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The Schmooze Sacha Baron Cohen Will Play Israeli Spy Eli Cohen In Netflix Series
Sacha Baron Cohen will star in a limited Netflix series about the Israeli Mossad agent Eli Cohen, who served in Syria as a spy for Israel in the 1960s. The six-episode series, “The Spy,” will chronicle Cohen’s heroic intelligence-gathering work in Syria from 1961-1964, when he was discovered and executed by the Syrian government. Cohen’s…
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Fast Forward Hamas Machine Guns Fire On Israeli Fighter Jet, Triggering Rocket Sirens
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rocket alerts sounded throughout southern Israel, triggered by Hamas machine gun fire. The alarms began sounding after midnight between Wednesday and Thursday, sending residents of Gaza border area communities to bomb shelters. The alarms were triggered in the wake of an Israel Air Force strike on a Hamas military site in Gaza,…
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Fast Forward Dublin Mayor Gets Into Israel In Misspelled Name SNAFU
JERUSALEM (JTA) –The mayor of Dublin entered Israel despite instructions to border officials to keep him out of the country. Mícheál Éamonn Mac Donncha, a member of the leftist Sinn Féin party, entered Israel through Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday night and reported later that he had travelled to Ramallah. Donncha is scheduled to attend…
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Fast Forward White House Nearly Done With Peace Plan But Can’t Decide When To Share It
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has nearly completed a long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan but is still struggling to decide how and when to roll it out, a senior White House official said, acknowledging that Washington faces a “disconnect” with Palestinians over its planned U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem. The initiative, which had been widely…
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Fast Forward Putin, Netanyahu Warn Each Other About Consequences In Syria
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In a phone call, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned each other about the repercussions of actions related to Iran’s presence in Syria. “Upon an initiative of the Israeli side, a telephone conversation took place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,” Sputnik,…
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Fast Forward Israel Made Teen Ethiopian Bible Quiz Whiz Pay Thousands Of Dollars To Compete
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Jewish teen from Ethiopia reportedly has deposited thousands of dollars in order to participate in the final stages of the International Bible Quiz in Israel. The deposit is to insure that Sintayehu Shafrao, 18, returns to Gondar after the competition ends next week on Israel’s Independence Day. Shafrao will represent Ethiopians…
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Fast Forward Guatemala To Move Embassy To Jerusalem Two Days After U.S.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Guatemala will move its embassy to Jerusalem on May 16, two days after the United States moves its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The announcement of the date for the planned move came on Wednesday morning, in a post on Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat’s Facebook page. Barkat posted a photo of…
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Fast Forward Israel Launches Fraud Investigation Of Apple
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli government ministry has opened an investigation of Apple over its failure to disclose that software updates could slow the performance of some iPhones. The Consumer Protection and Fair Trade Authority, which is part of the Economic Ministry, announced Tuesday that it had launched the investigation on suspicion of consumer deception…
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