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Fast Forward Netanyahu Backtracks On African Immigrant Plan Amid Right-Wing Fury
Updated 6:45 p.m. Only hours after the Israeli government reached an agreement with the United Nations over its plan to deport thousands of African asylum-seekers while allowing thousands more to stay, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Facebook that the plan was being suspended. Netanyahu wrote that he would be meeting on Tuesday morning with…
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Opinion Netanyahu’s Flip-Flop On Protecting Refugees Is Spineless And Shameful
Just when the Israeli government was about to do the right thing, its prime minister today turned into a spineless and inept politician, more interested in appeasing an extreme section of his domestic base than in leading with moral clarity and consistency. That’s the only way I can view the seesawing behavior of Benjamin Netanyahu…
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Fast Forward In First, Saudi Crown Prince Says Israelis Have Right To Their Own Land
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land in an interview published on Monday in The Atlantic, another public sign of ties between Riyadh and Jerusalem appearing to grow closer. Asked if he believes the Jewish people have a right to a nation-state in at…
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Opinion Carnage In Gaza Is A Disaster For Israel Too
The Israel Defense Forces are currently confronting masses of Gazans along the Gaza-Israel boundary fence. Sadly, the confrontation brings into focus the abject lack of a viable strategy on the part of all sides to this conflict. Accordingly, when the smoke clears a month or so from now, there will be no winners. And everybody…
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Fast Forward Hungry For Hummus? Google Introduces Breakthrough Cloud Technology That Simulates Taste
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Google Israel in a video for April 1 announced an application programming interface that detects what kind of hummus its customers enjoy. “We’re extremely excited to share with you our latest Google Cloud groundbreaking technology: After enabling our customers to address senses through Speech & Vision API, we are now releasing a…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Calls Killing Of 15 Palestinian Demonstrators ‘Tragic’
(JTA) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized Israel’s use of force on the border with Gaza in a tweet. “The killing of Palestinian demonstrators by Israeli forces in Gaza is tragic. It is the right of all people to protest for a better future without a violent response,” Sanders, who was a candidate for the…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldiers ‘Deserve A Medal’ For Deadly Gaza Clashes: Defense Chief
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman asserted that there will not be an international into the Gaza border clashes that left at least 16 Palestinians dead and hundreds injured. “Israeli soldiers did what was necessary. I think all our soldiers deserve a medal,” Lieberman told Army Radio Sunday. “As for a commission of…
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Fast Forward 13 Palestinians Wounded On Gaza Border
Israeli troops fired warning shots towards Palestinian youths gathered at the Gaza-Israel border on Saturday, wounding 13 people, health officials said. Tension remained high in the area a day after deadly violence broke out in one of the biggest Palestinian demonstrations there in years. An Israeli military spokesman said he was checking the details of…
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