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Fast Forward EU Leader Cancels Israel Trip After Netanyahu Scraps Meeting
JERUSALEM (JTA) — European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini canceled a visit to Jerusalem after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he could not meet with her due to “scheduling reasons.” Mogherini has been scheduled to speak Monday at the American Jewish Committee’s Global Forum meeting in Jerusalem. She was to come to Jerusalem…
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Fast Forward Israel Destroyed Hamas Terror Tunnel That Stretched Out To Sea
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s military destroyed a Hamas terror tunnel that reached several yards into the sea, which would have allowed the group’s naval commandos to launch an attack on Israel from its coast. The tunnel was destroyed by the Air Force on June 3, when Israel carried out several airstrikes on Gaza in retaliation…
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Fast Forward Israeli Military Opens Surprise Exercise In The Golan
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces opened a surprise exercise in the Golan Heights. The military called up thousands of reservists on Sunday morning for the exercise, which reportedly will take place for several days. The IDF Spokesman told Israeli media that the large-scale drill, though a surprise to the participants, was planned in…
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Fast Forward 250,000 Attend Tel Aviv’s 20th Pride Parade
(JTA) — A crowd of 250,000 attended Tel Aviv’s 20th annual Pride Parade, which featured a performance by Israeli Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai. At least 30,000 foreign tourists attended the parade on Friday morning, Haaretz reported. The event, which topped last year’s overall attendance by some 50,000, according to estimates, is held in congruence with LGBTQ Pride…
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Fast Forward 4 Killed By Israeli Troops As Fresh Gaza Protests Erupt
Israeli troops killed four Palestinians and wounded hundreds of others on Friday with live fire or tear gas used against protesters at the Gaza border, medics said, while Israel said militants had attacked its forces with guns and grenades. Organizers linked the protests to annual “Jerusalem Day” events in Iran, which like Gaza’s dominant Hamas…
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Opinion Why Israelis Especially Shouldn’t Lie About Gaza
I spend a lot of time online. Probably too much. But, lately, I’ve seen something I haven’t seen before: Israel advocates, people I normally trust, tweeting things that are misrepresented or out of context. When I contacted them, some said, “Well, it’s close enough, and the anti-Israel discourse is so much worse.” I responded that…
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Fast Forward Anthony Bourdain, TV Foodie With Jewish Roots, Killed Self At 61
Anthony Bourdain, the host of CNN’s “Parts Unknown” whose mother was a secular Jew, killed himself at age 61 in a French hotel room Friday, authorities said. Bourdain had reportedly been in Strasbourg, France working on an upcoming episode of his food and travel show, which was in its 11th season. Although Bourdain’s mother was…
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Fast Forward Spain’s Third-Largest City Declares Itself ‘Free Of Israeli Apartheid’
(JTA) — Following a major Spanish city’s vote to boycott Israel, the leader of Spain’s third-largest party called the Jewish state a “criminal country” during an interview aired by public television broadcaster. Pablo Iglesias Turrión, leader of the Podemos far-left party, said this in an interview earlier this week on RTVE. “We need to act…
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