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Israel News Here’s what US police learn from Israel’s police force – and why it’s controversial
(JTA) — In June, as protests against aggressive and abusive policing in the United States took hold, so did a false accusation about a group of programs that sends American police chiefs to learn from their counterparts in Israel. “The tactics used by the police in America, kneeling on George Floyd’s neck, that was learnt…
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Israel News Israeli diplomats buy 600 pounds of tahini to back boycotted Arab-Israeli businesswoman
(JTA) — The Arab-Israeli owner of a popular tahini brand facing a boycott for donating to an Israeli LGBTQ rights group has some friends in the Israeli diplomatic community. Dozens of Israeli diplomats in Israel and around the world have purchased more than 600 pounds of the tasty sesame paste to support Julia Zaher, who…
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Fast Forward Israel’s government coalition teeters after gay conversion therapy vote
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Backed by the Blue and White party of Benny Gantz, Israel’s Knesset voted Wednesday to approve a ban on gay conversion therapy, which appears to be part of a crisis in the government coalition. Later in the day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided not to pass the 2020 budget, as specified in…
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Fast Forward Thousands protest Netanyahu in Jerusalem — including a topless woman
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Thousands gathered in Jerusalem to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the actions of his government, including a woman who removed her shirt and sat topless at the top of a menorah sculpture. Some 34 demonstrators were arrested in clashes with police when the protest Tuesday night moved from the Knesset to…
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Community I want to thank the donors who changed my life, and Colorado law
Just last week Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law the bill I had introduced in the Colorado House of Representatives, with another member of the Jewish caucus, that requires Holocaust and genocide education as a requirement for graduation from Colorado public schools. House Bill 1336 directs the Colorado Board of Education to adopt learning…
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Fast Forward Netherlands sent millions to group that employed alleged Palestinian terrorists
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The Dutch government said it is suspending its contributions to a Palestinian organization that had used the subsidies to pay salaries to suspected terrorists. The office of Sigrid Kaag, the Netherlands’ minister for foreign trade and development cooperation, told parliament on Monday that the Ramallah-based Union of Agricultural Work Committees used the…
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Fast Forward Amar’e Stoudemire offers to bridge the gap between Blacks and Jews
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former NBA All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire said there is a “lack of leadership” in the Black community that has led to expressions of anti-Semitism, and he has offered to bridge the gap between Jews and Blacks. Stoudemire, who lives and plays professionally in Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv, was reacting to a number of…
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Fast Forward News outlets covering Israel found, once again, to have run ‘deepfake’ op-eds
(JTA) — For the second time in a month, news outlets reporting on Israel and the Jewish community were found to have published opinion pieces by fictitious authors. Publications including Israel National News, The Jerusalem Post, The Algemeiner and the Times of Israel published pieces by a writer identified as Oliver Taylor, who does not…
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