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Fast Forward Gaza Palestinian Group Says It Will Launch 5,000 Explosives At Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A group of Palestinians that claims to be behind the initiative to send incendiary kites and balloons from Gaza into southern Israel said it would launch 5,000 of the arson tools on Friday. The group, which calls itself the kite builders unit, also said at a news conference Thursday afternoon in central…
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Fast Forward United Nations Condemns Excessive Israeli Force Against Palestinians
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. General Assembly condemned Israel on Wednesday for excessive use of force against Palestinian civilians and asked U.N. chief Antonio Guterres to recommend an “international protection mechanism” for the occupied Palestinian territory. The General Assembly adopted a resolution with 120 votes in favor, eight against and 45 abstentions. It was…
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Community Michael Chabon Touched A Nerve — And Shouting Him Down Is Not The Remedy
Michael Chabon’s recent graduation speech to the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) has reinvigorated fiery accusations of Israel- and Jewish self-hatred against Jewish opponents of Israeli administration of the West Bank. Not only Chabon, who vigorously voiced this opposition, but also HUC-JIR, which hosted him, have come under attack. These ugly charges impoverish…
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Opinion How Israel Killed Liberal Zionism
Whether liberal Zionism is a dead letter or merely on the ropes remains an open question. Jarrod Tanny’s recent piece on “The Loneliness of Liberal Zionism” is the latest salvo in this ongoing debate. Liberal Zionists, Tanny tells us, are attacked from both the anti-Zionist left and the right, “forced to wage war on two…
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The Schmooze Ignoring Death Threats Miss Iraq Meets With Miss Israel — In Jerusalem.
Beauty pageant contestants often claim that all they want is world peace. Adar Gondelsman of Israel and Sarah Idan of Iraq may actually get us there. The two women met over the summer at the Miss Universe competition in Las Vegas. They hit it off and took a selfie, which each woman posted to Instagram….
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News Camp Ramah Says No Way To IfNotNow’s Harsh Criticism Of Israel
Across the country, Jewish kids are counting down the days to the end of school, and the start of camp and its summertime pleasure of swimming, dancing and color wars. But even as families begin packing, the Conservative movement’s Camp Ramah has refused to allow a left-wing Jewish advocacy group that opposes the Israeli occupation…
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Fast Forward Brother of Hamas Members Arrested For Dropping Marble Slab On Soldier’s Head
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man suspected of killing an Israeli soldier by dropping a marble slab on his dead has been arrested. The Israel Security Agency, or Shin Bet, announced on Wednesday that it had arrested Islam Yousef Abu Hamid, 32, last week after the lifting of a gag order on the arrest; the…
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Community Israel’s Looming Ultra-Orthodox Housing Crisis
Over the past three years, Israel’s minister of finance has invested tremendous resources in meeting the needs of the Israeli middle class. However, even with these efforts, the minister has failed to address the ultra-Orthodox’s needs — a mistake that has contributed to an acute housing crisis for this sector of Israeli society. The ultra-Orthodox…
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