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News How would Trump handle the war in Gaza if he were president?
As tensions increase between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump is saying he would be a better ally to Israel in its war with Hamas
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Opinion I tried to return a damaged book to Amazon. Instead, I got lambasted for living in Israel
'I only see Palestine': Instead of receiving customer service, I became a geopolitical pawn
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Opinion Biden is preparing to defy Israel in wartime — something no president has done since Eisenhower
Many presidents have yearned to push back on Israel. Biden is actually doing it.
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Fast Forward Charlie Biton, co-founder of Israeli Black Panthers and first Israeli to meet Arafat, dies at 76
Biton was a member of parliament for 15 years, serving as a symbol of persistent Mizrahi claims against Israel’s Ashkenazi-dominated ruling class
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Fast Forward ADL to honor Jared Kushner for Israel work, calling it ‘pivotal’ for hostage negotiations
The organization said Kushner’s diplomatic work laid the groundwork for current talks related to the Gaza war
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News Biden is assured victory in Michigan primary, but the state’s large Arab American population wants to send a warning
‘Any effort to deflect or divert Democratic support from President Biden in this election is effectively a vote for Donald Trump,’ said a Jewish Democratic strategist
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Opinion Instead of vetoing ceasefire resolutions, the US must start conditioning support for Israel
This week the United States vetoed for the third time a resolution for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza
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Fast Forward Tiffany Haddish goes to Israel, visits Hostage Square and pledges to see Gaza
‘I’m going to go see with my own eyes,’ says the comedian, who learned that a 'lot of people were kidnapped'
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Fast Forward Trump attorney general pick Pam Bondi: 5 things Jews should know
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Opinion As a Jewish biblical scholar in Houston, I’m enraged that Texas is adopting this biblically illiterate new curriculum
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News Israel reached a ceasefire in Lebanon. Why does Gaza seem so hard?
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Culture Barbra Streisand recorded here — and so did Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon and, uh, The Village People
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Fast Forward Lee Zeldin, Trump’s pick to helm EPA, says he received bomb threat with ‘pro-Palestinian themed message’
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Opinion We can be thankful this year — and Jewish wisdom can help
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