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Culture What will #hotvaxxedsummer look like? Israel beat us there
The U.S. is finally reopening. Nightclubs will soon be back in full swing, and people are predicting another Roaring ’20s era of debauchery and indulgence — dubbed, at least online, #hotvaxxedsummer. But not everyone is so excited. Some are anxious about how it will feel to be in a crowd after over a year of…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu finally agrees to leave the prime minister’s residence — in 3 weeks
(JTA) — After being blasted by critics for staying in the Israeli prime minister’s residence well over a week past his ousting from the role, Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to leave — in another three weeks. He and his successor, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, released a joint statement Saturday that says Netanyahu will depart by…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Authority cancels deal for 1 million COVID vaccine doses from Israel
(JTA) — The Palestinian Authority canceled a deal that would have seen Israel give it one million COVID vaccine doses in exchange for a later shipment. The P.A. made the move because many of the doses were set to expire in the coming weeks, according to Haaretz. By time Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila announced…
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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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