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Fast Forward Bibi Unveils ‘Trump Heights’ In Golan — But Construction Can’t Start For Months
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A new Jewish community in the Golan Heights to honor President Donald Trump will be called “Ramat Trump,” translated as Trump Heights. A sign was unveiled on Sunday, during the weekly Cabinet meeting held in the Golan Heights at the site of the new community. The sign says Ramat Trump in Hebrew…
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The Schmooze ‘Arabs And Jews Don’t Want To Live Together’: Israeli-Palestinian Media Star Confronts Segregation
27-year-old Arab-Israeli social media star Nuseir Yassin has 2.5 million people talking about ethnic and religious segregation. It only took him two days. The prolific social video creator, who built a following of 12 million people through his daily one minute-long travel videos under the name “Nas Daily,” released perhaps his most searing video yet…
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The Schmooze Meet The Real ‘Shtisel’ Cast, Sans Wigs And Beards
Ever since ‘Shtisel’ began to stream on Netflix earlier this year, viewers have grown obsessed with the Israeli television series about an ultra-Orthodox family in Jerusalem. After two seasons, the show’s creators announced last month that the series is currently filming its third season. As much as we have come to love the family donning…
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Opinion Inspiring Women | Connecting People With Opportunities, From Her Home In The West Bank
By all rights, Iris Zangi should be a cautious person. A divorced mother of four and the survivor of not one but two terror attacks, you would expect her to be a person who is on the lookout for something bad at every turn, hesitant to open her heart. Instead, the tech entrepreneur, who works…
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Fast Forward Senate Bill Warns Israel Against Taking Chinese Money
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A major spending bill in the Senate includes a veiled warning to Israel not to allow China to run one of its ports. The National Defense Authorization Act is in its final stages of passage and is likely to be approved by the Republican-led Senate. It includes a “sense of the Senate”…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv Pride Parade Draws 250,000 Participants
(JTA) — Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai led about 250,000 revelers participating in his city’s annual gay Pride Parade procession, which is the largest in the Middle East. “I promise you we will not relent and continue to fight until we see full equality in the State of Israel,” said Huladi, a reserves fighter pilot…
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Fast Forward New Town In Israel’s Golan Will Be Called ‘Trump Heights’
A new town in the Golan Heights will be called “Ramat Trump” — literally, “Trump Heights” — in honor of the American president’s recognition of Israeli control over the area, the Times of Israel reported Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in April that a town would be named after Trump to honor his…
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Fast Forward US Embassy Branch In Tel Aviv Decorated For Pride Parade Despite Trump Ban
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The U.S. Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv decorated its building with rainbow flag banners for the city’s Pride parade, ignoring a Trump administration ban on flying the Pride flag at diplomatic missions. A photo of the building decked out in two rainbow banners and rainbow streamers was published on the U.S….
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