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Opinion Israel Has Chosen Ultra-Nationalism Over Diaspora Jews
Back in the late 1990s, it seemed appropriate to describe relations between Israel, the United States and the American Jewish community as a strategic triangle. Each of the three sides to the triangle interacted with and nourished the other two. This was not an equilateral triangle: Israel seemed to be replacing U.S. Jewry as the…
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Fast Forward 200 Leading Rabbis Sign Letter Describing Gay People As ‘Perverts’
More than 200 leading rabbis published a letter condemning the idea of surrogacy and adoption for gays, describing homosexuals as “perverts,” The Jerusalem Post reported. In the letter, released Thursday, the rabbis wrote that “the aggressive terror which accompanies the media’s brainwashing” designed to “destroy the concept of family and turn perverts into heroes will…
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Fast Forward Arab-Israeli Lawmaker Resigns From Knesset Over Nation-State Law
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Arab-Israeli lawmaker resigned from Knesset in protest of the nation-state law. Zouheir Bahloul of the Zionist Union announced his resignation on Saturday during a live appearance on Israel’s “Meet the Press” television show. “The law oppresses me and oppresses the population that sent me to the Knesset,” he said during his…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Teens Enter Israel Carrying Home-Made Submachine Guns
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Palestinian teens from the West Bank entered Israel carrying home-made machine guns. The teens, from Nablus, were found by a Border Police foot patrol in the Seam Zone, between the Green Line and Israel’s security barrier, outside the community of Oranit near central Israel. They had tried unsuccessfully to run away,…
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Opinion Israel Just Recognized Itself As A Jewish State. Stop Asking Palestinians To.
Last week, the Israeli Knesset passed the Nation-State Bill ratifying Israel’s Jewish character. The passage of a constitutional provision defining Israel as a Jewish state is clearly of immediate and substantial significance for the state’s Arab citizens. But Israel makes its Jewishness a central component of its negotiations with Fatah and Hamas, too, holding recognition…
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Fast Forward Israel To Expand Settlement In Response To Deadly Stabbing
(JTA) — Israel said it will build hundreds of new homes in a settlement where a Palestinian killed an Israeli and wounded two others in a knife attack Thursday. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman took to Twitter Friday to announce 400 new housing units in the Adam settlement north of Jerusalem. “The best answer to terrorism…
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Community Rabbi Rick Jacobs: Israel Turning Away BDS Supporter Ariel Gold Was ‘Disgraceful’
Dear Elijah, I enjoyed sitting and speaking with you and your fellow URJ Eisner Camp Machon campers just a few days ago. As you note in your well-argued essay, we talked seriously and thoughtfully about exactly the issues you raise. In our conversation we discussed a variety of critical issues, including having a frank conversation…
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Fast Forward ISIS Rocket Launcher Aimed At Syria Strikes Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel struck the rocket launcher in Syria used to shoot two rockets at Israel that landed in the Sea of Galilee. The area near the launcher also was targeted with artillery equipment on Wednesday night. according to the IDF. The destroyed rocket launcher and several soldiers killed in the attack were members…
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