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Opinion Anti-Israel Gay Group Stirs Toronto Controversy
They’re back! And just in time for Toronto’s Gay Pride parade on Sunday, June 30. Who’s back? None other than Canada’s most high profile anti-Zionist gay organization — Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA). Formed by Toronto LGBT activists on the platform that Israel exists as an apartheid state and oppresses Palestinians — including LGBT Palestinians…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Ready To Give 90% of West Bank Back to Palestinians: Report
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be willing to withdraw from most of the West Bank and evacuate numerous settlements as part of an agreement with the Palestinians, as long as his security demands were satisfied, a senior cabinet minister from Netanyahu’s Likud party told Haaretz. The senior minister, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Launches New Bid for Mideast Peace
Secretary of State John Kerry’s drive to revive Middle East peace talks hit familiar warning signals on Thursday as Israel’s prime minister stressed security needs and a Palestinian negotiator denounced Israeli settlement building. Kerry, on his fifth visit to the region, met Jordan’s King Abdullah for talks focused on both the peace process and the…
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Food Israelis Get a Taste of Africa
As Israel engages in a tumultuous debate over what to do about African migrants, other conversations, more personal and friendly, are taking place between Israelis and asylum seekers. As part of a social art project called Sihot Mitbah (Kitchen Talks), which takes place every weekend in Tel Aviv, African migrants give cooking workshops to groups…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Says Both Israelis and Palestinians ‘Serious’ About Peace Push
Israeli and Palestinian leaders are both committed to reviving peace talks, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday, but he acknowledged that progress on the long-stalled negotiations would be tough. Israeli-Palestinian talks broke down in late 2010 in a dispute over construction of Jewish settlements on occupied West Bank land that Palestinians want…
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Opinion Poll: Israelis Ask US Jews’ Views. Headline: Not!
Here’s a kind of wonderfully dopey news item that appeared in the Jerusalem Post last week and then was reposted at The Tablet. That is, the news itself was perfectly legitimate, but the reporting and headlines—that is, the part that will stick in the mind of your average reader—was something else. The news: Israelis were…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu and Coalition Partner Naftali Bennett Openly Feud Over Peace
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was ready to enter serious peace negotiations with the Palestinians, while his coalition partner Naftali Bennett said a pact would lead to more violence. “Our fervent hope is for peace, a genuine peace that can be achieved only through direct negotiations without preconditions,” Netanyahu said at the start of…
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Israel News Jewish Summer Camps Face Immigration Bill Fight
Immigration reform is more than legislating a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants and enhancing border security. For the Jewish community, it also has to do with a timely issue: making sure Israeli counselors can keep on coming to Jewish summer camps. The proposed bill that is working its way through the Senate…
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