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Fast Forward Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman Resigns Over Gaza Ceasefire
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Avigdor Liberman resigned as defense minister of Israel on Wednesday over a cease-fire with Palestinian terrorist groups — a move that could trigger new elections. Liberman said the decision to agree to a cease-fire, which followed 25 hours of bombings into southern Israel from Gaza, was “a capitulation to terror.” He announced his…
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Opinion Israelis And Palestinians: Say No To Politicians Who Want Us To Be Enemies
Once again, Israel and Gaza seemed on the brink of war. And once again, a delicate ceasefire has been reached. And yet, while it’s a relief not to be at war, there is a sense of the return of the awful same. Leaders on both sides are desperately trying to impress their constituents by exploiting…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Militants Say They Will Observe Gaza Cease-Fire
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian militants in Gaza reportedly have agreed to commit to a cease-fire of hostilities that have seen more than 400 rockets bombard southern Israel and Israeli retaliation in a 25-hour period. Four mediators — Egypt, the United Nations, Norway and Switzerland — helped achieve the cease-fire, according to reports. The Palestinian terror…
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Opinion By Besieging The Palestinians, Israel Has Besieged Itself
Another round of violence has engulfed Gaza. After a botched intelligence operation in which one Israeli officer was killed as well as seven Palestinian members of Hamas, Hamas responded to Israel’s incursion by firing rockets into Israel. Israel immediately instrumentalized a story of defense. The Israeli army reported that the operation which sparked this round…
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Fast Forward 1 Israeli Killed As Gaza Violence Flares And Palestinians Fire Rockets
Palestinian militants on Monday carried out their most intensive shelling of Israel since the 2014 Gaza war in retaliation for a botched cross-border commando raid, killing an Israeli civilian and drawing Israeli air strikes against Hamas’ television station and other targets. The flare-up, in which three Palestinian gunmen and a civilian in Israel were killed,…
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Food BDS Pressured Celebrity Chefs To Boycott Israeli Food Festival. Chef Gabrielle Hamilton Withdrew.
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement has issued a petition signed by more than 70 food industry notables (including cookbook author Julia Turshen and the People’s Kitchen Collective) urging the chefs invited to Israel’s Round Tables Food Festival to reconsider their attendance. The open letter was addressed to chefs like Chef Isa Mazuchi of La…
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The Schmooze Jill Soloway Of ‘Transparent’ Wants To ‘Reclaim’ The Word Zionism
You can love Israel and want it to exist without loving Israel’s current government or every aspect of Israeli society. That’s the radical (or not) message Jill Soloway, creator of the watershed Jewish family drama “Transparent,” is spreading. Soloway, the auteur behind the four seasons of Amazon Prime’s “Transparent” and the network’s short-lived “I Love…
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Opinion Women Of Color Who Criticize Israel Won Big. That’s Good For American Jews.
The United States midterm elections did not quite yield the much-anticipated “blue wave” that Democrats had hoped for. The Democrats flipped just enough seats to take back the House of Congress, while losing their most high-profile races, including Beto O’Rourke’s race in Texas and Andrew Gillum’s in Florida (Stacey Abrams in Georgia has not yet…
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