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News In Israel, some Netanyahu detractors are refusing vaccinations
TEL AVIV — Israel’s COVID-19 vaccination program has become the envy of the world, reaching a third of the population in just over a month. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is already trying to leverage that narrative in his campaign ahead of the March 23 election, Israel’s fourth in two years. But behind that curtain of…
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News Sheldon Adelson leaves behind a Jewish philanthropic empire. What’s next?
Love him or hate him, Sheldon Adelson’s impact on the Jewish nonprofit world cannot be overstated. Adelson, the casino magnate who died Tuesday at 87 of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, is best known as the top political contributor in the country, donating more than $218 million to Republican campaigns in the 2020 election cycle alone. But he…
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Fast Forward Queens deputy borough president steps down after tweets about Israel, Ilhan Omar
A top Queens official named to his post withdrew Monday after tweets surfaced in which he criticized Israeli policies and lobbying. Michael Hurwitz, who is Jewish, was tapped as a deputy borough president for Donovan Richards, but Richards’ office tweeted that “for professional and personal reasons,” he would not take his position. For professional and…
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Israel News Growing numbers of Yom Kippur War veterans are seeking PTSD treatment
The Israeli television series “Valley of Tears,” now available on HBO, tells the story of the Yom Kippur War from the perspective of Israelis who fought it, and it’s prompting a national conversation about one of the most devastating chapters in the country’s history – both among those too young to remember it and the…
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News Israel took no official photos of Pollards’ arrival
Carried by Sheldon Adelson’s private jet, the American who spied for Israel Jonathan Pollard and his wife Esther landed at Ben-Gurion Airport early Wednesday morning. They were greeted on the tarmac by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, cabinet secretary and acting Prime Minister’s Office Director General Tzahi Braverman and the office’s spokesperson Shir Cohen. Not present…
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News No gender-segregated swimming at nature reserves, Israel’s deputy AG says
The Israel Nature and Parks Authority has no right to allow separate-sex swimming at its nature reserves, according to a legal opinion drafted recently by Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber. The authority had instituted separate swimming hours at the Enot Tsukim reserve on the northern Dead Sea in what it described as a pilot project….
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News Will Israel’s 4th election in 2 years really be different? It’s possible.
At first glance, the early election into which Israel is being helplessly dragged, like a hostage in the clutches of a bank robber, is just more of the same. The fourth Knesset election in under four years. So what else is new? But there could be no greater mistake. This time it’s a whole new…
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Fast Forward Israel will have new election in March after Parliament officially dissolves
(JTA) — Israel’s Knesset, or parliament, dissolved Tuesday night after failing to pass the 2020 budget, triggering an election that will take place on March 23. The exact date could change through a government vote. The election will be Israel’s fourth in two years. A coalition formed earlier this year by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
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