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Israel News Israeli Consul Claims Two Critical Oscar Nominees Prove Diversity of Opinion
David Siegel needed all his diplomatic skills to make lemonade out of the lemons handed to him by the Oscar-nominated documentaries ‘The Gatekeepers” and “5 Broken Cameras.” The Israeli Consul General in Los Angeles acknowledged that both films criticize the government’s policies toward the Palestinians, but asserted that they underscore Israel’s diversity of opinion and…
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Israel News Eying ‘Historic’ Oscars Win, Palestinian Gets Cold Shoulder From Israeli Officials
By the time Emad Burnat arrived at the reception for Oscar nominated documentary filmmakers, he’d been more than 24 hours on the road. His journey started off at him home village of Bilin in the West Bank, took him through roadblocks on the way to Jericho, hours of waiting at the border crossing to Jordan…
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Opinion The Wrong Way To Fight BDS
Is censoring disagreeable speech ever a good idea? A porn star and an aging Jewish icon seem to think so. Both men, Michael Lucas and Abraham Foxman, have recently opined that speech in favor of “BDS” — boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel — is hate speech and should be banned from Jewish, LGBT, and…
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Fast Forward Despite Palestinian Director’s Oscars Hassle, Customs Insists U.S. ‘Welcoming’
A Palestinian filmmaker on his way to the Academy Awards said on Wednesday he was held at Los Angeles International Airport and threatened with deportation before being allowed into the United States. Emad Burnat, whose “5 Broken Cameras” is competing for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Feature category, said U.S. immigration officials took him,…
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Fast Forward Marco Rubio and Benjamin Netanyahu Toast Israel Ties — With Water Bottles
Senator Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toasted their nations’ close ties on Wednesday with a click of plastic water bottles reminiscent of the Republican’s sip seen ‘round the world in Washington last week. Photographers captured the cross-table gesture in Netanyahu’s office moments after Rubio remarked how Israel resides “in a challenging neighbourhood,”…
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Fast Forward Sequestration Budget Cuts Would Slash Aid to Israel
Sequestration could lead to cuts in military assistance to Israel, Jordan and Egypt, Secretary of State John Kerry told Congress. “Under sequestration, our security assistance accounts would face an approximately $500 million reduction, undermining our efforts around the world to prevent conflict and protect our national security,” Kerry wrote in a Feb. 11 letter to…
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Fast Forward Prisoner X Case Raises Ugly Issue of ‘Dual Loyalty’ for Australia Jews
As more details have seeped out about the mysterious life and death of Israel’s Prisoner X – identified last week by an Australian TV program as Ben Zygier – the wall of silence surrounding those who knew him has begun to show some cracks. On Tuesday, Israel released parts of a report into Zygier’s death,…
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Fast Forward Australia Zionists Deny Israel Trips Are Prisoner X-Style Mossad Recruit Front
The Zionist Federation of Australia blasted as “totally uninformed and mischievous” several claims in the media that Israel programs serve as recruitment camps for the Mossad. In a statement Wednesday,Zionist Federation of Australia President Philip Chester wrote: “Contrary to the assertions of these commentators, these programs are aimed at educating Jewish youth about their heritage…
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