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Opinion It’s Time For American Jews To Recognize The Nakba
In a beautifully written column last week, the Israeli journalist Anshel Pfeffer explicated the contradiction at the heart of hasbara: by aggressively advocating for Israel’s right to exist, it implicitly grants that Israel’s legitimacy is actually a matter of debate. After all, he writes, “real countries don’t have to argue they are legitimate.” As we…
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Opinion Israel Ignores Nonviolent Marches But Rewards Hamas’s Rockets
Last week’s escalation between Israel and Hamas was devastating. It was also avoidable, meaningless, and had little purpose aside from the respective flexing of muscles on both sides. 27 Palestinians and 4 Israelis paid for it with their lives. Thankfully, it all passed quickly. Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached another understanding; thus,…
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Fast Forward Rashida Tlaib’s Going To The West Bank, Inviting Other Politicians To Come With
U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is inviting members of Congress on a trip to the Palestinian Territories, and it could overlap with AIPAC’s planned trip to Israel, Jewish Insider reported. The trip will take place in the middle of August, during Congress’ summer recess. That is typically the time when AIPAC’s trip to Israel, led…
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Fast Forward Israel Space Agency Gives $5.6M To Help Launch Beresheet 2 Moon Lander
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Space Agency will put about $5.6 million toward Beresheet 2, a second attempt to land an Israeli spacecraft on the moon. The contribution is double the 10 million shekels that the agency under the auspices of the Ministry of Science gave to the first Beresheet mission, which crash landed on…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv Suburb Races To Become First Israeli City To Name Town Square For Trump
Petach Tikvah will become the first city in Israel to name a town square after President Trump when it does so in July, mayor Rami Greenberg said Monday. The dedication, which is expected to take place on the 4th of July after a few months of renovations to the site, is “in gratitude to and…
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Opinion Birthright Has Failed Young Jews, But Not For The Reason You Think.
Over the past few years, Birthright, the ten-day Jewish roots trip to Israel, has taken something of a beating. Activist groups like If Not Now and J Street U have made a habit of attacking the trip, which has become something of a sacred cow in the Jewish community; these attacks include campaigns criticizing Birthright’s…
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Opinion Israelis Want A 2 State Solution. Here’s How To Make It Happen.
The Israeli elections seemed to prove what everyone already knows: the Israeli electorate has shifted radically right. But this is not entirely true. Studies consistently demonstrate that the majority of Israelis support center-left positions like the two-state solution, social-democratic economic policies, public transportation on the Sabbath, and upholding equality and democracy as the core of…
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Fast Forward Hundreds Attend Funeral Of 21-Year-Old American Killed By Hamas Rocket
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An American citizen killed while running for cover from a Hamas rocket was laid to rest in Jerusalem on Sunday evening. Hundreds turned out to bury Pinchas Menachem Prezuazman, a 21-year old American-Israeli from Ashdod. A member of the Ger Hasidic sect, he leaves behind a wife and baby. The fourth Israeli to be…
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