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Fast Forward Prince William In The Holy Land
Prince William today will begin the first ever official visit to Israel by a member of the British royal family. Due to arrive from Jordan on the evening of June 25 for a three-day tour he will visit, among other places, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem’s Old City and two as-yet unspecified events in Tel Aviv. Though…
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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Out At Gaza Fire Kites
In response to the fire kites, fire condoms and fire balloons that have been sent from Gaza to burn Israeli property in the past week, the Israeli military have carried out five strikes in 24 hours on Palestinians in Gaza. According to Haaretz, the IDF said the strikes were on Hamas targets in Gaza and…
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Fast Forward IDF Fires Patriot Missile At Syrian Drone
(JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces fired a Patriot missile at an unmanned drone that approached Israeli airspace from Syria. The IDF was unable to verify whether the drone was hit. It retreated from the border, the IDF said. A commander in the regional alliance supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad said the unmanned aerial vehicle…
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Fast Forward Kushner Slams Palestinians For Repeating Same ‘Talking Points’ — Says Nothing About Israel
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser, said Washington would announce its Middle East peace plan soon, and press on with or without Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. The comments underlined gaping divisions between Washington and the Palestinian leadership that have widened since Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December and moved the U.S. Embassy…
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Community ‘Letters To My Palestinian Neighbor’ Is Not The Book We Need Right Now
Dear Yossi, You and I worked together very briefly at the Shalom Hartman Institute. We only interacted a few times, so I’m not sure you remember me. But, unlike your imaginary interlocutor in your book “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor,” you do actually exist and there’s at least a slight chance that you’ll read and…
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Fast Forward British Paper Apologizes For Op-Ed Blaming ‘Israel’s Crimes’ For Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — A far-left British newspaper that regularly features articles by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn apologized for running an op-ed linking rising anti-Semitism to “Israel’s crimes.” On Wednesday, The Morning Star pulled offline an article titled “Rising Anti-Semitism Cannot be Tackled without Addressing Israel’s Crimes.” “This article has been removed from the website as…
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Opinion Can Ashkenazi Jews Face Israel’s Dark History Of Family Separation?
I have an aunt named Malkah who I may never know, because she was kidnapped from a Jerusalem hospital in 1961. I didn’t even know that Malkah existed until two years ago when my grandmother, Aisha Biton, passed away, and a chapter of her life, hidden for most of mine, came into the open. Aisha…
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Fast Forward Everything You Need To Know About Prince William’s Visit To Israel
(JTA) — Prince William will soon embark on a historic visit to Israel. During the trip, which also includes stops in Jordan and the West Bank, Britain’s Duke of Cambridge will visit important sites in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin. William is set to…
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