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Fast Forward Israeli minister holds Sukkot prayer service in Saudi Arabia amid warming ties
Shlomo Karhi is the second Israeli minister to attend a conference in the Saudi capital in as many weeks
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Culture Why there’s nothing normal about Israel normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia
As Hans Morgenthau and Hannah Arendt would remind us, choosing the lesser of two evils still means choosing evil
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Fast Forward Israeli government cuts support to mental health organizations by 70%
The funding cuts will hurt roughly 15 organizations that played an important role during COVID, but with the coronavirus pandemic gone the Health Ministry says it no longer has the need to fund them
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Fast Forward Trump frustrated when told he couldn’t leverage US aid to Israel for peace deal, book claims
‘I was told there’s no connection,’ the former Republican president gasped during a dinner with American journalists in 2017
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Politics As Democrats urge Menendez to resign, pro-Israel PACs stand by him
AIPAC and NORPAC said they are acting out of appreciation for the New Jersey senator’s support for Israel
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Fast Forward In historic move, Israel accepted into U.S. Visa waiver program
After decades of setbacks, U.S. officials say they anticipate Israelis to be able to travel to the United States without visas by the end of November
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Opinion No Republicans have expressed support for the Israeli protest movement — yet. Here’s why they should at the next debate
Not a single Republican member of Congress has expressed solidarity with the Israeli protesters. At least, not yet.
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Fast Forward Dueling activists clash at public Orthodox Yom Kippur service in Tel Aviv
This year, Israel's Supreme Court ruled that a gender-segregated prayer service could not take place in Dizengoff Square
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