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Opinion Israel Made A Huge Mistake. Trump Is Terrible For The Jews
A recent poll found that three out of four Israelis approve of U.S. President Donald Trump’s handling of U.S.-Israel relations, while nearly 60% of American Jews disapprove of it. In the wake of these results, an Israeli colleague asked me: Is it possible that Israelis are right? That Trump is actually good for Israel? It’s…
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Community Israel’s Education Minister Is Pushing American Jews Away From Israel
Earlier this week in Jerusalem, Naftali Bennett, who serves as both Israel’s Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Minster of Education, told delegates to an American Jewish Committee conference that the future of the US Jewish community “keeps me up at night.” Warning that “If we don’t act urgently, we’re going to be losing millions of…
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Fast Forward Israel Bans Father Of 33 From Donating More Sperm
A Brooklyn math professor who has fathered 30 children in the past decade, largely through artificial insemination conducted in public bathrooms, has been prevented by the Israeli government from providing his unique services, the New York Post reported Saturday. Ari Nagel, 42, became known in recent years for his unique method of delivery: He extracts…
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Fast Forward Australia Won’t Move Embassy To Jerusalem
(JTA) — Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop said Australia will not be moving its embassy to Jerusalem, despite her Liberal Party’s support for the move. The party approved a non-binding resolution supporting the move and calling for a suspension of aid to Palestine until it stops paying jailed terrorists and their families. The motion…
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Opinion Letter To An Israeli-Jewish Friend
Forty years ago, Hillel Halkin wrote a powerful defense of Zionism in the guise of letters to an imaginary American friend. This year, Yossi Klein Halevi published what has become a best-selling book framed as letters to an imaginary Palestinian neighbor. I wouldn’t be so presumptuous as to mimic the skill and impact these two…
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Fast Forward South African Politician Suspended For Saying City Is ‘Friend Of Israel’
(JTA) — The mayor of Johannesburg said that a City Council member was suspended for declaring that the city was a friend of Israel. Mayor Herman Mashaba in announcing Mpho Phalatse’s suspension on Tuesday said her “remarks didn’t adequately address the complexity and sensitivity of the issue. They caused confusion,” News24 reported. Phalatse made the…
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Letters Liberal American Jews Have A Right To Celebrate Israel
In their response to my recent piece, “The Loneliness of the Liberal Zionist,” Harry Reis and Yoav Schaefer have argued that Israel bears responsibility for the decline (if not death) of liberal Zionism as a viable future path for the Jewish state. Because of five decades of occupation, unremitting settlement expansion beyond the Green Line,…
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Fast Forward Secret Israeli Memo Cast Doubt That Trump’s Korea Summit Accomplished Anything
A classified report from Israel’s foreign ministry questioned whether the summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was anything more than a photo opportunity, Axios reported Thursday. The analysis was reportedly circulated on Wednesday by the research department of the Israeli foreign ministry to all Israeli embassies around the world and…
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