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Opinion Syria Chemical Attack Underlines Need for Israel Shift on Non-Conventional Weapons
The list includes North Korea, Syria, Angola — and Israel. Needless to say, a democracy like Israel would rather not be grouped together with a rogue’s gallery of outlaw states and authoritarian regimes. Yet that is exactly where Israel finds itself alongside the handful of nations that have not ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)….
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Fast Forward ‘Homeland’ Pulls Out of Filming in Israel, Citing Syria Conflict
Parts of the third season of the television series “Homeland” will not be filmed in Israel as originally planned. The filming was switched to Morocco due to concerns over the uncertain situation in Syria, according to Ynet. The show’s producers in Israel were told of the decision over the weekend, the news site reported, citing…
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Opinion Victory for African Immigrants in Israel?
Will the doors of Israel’s detention centers really open, allowing illegal immigrants to walk free? According to today’s High Court ruling, this is exactly what should happen over the coming weeks. Israel’s High Court has just struck down a controversial law that allows the state to detain illegal immigrants for up to three years. Judges…
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Fast Forward Anti-Immigrant Law Struck Down by Israel High Court
An expanded Israeli panel of nine High Court of Justice judges has unanimously voted to strike down controversial legislation that allowed Israel to detain illegal migrants for three years without trial. The judges ruled that the amendment to the Law for Prevention of Infiltration is unconstitutional and violates the right to liberty. The amendment went…
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Fast Forward Israeli Transgender Man Recognized as Child’s ‘Father’ in Same-Sex First
Israel’s Interior Ministry has recognized the two biological fathers of the same baby. The baby is the son of Yuval and Matan Topper-Erez. Yuval Topper-Erez, the first Israeli transgender man to get pregnant, gave birth to the baby in December 2011. The Interior Ministry at first refused to recognize Matan as the baby’s biological father,…
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Fast Forward Did Benjamin Netanyahu Suggest Cutting Deal With Russia on Syria?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged John Kerry to talk to Russia about a deal to destroy Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons. The Wall Street Journal, citing American and Middle Eastern officials briefed on the exchange, reported Monday that Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke about the issue on Sept. 11. During…
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Opinion The Yom Kippur When I Lost My Faith
It is a bit strange to write this, but the Six Day War was, for me, an extension of high school. At school we learned about the War of Independence and its many battles. Each Memorial Day, I was the one who read to the students the sad poems about the fallen soldiers. I was…
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Fast Forward Kerry Reassures Netanyahu on Bid To Rid Syria of Chemical Weapons
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry assured Israel on Sunday a U.S.-Russian deal to remove Syria’s chemical weapons would be effective, addressing concern that a lack of resolve would embolden Iran in its nuclear drive. “We cannot have hollow words in the conduct of international affairs, because that affects all other issues, whether Iran or…
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