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Fast Forward Israel reportedly is preparing for an imminent Iran strike despite Trump’s prior admonitions
The United States is evacuating some personnel from the Middle East amid Iranian vows to retaliate
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Culture Travels to ‘the sixth borough’ — a brief history of New York City mayors visiting Israel
NYC mayors have been visiting Israel since 1951. What have they been doing there?
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Opinion Mike Huckabee’s stunning, terrifying new gift to the Israeli right
If the US abandons a two-state solution, Israel will be forced to face existential questions with no good answers
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Fast Forward 5 countries, including UK and Canada, sanction far-right Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich
Israeli officials responded defiantly, likening the sanctions to British policies during the era of Mandatory Palestine
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Film & TV In Jerusalem, everything is political — even the stone architects used to design the city
Danae Elon’s film 'Rule of Stone' explores the history behind Jerusalem’s architecture
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Fast Forward After IDF intercepts Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla, crew posts videos calling themselves ‘kidnapped’
Israel’s defense minister said he had instructed the army to show the group footage from Oct. 7.
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Fast Forward Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla could reach Israeli waters over the weekend: What you need to know
Thunberg and 11 other activists are on board a ship headed to Gaza with aid supplies, but the IDF has said it does not intend to allow the ship to dock
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Fast Forward Zohran Mamdani once said mayoral candidates should pledge to boycott Israel. Now that he’s running, he’s not so forthcoming.
Resurfaced 2020 video shows Mamdani urging progressives to embrace BDS, press local officials on boycotts
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Opinion American Jews have a Hasan Piker problem. Solving it is going to hurt
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Opinion How Israel became a country where teenagers murder each other in cold blood
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Sports NBA coach Steve Kerr: ‘Israel sought revenge for Oct. 7 and now 72,000 Palestinians have been killed’
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Fast Forward After a Maryland teacher’s death, her 200-piece Judaica collection finds new life in a Jewish museum
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Fast Forward British Green Party candidate tweeted about killing Zionists from Anne Frank parody account
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