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Fast Forward Israel and Islamic Jihad reach cease-fire after three-day escalation
44 Palestinians killed, nearly 600 rockets fired into Israel. Lapid says goals of the operation 'have been achieved'
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Fast Forward Israel kills Islamic Jihad terror leader in new Gaza offensive that could foreshadow large-scale conflict
Iron Dome batteries have been activated, and an Islamic Jihad official said the group will "have martyrs" in a "campaign"
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Fast Forward Lawmaker who withdrew endorsement from pro-BDS candidate backs Jewish contender for Brooklyn seat
NY Assemblymember Brian Cunningham endorsed Dan Goldman, former lead counsel for the House Democrats during Trump’s impeachment, in crowded race for Congress
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News How Andy Levin’s defeat in Michigan was — and wasn’t — all about AIPAC
AIPAC’s super PAC spent $4.2 million to boost Rep. Haley Stevens, who was considered the frontrunner from the start
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Opinion Israel inspired al-Zawahri’s jihad. Here’s why he failed.
The assassinated al-Qaida leader tried in vain to avenge the Arab world’s humiliating defeat in 1967
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Fast Forward Israel asks the UN to disband its Gaza war panel after member’s ‘antisemitic’ remarks
A member of the Commission of Inquiry accused “the Jewish lobby” of funding a social media campaign to “discredit” the UN Human Rights Council
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Books Kushner opens up about his Judaism, Ivanka Trump’s conversion, and dealings with Netanyahu in new book
‘Most people think I’m Jewish anyway,’ Trump reportedly told his future son-in-law when Jared Kushner informed him that he was going to marry Ivanka Trump and that she intended to convert
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Fast Forward US officials ‘outraged’ over comments made by member of UN inquiry into Israel-Gaza conflict
The commission's chair defended its work and said the comments had been "deliberately misquoted"
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