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News Sheikh Jarrah is just latest battle for Israeli who has spent 20 years fighting Arabs — and Jews — to “redeem land”
He lives in the controversial Israeli settlement Ofra in the occupied West Bank, having grown up in Beit El, another settlement that has been the object of numerous legal disputes. He was a student and protege of the late Rabbi Benny Elon, a right-wing politician known for leading yeshiva students to seize property in the…
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News The future for Netanyahu and Bennett, according to an American who worked for both
22 years ago, George Birnbaum was at Benjamin Netanyahu’s side as his campaign strategist when the former prime minister lost his first re-election bid. On Sunday, Birnbaum, who was once Netanyahu’s chief of staff, was in the Knesset, watching Netanyahu exit the stage once again. But this time, Birnbaum was signed on to assist the…
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Culture Palestinian advocacy groups drew tens of thousands of new followers on social media. But can they move that support offline?
While Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip traded missiles in May, a parallel war exploded on social media. And though analysts disagree about the relative gains of Israel and Hamas on the battlefield, in the field of social-media, the pro-Palestinian cause seems to have increased its share of hearts and minds — or…
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News Council race in Queens tests support for Israel in New York politics
Just days before early voting kicks off in the June 22 Democratic primaries, a race in eastern Queens is raising concerns among mainstream Jewish leaders who take issue with a candidate’s stance on Israel, and worry about rising anti-Israel sentiment within the progressive movement — a force that could ultimately shape the makeup of the…
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News Evangelical supporters of Israel express concerns with their champion Netanyahu being ousted from power
WASHINGTON (JTA) — After a decades-long embrace that began when he first served as Israel’s prime minister in the 1990s, Benjamin Netanyahu’s evangelical allies are worried about a future without him. Jews who value the Christian alliance are worried, too, about a possible erosion of support among a critical pro-Israel sector should Netanyahu be forced…
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News What Washington can expect from the new government in Israel
Washington doesn’t know Naftali Bennett, the likely next prime minister of Israel. The 49-year-old former settler leader with strong nationalist views supports the permanent Israeli annexation of the West Bank. He’s managed to cobble together an astoundingly diverse coalition that for the first time in Israeli history includes Arab parties. His parents are originally from…
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Fast Forward 1,000 year old intact chicken egg discovered in Israel – but cracked open while being examined
In the latest installment in the eternal debate over which came first, an intact chicken egg dating from roughly 1021 CE was discovered in Yavne, a city in central Israel, archaeologists announced Wednesday. Found protected in a cesspit, the gem was discovered by Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists during their excavation of Yavne as part of…
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News American Jews: Israel needs your attention between wars, too
If the past is prologue, American Jews are about to hit the snooze button on Israel, and they really shouldn’t. This has been a pattern since the Six Day War, 54 years ago this week, when Israel launched a preemptive war against three neighboring Arab countries and managed to defeat them all in just six…
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