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Fast Forward PenceFence: Female Reporters Were Kept Behind Men During Pence’s Kotel Visit
Female reporters reacted with frustration on Tuesday after they were fenced behind their male counterparts while covering Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The press pool, set up on a raised platform overlooking the Western Wall and the stone square in front of it, was divided in half: Male reporters,…
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Fast Forward Yasir Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Attempts For Decades
“If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.” This was one of the reasons given by many people in Israel familiar with the government’s long-standing efforts to find and assassinate Yasir Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. A New York Times article details how Israeli intelligence and its military…
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Fast Forward One Of The Last Mysterious Fragments Of Dead Sea Scrolls Translated
Some of the last remaining obscure fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls have been decoded — and it looks like the original author made a mistake, the BBC reported. Israeli researchers at Haifa University worked more than a year to piece together small fragments of what is considered the oldest copy of the bible ever…
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Opinion Mike Pence Just Redefined What It Means To Be ‘Pro-Israel’
Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! With his long, formally delivered speech before the Israeli Knesset today, Vice President Mike Pence has dramatically redefined what it means for an American administration to be “pro-Israel.” I’m not a fan of…
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The Schmooze Israel: Want To Prove You’re The Best For LGBT People? Take Mike Pence To A Gay Club
Vice President Mike Pence is midway through a 35-hour whirlwind tour of Israel. The former Indiana governor has been received by Prime Minister Netanyahu, delivered a speech in the Knesset that included a recitation of the shehechiyanu prayer, and eaten dinner with the Prime Minister. In just a few hours he will meet with President…
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Fast Forward L’Oreal Model Steps Down Over Anti-Israel Tweets
The first model to appear in a haircare ad while wearing a hijab announced on Monday that she was withdrawing from L’Oreal’s ad campaign after she received criticism for a series of anti-Israel statements she made on Twitter. “I deeply regret the content of the tweets I made in 2014, and sincerely apologize for the…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Mike Pence Recites Shehecheyanu Prayer In Knesset Speech
Vice President Mike Pence recited the Shehecheyanu, a Jewish prayer thanking God on a special occasion, in his speech to the Knesset in Israel on Monday. פנס דיבר בעברית בנאומו: “שהחיינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה” pic.twitter.com/JHeJERPUey — חדשות 2 (@Channel2News) January 22, 2018 Pence’s speech noted that Israel will mark the 70th anniversary of its…
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Fast Forward El Al Pilots Refuse To Fly Deported African Asylum Seekers
At least three pilots from the Israeli national airline El Al are publicly refusing to participate in the Israeli government’s planned mass deportation of thousands of African asylum-seekers, who claim to be refugees but whom the Israeli government classifies as illegal economic migrants. The move is largely symbolic, as El Al does not fly to…
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