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News Trump’s Mideast peace envoy sees his fingerprints on Israel’s improved ties with Arab countries
Jason Greenblatt, a former longtime lawyer to Donald Trump, said he’s pleased to see Biden 'acting more cautiously' on the Palestinian issue and focusing on expanding the Abraham Accords
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Fast Forward Largest Presbyterian denomination labels Israel an apartheid state
Many Jewish groups had lobbied against the resolution
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Fast Forward Reform, Conservative leaders plead with Lapid to confront harassment of non-Orthodox Jews at Western Wall
‘We believe you have attained this position for just such a crisis,’ the heads of the Reform and Conservative movements write in a letter to the new Israeli prime minister
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Opinion The US government shouldn’t be done looking into Shireen Abu Akleh’s death
The US investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh’s death won’t silence Israel’s critics — or defenders
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Fast Forward Ben & Jerry’s files lawsuit against Unilever over sale of Israeli operations
The ice cream company is seeking to stop the sale to American Quality Products, deeming the transaction ‘inconsistent’ with its views of Israeli settlements
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Opinion Unilever’s decision to sell Ben & Jerry’s in the West Bank is not a win for Israel
The settler movement is the true victor in the latest debacle over ice cream
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News Bernie Sanders went to ‘war’ with AIPAC. Now the pro-Israel lobby is pushing back.
‘Bernie can‘t accept the fact that a majority of progressive Democrats in America are pro-Israel,’ said Patrick Dorton, a spokesperson for United Democracy Project
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News Her great-grandfather led Israel. She’ll be leading a congregation
A cantor steeped in Israel's history takes the pulpit in Minneapolis
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Opinion The two things I fear most after the horrifying attack on Jews in Boulder
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Opinion Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla was never going to help Palestinians
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Fast Forward A week after Boulder attack, attendance at Run for Their Lives spikes from dozens to hundreds
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Fast Forward How many American Jews are there? A global study of world religions offers a new estimate
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Film & TV In unheard recordings, Andy Kaufman emerges — a kinder, gentler soul than you may expect, or hope to see
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