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Fast Forward Delta to resume flights between Israel, New York with masks mandatory
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Delta Airlines will resume flights between New York and Israel next month, with face masks mandatory for staff and travelers. The flights will be “less than daily,” Delta announced on its website. The airline’s first flight to Israel since mid-March will depart from New York’s JFK international Airport on June 3, with…
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Fast Forward West Bank annexation would lead to ‘massive conflict’ with Jordan, king says
(JTA) — King Abdullah of Jordan said that “if Israel really annexed the West Bank in July, it would lead to a massive conflict” with his country. Abdullah in an interview published Friday in the German Der Spiegel weekly magazine was responding to a question on what would happen should Israel “take advantage of the…
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Fast Forward Israeli soldier dies after being hit in head with rock during West Bank raid
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli soldier died after being struck in the head with a large rock during a raid in a Palestinian village in the West Bank. Sgt. Amit Ben-Yigal, 21, was wearing a helmet when he was struck early Tuesday morning in the village of Yabed, the Israel Defense Forces said in a…
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Fast Forward ‘Hypothetical’ question: Can the US require groups to recognize Israel?
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Those tuning in this week for just the second day of live Supreme Court broadcasts were treated to a surprise: In a case about NGOs, HIV-AIDS funding and prostitution, the discussion unexpectedly turned toward U.S. support for Israel’s right to exist. The case features a group of NGOs that are resisting the…
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Fast Forward Biden: It’s a priority to press Israel not to make the 2-state solution impossible
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, said it is critical to Israel-Palestinian peace to press Israel not to take unilateral actions, a reference to reports that Israel may try to annex part of the West Bank. Biden, in a statement Tuesday to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, also said that as president…
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Fast Forward GOD-TV, a messianic network, launches Hebrew channel in Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A messianic television channel has launched in Israel, a country that bans some forms of proselytizing. GOD-TV, an international Christian media network that broadcasts in some 200 countries, began airing the Hebrew-language Shelanu channel last week on the HOT cable network. “Today we made history! For the first time ever, a Messianic…
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Fast Forward Adviser says Biden would keep embassy in Jerusalem
(JTA) — An adviser to Joe Biden said the former vice president would keep the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem if elected president. Tony Blinken, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s senior foreign policy adviser, said that reversing President Donald Trump’s decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv “would not make sense practically and…
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Fast Forward As Yom Ha’atzmaut dawns, video honoring Arab-Israeli health workers tops 2 million views.
The most viral video in Israel today is one honoring the Arab-Israeli health care workers who are on the front lines fighting the spread of COVID-19 in the country. The video has topped 2 million views in Israel alone, meaning it has been viewed by a quarter of all Israelis, which is more than any…
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