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Fast Forward Israeli Tech Firm Orbotech Purchased For $3.4 Billion
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A California-based company is acquiring the tech firm Orbotech for $3.4 billion in what is reported to be one of the largest buyouts of an Israeli company. KLA-Tencor Corp., a manufacturer of semiconductor equipment, and Orbotech announced the deal on Monday. Orbotech, based in the central Israel city of Yavne, develops technologies…
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Fast Forward Elon Musk Parties In Jerusalem, Gets Serious At Masada, All On Instagram
Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX, has taken to Instagram to document his Israel trip. His fans are loving it. Within two hours of uploading a photo of his night out at a Jerusalem bar, Musk racked up almost 250,000 likes. “Learning how to pour flaming absinthe over a tower of glasses in Gatsby,…
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Opinion Are African Refugees Paying The Price Of Jewish Power?
Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! Never has an outcry from one Jew to another felt so futile. Ever since the Israeli government announced its intention to deport to Africa thousands of asylum refugees who fled horrific conditions in…
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Fast Forward Dershowitz Bashes Cynthia Nixon For Backing Israelis Who Boycott Settlements
Cynthia Nixon, the actress who announced her campaign for New York governor on Monday, is already facing attacks from pro-Israel activists over her support for a petition backing Israeli artists who were refusing to perform in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Lawyer and Israel advocate Alan Dershowitz launched a preemptive strike against Nixon on…
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Fast Forward Abbas Calls U.S. Ambassador To Israel ‘Son Of A Dog’
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday criticized U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman for his support of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, calling the envoy a “son of a dog.” Friedman is a strong supporter of Israel’s settler movement, and was an early and enthusiastic advocate of President…
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Fast Forward Israeli Mayor Cancels Speech In Poland After Being Censored Under Holocaust Law
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli mayor canceled his participation in a ceremony with the mayor of the Polish town of Radomsko after the speech he was to deliver to Israeli high school students was censored by local authorities. Eli Dukorsky, mayor of the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Bialik, refused to deliver the censored speech…
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Fast Forward Israeli Father Of Four Dies Of Wounds From Jerusalem Stabbing Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) – The Israeli civilian stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist in the Old City of Jerusalem died of his wounds. He was named as Adiel Kolman, a 32-year-old father of four from the West Bank settlement of Kochav Hashachar. While Kolman was a civilian security guard by profession, he was not armed and not…
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Fast Forward French Consulate Employee Used Diplomatic Car To Smuggle Hamas Weapons
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A driver for the French Consulate in eastern Jerusalem used a car with diplomatic plates to smuggle weapons from Hamas in Gaza to the West Bank. The driver, French national Romain Franck, and his Palestinian security guard were arrested for the smuggling last month, the Israel Security Agency, or Shin Bet, announced…
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