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Fast Forward AOC: I Was ‘Very Excited’ To Plan Israel Trip Until Omar, Tlaib Were Banned
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was “actively very excited” to pursue a trip to Israel and the West Bank before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu barred entry to two of her fellow congresswomen earlier this month, she told Haaretz on Thursday at a Bronx town hall meeting. “I think it’s a critically important experience to be able to…
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Fast Forward Israeli Held In Russian Jail For Months On Marijuana Charge
(JTA) — An Israeli woman has been imprisoned for four months in Russia without being allowed to air her defense after 9 grams of marijuana were found in her luggage. Naama Issachar denies the marijuana was hers. The Jerusalem Post reported that Issachar’s sister said the 25-year-old Israeli army veteran, who was traveling back to Israel…
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Fast Forward Tiny Pacific Island Of Nauru Recognizes Jerusalem As Capital Of Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Republic of Nauru, a Pacific island country, earlier this month recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz commended the island nation for its recognition on Wednesday evening in a tweet which also said: “We will continue to strengthen Jerusalem and to bring about the recognition and…
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Fast Forward Russian Hackers Hit Benny Gantz’s Cellphone In ‘Unprecedented Attack’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Russian hackers struck the cellphone of Benny Gantz, the chief rival to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in what an Israeli intelligence firm called an “unprecedented attack.” CGI Group, which Gantz hired to investigate a series of leaks from the center-left Blue and White party, said no sensitive information was gleaned from the…
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Fast Forward Trump Won’t Release Peace Plan Before Israeli Elections
JERUSALEM (JTA) — It’ll be at least more three weeks before we see any of the Trump administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. “We have decided that we will not be releasing the peace vision (or parts of it) prior to the Israeli election,” White House special Mideast envoy Jason Greenblatt wrote in a tweet Wednesday. Days…
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Fast Forward Honduras Will Recognize Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital
(JTA) — Honduras will recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. President Juan Orlando Hernandez will travel to Israel on Friday to inaugurate a “diplomatic office” in Jerusalem, the French news agency AFP reported Wednesday. The Honduran Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the office in Jerusalem will be an extension of its embassy in Tel…
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The Schmooze Here’s The First Look At Sacha Baron Cohen As Israeli Spy Eli Cohen
To paraphrase Rihanna — “Must be Mossad on the brain!” Chris Weitz dramatized the Mossad’s 1960 capture of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in “Operation Finale,” just last August. Chris Evans brought us the Mossad’s 80s-era Ethiopian escape gambit in “The Red Sea Diving Resort” last month. And this month theatergoers enjoyed — sort of —…
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Opinion Israel Is Now Trolling Us Palestinians On Social Media
You may not know that in addition to living under occupation and blockade, Palestinians must endure trolling on social media by the same forces that oppress us. It’s certainly not comparable to the daily, systematic humiliations, traumas, and abuse involved in living without civil rights. But there’s something downright dehumanizing about having to watch these…
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