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Fast Forward Who’s Thrilled With The Helsinki Summit, Besides Russia? Israel.
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin both said they will work to ensure Israel’s security, the New York Post reported. During the summit in Helsinki on Monday, Putin called for “full compliance” with the 1974 Israel-Syria Separation of Forces Agreement, which secures the Golan Heights border. “This will bring peace to the Golan…
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Opinion Israel’s ‘Nation State’ Bill Isn’t Just Racist. It’s A Slap In The Face To Diaspora Jews.
A bill passing through Israel’s Knesset taking aim at the country’s Arab minority just became law. The bill’s full name is “Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People” though it’s more commonly referred to as the “Nation-State bill.” And it sets out to consolidate the Jewishness of the country at the expense…
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Community Israel’s Nation-State Bill Would Undermine Jewish Democracy
I first heard of the Nation-State Bill about eight years ago, when I was a Member of the Knesset. I was stopped in the hallway by a fellow M.K. from my party who asked me to support a bill affirming that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people. My initial reaction was that this…
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Community Israel Is Repeating The Mistakes That Led To The Temple’s Destruction
What message of Tisha B’Av is relevant for life in a sovereign state like Israel? Does the American recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel make the day of mourning for “the city that is in mourning, laid waste, despised and desolate” an anachronism? Generations of rabbis and scholars have endeavored to understand the…
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Fast Forward Bill Defining Israel As Nation Of Jewish People Likely To Become Law
An Israeli parliamentary committee deliberated Monday on the final draft of legislation that would define Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people, AP reported. The government says the bill will formally place into law the country’s existing status. Critics say it excludes the country’s Arab minority, which makes up about 20 percent of Israel’s…
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Fast Forward Bird Sent To Israel From Gaza Wearing A Harness Holding Flammable Material
JERUSALEM (JTA) — First kites and balloons, and now birds are being used to by Palestinians in Gaza to set fires in southern Israel. Israel Nature and Parks Authority personnel on Monday afternoon found a common kestrel, a member of the falcon family, hanging from a burned tree wearing a harness to which was attached…
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Fast Forward Waving White Flags, Syrian Crowd Turned Away By Israel
Dozens of Syrians approached the Israeli frontier on the Golan Heights on Tuesday in an apparent attempt to seek help or sanctuary from a Russian-backed Syrian army offensive, before turning back after a warning from Israeli forces. Tens of thousands of Syrians have arrived near the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in the past…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman’s Husband To Perform in Tel Aviv — Will She Join Him?
Well well well well well well well. via GIPHY All things must eventually wash up on the shores of Zion, and Natalie Portman’s French ballerina trophy husband is certainly not an exception. Benjamin Millepied and the dance troupe he founded will travel to Israel this Fall to give three performances in the Tel Aviv neighborhood…
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