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Opinion AIPAC’s Effort To Reach Out to Liberals Is Doomed to Failure
News that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee wants to reach out more to Democrats and progressives inspires mixed emotions. On one hand, it’s good that the pre-eminent pro-Israeli lobbying organization is coming around to recognizing that liberals are assets to pro-Israel advocacy. But the way it’s going about building support for Israel among this…
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Fast Forward Israel Natural Gas Starts Flowing on Sabbath From Mediterranean Field
President Shimon Peres said Sunday that it was a mistake to begin the flow of natural gas from the Tamar gas field to Israel on a Saturday. After four years in the works, production from the deep-water field, located approximately 90 kilometers off the coast of Haifa in the Mediterranean Sea, began at 4 P.M….
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Fast Forward Israel’s Spy Cameras Hidden in Rocks Monitor Syria Civil War
Israel used spying equipment it planted off the Syrian coast to monitor Russian naval movements in the Mediterranean, The Sunday Times of London reported. Earlier this month Syria’s state television reported that Israeli spy equipment was uncovered monitoring a “sensitive site” on its Mediterranean coast. The footage showed a camera, six large batteries, cables and…
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Fast Forward Natural Gas Starts Flowing From New Israel Tamar Field off Mediterranean Coast
Natural gas from the Tamar field off Israel’s Mediterranean shores began flowing on Saturday, the partners in the field said. Israel, once energy poor, is expected to become a gas exporter by the end of the decade, with the Tamar field holding enough reserves to meet the country’s gas needs for decades. The discovery in…
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Fast Forward El Al Helps Ultra-Orthodox Passengers Segregate Aircraft by Gender
El Al passengers are noting a recent phenomenon involving clusters of ultra-Orthodox men approaching female passengers prior to take-off and requesting to switch seats, according to El Al customers and tour operators. While the phenomenon of lone Haredi men approaching female passengers is not new, and has in fact gone on for years, large groups…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Stage Protests To Mark ‘Land Day’
Palestinians protested in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Saturday and a few were lightly hurt in clashes with Israeli soldiers on the 37th anniversary of a landmark event for Israel’s Arab minority. The Palestinians and Israeli Arabs each commemorated the killing of six Arab citizens of the Jewish state by Israeli security…
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Opinion Barack Obama’s Speech Appeals to Israelis’ Best Instincts — and Interests
President Obama’s speech in Jerusalem was not merely a home run; it was out of the park. Few people — truth to tell, I can think of none — combine eloquence and substance as well as Obama, and the shame of it is that there was no one on base when he delivered his major…
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Fast Forward African Hebrew Israelites Reenact Exodus in Passover Tradition
At dawn on Tuesday morning, a large group gathered on a mountain in the Negev desert to reenact the moments leading up to the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt. Dressed in robes and flowing dresses, these pilgrims prayed, sang spirituals and discarded the leftovers from their seder meals into the flames of a massive bonfire, in…
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