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The Schmooze Dr. Oz Goes to Israel
(JTA) — Dr. Mehmet Oz sat down to talk with JTA on the Tel Aviv coast last week, but what he really wanted to do was go to the beach. Oz, the surgeon and well-known TV personality, was in Israel for the first time and had a packed itinerary. He traversed the country from the…
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Fast Forward Israel’s High Court Will Rule on a Petition Against Releasing Palestinian Prisoners
The High Court of Justice was asked on Wednesday to reject a petition to overturn a government decision to release 104 Palestinian prisoners. In a response to a petition filed by the Almagor Terror Victims Association against freeing the prisoners, many of whom were responsible for terror attacks that killed and maimed Israelis, the State…
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Fast Forward Israeli Energy Firm Plans To Bring Gas Pipeline To Middle East Countries
JERUSALEM — An Israeli energy company announced plans to export natural gas via pipelines through Turkey and other countries in the Middle East. The Delek Group, the parent firm for several energy and gas exploration companies, said in its new prospectus that it plans to export some of the newly discovered natural gas off the…
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Fast Forward If I’m Racist ‘So Is Israel,’ Embattled Mayor Declares
Over the past few days, many people have been calling me a racist. Sometimes they also call me a Nazi, a bully or even Hitler. One need only look at the comments on Haaretz’s website to put me before a firing squad. What’s my crime? What act of bullying did I commit? I made a…
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Fast Forward Four IDF Soldiers Wounded in Blast on Lebanon-Israel Border
JERUSALEM – An explosion at the border with Lebanon wounded four Israeli soldiers on Wednesday, and the Lebanese Army said the troops were inside Lebanese territory when the blast occurred. The incident, in an area known for having land mines, did not appear to herald any surge in tension along a frontier that has been…
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Fast Forward 4 Israeli Soldiers Wounded in Blast Near Lebanese Border
Four Israeli soldiers were wounded on Wednesday in an explosion on the border with Lebanon, a military spokesman said. The troops were involved in “an activity near the border”, the spokesman said, without providing further details of the circumstances of the blast. They were taken to hospital. Israeli forces routinely patrol the frontier with Lebanon,…
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The Schmooze Meet the No. 2 Israeli on Facebook
For her 30th birthday, Meytal Cohen is achieving every struggling artist’s dream — she’s sticking it to her family. On August 9th, Cohen’s Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for an original album will come to a close. With only three days to go, she has almost doubled her $60,000 goal and has 2,519 backers. But…
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Culture New Research by Israeli Scientists Shows Imprints of Brain Activity
It is well known that the patterns of activity in the human brain change according to the different tasks that people are performing. But could it be that an imprint of these patterns remains on the brain hours and even days later, like footprints in the sand? At the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot,…
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