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Food This Easy Mediterranean Dip Will Elevate Any Meal
I remember sitting out on my terrace as a 7-year old girl, eating a bowl of plain yogurt, cucumber, dill, garlic and salt. Looking out at the Hudson River and Tappan Zee bridge, I’d crunch the chunky cucumbers in between my little, crooked teeth and smack my mouth together from the tart yogurt. I liked…
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Fast Forward Honduras President Backs Out Of Israel’s 70th Birthday Celebration
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The president of Honduras canceled a trip to Israel and his participation in the torchlighting ceremony at the annual Independence Day ceremony amid calls for the invitation to be rescinded. Juan Orlando Hernandez withdrew on Monday following the rescission calls over accusations of gross violations of human rights in his Central American…
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Fast Forward IDF Attacks Hamas Military Base In Gaza After Border Infiltration
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces attacked a Hamas military base in the northern Gaza Strip after a group of Palestinians entered Israel and planted two bombs along the border fence. Three men entered Israel from Gaza late Sunday night and planted the two improvised explosive devices – plastic bottles filled with an ignitable…
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Fast Forward Corbyn Calls For Review Of Arms Sales To Israel Over Gaza Border Protests
(JTA) — British Labour Party head Jeremy Corbyn called for a review of arms sales to Israel in a message condemning its “illegal and inhumane” actions against Palestinians protesting on the border with Gaza. The message was read Saturday at a demonstration in support of the Palestinians outside of the prime minister’s office on Downing…
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Fast Forward Russia Accuses Israel Of Airstrikes On Syrian Military Airbase
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Russia accused Israel of striking an airbase in central Syria. Fourteen people were killed in the early Monday morning attack, including Iranian nationals, according to reports. Syria first blamed the United States for the attack and, after Russia accused Israel, Syrian state media quoting the military said that Israeli F-15 war planes…
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Fast Forward Convicted Sex Offender Rabbi Drives Car Into Western Wall Plaza
A prominent Israeli rabbi who is also a convicted sex offender was allowed during Passover to drive his car directly into the Western Wall plaza — an honor that is only permitted for the religion’s greatest leaders. Rabbi Eliezer Berland, accompanied by dancing and praying followers running alongside him, was driven through security checkpoints and…
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Fast Forward Israeli Chief Rabbi: Jews Have ‘Moral Obligation’ To End Syrian ‘Genocide’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi said Jews have a “moral obligation” to end the “cruel genocide” taking place in Syria. Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef was responding on Sunday to reports that up to 150 men, women and children in the Syrian town of Douma, east of capital Damscus, were killed in a chemical attack…
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Fast Forward Israeli Athletes Barred From Taekwondo World Championship In Tunisia
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Four young Israeli athletes have been banned from competing in the taekwondo world junior championship event in Tunisia. The competitors were banned by order of a court in the capital Tunis, which was responding to a lawsuit filed by the National Commission for Supporting Arab Resistance and Opposing Normalization and Zionism against…
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