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Fast Forward US formally defends Israel in International Court of Justice genocide case
The United States said the genocide charge was part of a broader campaign 'to delegitimize the State of Israel and the Jewish people'
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Fast Forward Jewish-American woman deported from Israel after witnessing child struck by car in West Bank
The deportation is at least the third in months of a Jewish activist engaged in Palestinian solidarity efforts
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News Amid revolt against ‘Israel lobby,’ J Street seeks elusive middle ground in primaries
Unlike AIPAC, the progressive group funds Israel’s critics in Congress — but president Jeremy Ben-Ami is firm that candidates who don’t recognize Israel as the Jewish homeland won’t get his support
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Fast Forward Spain withdraws ambassador to Israel, widening diplomatic rift as Trump threatens to sever trade
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has emerged as a lonely and unequivocal voice in Europe against the Iran war, making an enemy of President Donald Trump
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News ‘This isn’t the Gov. Newsom that we know’: One week after apartheid remark, calls to reconsider remain unheeded
Jewish leaders defended Newsom from recent backlash. They still want answers.
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Fast Forward Workplaces open, schools remain shut — and Israeli parents pull out their hair over wartime Zoom classes
Parents of young children are being allowed to take unpaid leave. They say they need more help.
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News Jewish Democrats press for oversight as Trump’s Iran war rages on
With support strong among Jews but not party voters generally, leaders say the dispute is about congressional powers, not opposition to Israel’s fight
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Fast Forward In Israel’s missile war, some families run to shelters. Others have nowhere to go.
Recent government data showed that only .3% of public shelters were in Arab communities
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