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Fast Forward Jared Kushner urges Biden administration to keep the Abraham Accords alive
Eight months after leaving the White House as the architect of Donald Trump’s vision for peace in the Middle East, Jared Kushner reappeared in public on Tuesday to celebrate the first anniversary of the four normalization agreements between Israel and Arab countries in the Gulf region. “Thanks to the agreements, we are watching the Middle…
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News Interview: Former prime minister Ehud Olmert says the two-state solution is not dead
Ehud Olmert was one of Israel’s shortest-serving prime ministers, in office just over three years — and is the only one (so far) who has been convicted of a crime, serving 16 months in prison for bribery and obstruction of justice. Now 75, Olmert remains fully engaged in his country’s rough-and-tumble politics, as one of…
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News ‘Your voice matters’: How Israel’s new government is reaching out to American Jews
The new Israeli government is made up of parties who agree on little other than their common desire to prevent Benjamin Netanyahu from returning to power, and many have questioned whether it may quickly come undone. But Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, the leaders of its two main factions, insist that…
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Fast Forward In call with U.S. Jewish leaders, Israeli Prime Minister Bennett promises ‘no dramas’ on all fronts
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told Jewish American leaders on Friday that “restoring a good atmosphere” between the U.S. and Israel and strengthening bipartisan support for the Jewish state is one of the three main objectives of the new Israeli government. (The others are keeping the pandemic under control and brokering a budget deal.) “My…
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News Biden recommits to battling antisemitism in Rosh Hashanah call with rabbis
President Joe Biden reiterated his commitment to combating antisemitism during an High Holiday Zoom call with rabbis and Jewish leaders on Thursday afternoon, an annual presidential ritual. Biden promised to confront “the scourge of antisemitism that remains all too present today. We have to, and will, condemn this prejudice at every turn alongside other forms…
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News Who gets to teach what about Israel? A UNC course ignites the debate
“A lot of Jewish people here conflate anti-Zionism with antisemitism and they associate criticism of Israel, or suggestions of a binational state, with hatred of Jewish people,” said Zoe Beyer, a Jewish student leader
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Opinion With these 3 moves, Bennett can begin repairing the U.S.-Israel relationship
When President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meet today at the White House, they will have an opportunity to start undoing twelve years of damage and setbacks to the U.S.-Israel alliance. Although major policy disagreements will not evaporate overnight, the gnawing crisis of confidence that has beset the relationship can be quickly overcome….
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Fast Forward Bennett heaps praise on AIPAC ahead of meeting with Biden
On his first trip to Washington as Israel’s prime minister, Naftali Bennett met with leaders of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a group that has been criticized in recent years for backing the Israeli government’s right-wing policies. The get-together raised some eyebrows. While it’s common for an Israeli leader to meet with pro-Israel and…
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