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Fast Forward This Palestinian sheikh has a plan for peace with Israel — even if few are on board with it
“Who in Israel is going to say no?” said the Israeli minister who received the proposal
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Fast Forward Netanyahu arrives in Washington as Trump says ‘good chance’ of Gaza ceasefire this week
Netanyahu said Hamas had made “unacceptable” demands in its latest response to an offered deal
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Fast Forward Knesset bill would narrow eligibility for Israel citizenship
Backed by far-right and Orthodox parties, the proposal would revoke the 55-year-old clause of the Law of Return that extends Israeli citizenship to those with only one Jewish grandparent
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Antisemitism Decoded Zohran Mamdani’s playbook for defusing antisemitism allegations
Mamdani sought to comfort as many Jewish voters as possible without meaningfully changing his position on Israel
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Fast Forward Settlers set IDF security facility ablaze as scrutiny over settler violence in the West Bank mounts
The rioting comes days after armed Israeli settlers attacked two Palestinian villages
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Opinion Trump wants to control the Israeli judiciary. Uh, good luck
Here's what the president has wrong about the case against Netanyahu
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Fast Forward 7 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza, in grim reminder that one war’s end leaves another grinding on
The seven men killed were all combat soldiers between 19 and 21
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Fast Forward Mamdani tells Colbert — and a national audience — why NYC Jews shouldn’t fear him as mayor
On election day in New York City, polls show Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo in a tight race
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