even getting a chance to unpack his bags and settle in, Israel’s new ambassador to the United States has been thrust into one of the toughest challenges an Israeli envoy can face: a major row between Jerusalem and Washington over Iran’s nuclear program, the issue…
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