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News War Games Depict History of Israel and Challenge Players To Win Conflict
It is October 1973, and the state of Israel is in mortal danger. To the north, Syrian tank columns have overwhelmed the handful of Israeli defenders on the Golan Heights. To the south, Egyptian troops have crossed the Suez Canal and are advancing through Sinai. You command the Israeli forces desperately mobilizing to meet the…
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Fast Forward Iran’s Foreign Minister: ‘Holocaust Is Not a Myth’
Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday that the “Holocaust is not a myth,” and that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei “rejects and condemns the killing of innocent people.” Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Javad Zarif was asked by host George Stephanopoulos about a statement appearing on the website of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, which refers in…
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Fast Forward Four Jewish Nationalist Teens Deface Christian Cemetery in Jerusalem
Four suspected Jewish nationalists were arrested for smashing headstones in a Christian cemetery near Jerusalem’s walled Old City on Sunday. The four men, two of whom were settlers from the occupied West Bank, were throwing concrete blocks at about 15 tombstones when they were caught by policemen who were nearby, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said….
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Fast Forward Technion Gets $130 Million Grant To Build Branch in China
The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Shantou University have landed a Chinese donor to establish a joint academic facility in China. The Technion Guangdong Institute of Technology is sponsored by the Li Ka-shing Foundation, which is giving $130 million for the institute, which is to focus on research and innovation in science, engineering and life…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Arrives in New York, Promises To Tell Truth About Rowhani
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to “tell the truth” during his visit to New York and Washington. “I will represent the citizens of Israel, our national interests, our rights as a people, our determination to defend ourselves and our hope for peace,” Netanyahu said Saturday night as he boarded a flight for the United…
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Fast Forward Alleged Spy for Iran Arrested in Israel as Bibi Arrives in New York
The Shin Bet security service arrested a Belgian citizen of Iranian birth accused of spying on Israel for Iran. The alleged spy was arrested at Ben Gurion Airport two weeks ago as he attempted to leave the country. A gag order on the arrest was lifted on Sunday. Alex Mans, who traveled to Israel three…
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News Germany’s Largest Jewish Organization Is at the ‘Edge of Chaos’
Germany’s largest Jewish communal organization, the Berlin Juedische Gemeinde, is nearly dysfunctional. “We are at the edge of chaos,” said Rabbi Josh Spinner, executive vice president and CEO in Berlin of the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation. “All the world’s Jews should care about this.” Claudia Keller, writing in the respected newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, observed that…
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Fast Forward Arabs Join Israel in Fretting Over Iran Thaw
On Thursday, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif, a Saudi diplomat turned to his Israeli counterpart. “What’s going on here?” he asked. “What do you make of all this?” Over the past week, similar conversations have taken place…
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