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Fast Forward Blinken: A nuclear deal with Iran is our best option
The secretary of state's remarks follow recent reports that a deal is unlikely to be made
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Opinion This time, can we skip the debates and just sign the Iran Deal?
The best way to prevent Iran from getting nukes is to revive the deal Trump scuttled
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News Noa Tishby, Israel’s new envoy, says anti-Zionism is antisemitism “100%”
While battling a new wave of terror and dealing with a complicated political crisis, the Israeli government on Monday officially established a new envoy to combat antisemitism, appointing an actor, author and pro-Israel activist who lives in Los Angeles to the unpaid post. The new envoy, Noa Tishby, said in a Zoom interview that she…
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News Meet Sarah Palin’s Jewish opponent in Alaska’s crowded Congressional race
In an uncommonly crowded field of 50 candidates for Alaska’s lone House seat, there are two with universal name recognition — Sarah Palin and Santa Claus — along with Al Gross, a Jewish physician and fisherman who is hoping his independent politics will resonate in a state where a majority of voters are not registered…
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Fast Forward White House monitoring political situation in Israel ‘very, very closely,’ senior official says
President Joe Biden is closely watching the volatile political situation in Israel as the government led by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lost its majority in the Knesset on Wednesday. “We are certainly watching that very, very closely,” Yael Lempert, acting assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs, said in a pre-Passover Zoom call…
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News Why is Israel’s governing coalition falling apart? The players, the ironies and the possible outcomes explained
Ten months into a so-called “change government” that ousted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after 12 years and four elections, Israel is facing another political crisis, triggered not by a security crisis or budget woes, but by a spat over rules for Passover food in hospitals. On Wednesday, the coalition government led by Prime Minister Naftali…
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Opinion In three funerals, the real spirit of Israel is exemplified
During my years in public office, I attended many shivas for fallen soldiers of Israel. Each of them was emotionally draining. One, though, left an especially profound impression. Hadas Malka, a police officer, was stabbed to death outside Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate in 2017. She had refused to accept a safe desk job in the Israeli…
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Fast Forward Deni Avdija wrote “Am Yisrael Chai” on his shoes. Then he played one of his best games of the year.
Avdija's all-around performance showcased the player the Wizards hope he can become more consistently
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Fast Forward As starvation mounts in Gaza, Jewish voices increasingly rise up in consternation
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