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News American Activist Considers Making Aliyah To Skirt Israel Travel Ban
Jewish activist Ariel Gold, who was refused entry to Israel this week because of her support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, says she has not ruled out the possibility of immigrating to the country. Speaking from her home in Ithaca, New York, Gold told Haaretz that making aliyah “is something I am looking…
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Opinion Furious About Family Separation? You Should Also Care That Israel Is Razing Bedouin Villages
American Jewish groups have, for the most part, condemned the Trump administration’s policy of separating parents from their children at the border. Good. So why can’t they condemn the Netanyahu administration’s policy of destroying villages like Khan al-Ahmar? The residents of Khan al-Ahmar, who are Bedouin Palestinians, hail originally from the Negev, inside Israel proper….
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Fast Forward White House Says Improved Ties With Israel Has Made U.S. More ‘Beloved’
(JTA) — Improved ties with Israel proves that the United States is more “beloved” around the world than under the previous administration, a White House spokesman said. He also said that Israel was “virtually” thought of as an enemy of the United States under the Obama administration. Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley told reporters aboard…
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Fast Forward Temple Mount Ban Lifted For Israeli Lawmakers
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A ban on all Israeli lawmakers visiting the Temple Mount was lifted. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said in a letter to Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein that all lawmakers, including government ministers, will be permitted to visit the Temple Mount once every three months. The decision comes a week after Likud…
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Fast Forward Earthquakes Rattle Sea Of Galilee In Northern Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Several earthquakes, including one measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale, jolted the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel on Wednesday morning. Most of the earthquakes, known as a swarm, were small and unnoticeable. But at least one measured in at 4.1 at about 4:50 a.m., according to the Geophysical Institute of Israel….
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Opinion I Teach At Birthright. IfNotNow Is Wrong.
The very public walkout of IfNotNow members on a Birthright tour last week has generated much angst in Israel and amongst American Jewry. As a Birthright lecturer who has met with thousands of Birthright participants to discuss Israel’s geopolitics, I can’t help but regard IfNotNow’s media stunt with bewilderment. Quite simply, the charges levelled against…
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Opinion Congress’s Anti-Semitism Awareness Act Doesn’t Protect Jews – It Protects Israel
After trying and failing to pass the so-called “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act” in the last legislative session, supporters have once again submitted a bill that, if passed by Congress, will dramatically curb free speech and academic inquiry on college campuses. As I argued in my testimony to the House Judiciary Committee last year, backers of this…
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News Birthright Caught Between Anti-Occupation Activists And Hard Right-Wing Donors
Like many Jewish institutions, Birthright Israel is rapidly losing the struggle to remain detached from deep political differences in these divisive times. Over the past months, it has been targeted directly by young activist Jews, angry over what they believe is the program’s refusal to deliver a balanced message to its participants regarding the Israeli-Palestinian…
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