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Community Is AIPAC More Liberal Than The State Of Israel?
The official script of this year’s AIPAC Policy Conference did not offer many surprises. CEO Howard Kohr reiterated AIPAC’s support of “two states for two peoples… one Jewish with secure and defensible borders, and one Palestinian with its own flag and its own future.” The failure to achieve peace was placed firmly on the shoulders…
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Fast Forward Will Hasidic Draft Feud Tear Apart Benjamin Netanyahu’s Government?
A decades-old exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews from compulsory military service is a deeply divisive issue in Israel at the heart of a cabinet crisis that could lead to an early election. A preliminary vote in parliament on a new bill that would maintain the exemption is expected on Tuesday. One faction in Prime Minister Benjamin…
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Fast Forward U.S., Israeli Troops Train Together In Mock Mideast Village
ZEELIM MILITARY BASE, Israel (Reuters) – The Israeli military hosted U.S. Marines this week for an urban combat drill in a mock-up of a generic Middle East village, sharing know-how and signaling the allies’ shared interests as their leaders close ranks on a host of regional issues. “We are willing to work and train together,…
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Fast Forward When Jewish Pilgrims Visit West Bank — And Nothing Goes Wrong
The Israeli armored convoy rolls into the West Bank town of Jericho and comes to a halt outside a building with a Palestinian flag fluttering over it. At first glance, it might have looked like another incursion. But then out of the bus guarded by Israeli troops emerge Jewish pilgrims, on a visit to the…
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Fast Forward One-Third Of All Jewish Immigrants To Israel Backed By Christian Groups
Around one-third of all Jewish immigrants to Israel get backing from evangelical Christians, the Associated Press [reported] Thursday. “After 2,000 years of oppression and persecution, today you have Christians who are helping Jews. This is an amazing thing,” said Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, a group that raises…
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Fast Forward Trump Administration Poised To Unveil Mideast Peace Plan
(JTA) — The Trump administration is finishing up its Middle East peace plan and intends to make it public soon, The New York Times reported. According to the report published Sunday, the plan does not call for a two-state solution. The White House must now figure out how to present the plan so that it…
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Fast Forward Prospective Immigrants To Israel Learn What It Takes To Make Aliyah
(JTA) — Nearly 1,500 prospective immigrants to Israel attended a mega-event to learn about what it takes to make aliyah. The Mega Aliyah Fair held in New York City at John Jay College drew singles, families and retirees looking to prepare themselves for such a big move. The event, which grew out of much smaller Aliyah…
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Fast Forward Stanford To Partner With Israeli Hospital On Medical Innovations
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa and Stanford Medicine signed a cooperation agreement to work together on the future of medicine. The institutions announced Friday that they will cooperate in areas including medical innovation; research in collaboration with Big Data and Machine Learning; cutting-edge drug development; and trauma and emergency preparedness. The…
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