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Fast Forward Israeli Committee Approves 1,122 New Housing Units In West Bank Settlements
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli planning committee approved over 1,000 new West Bank housing units. The Civil Administration, the military body that enforces Israeli policy on citizens in the West Bank, on Wednesday approved the 1,122 new housing units in 20 settlements and outposts in the West Bank, according to Peace Now. On Wednesday tenders…
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Opinion Religious Women Are Fighting To Take Back Their Neighborhood From Ultra-Orthodox Extremists
In the 10 years I’ve lived in Beit Shemesh, I have seen things I thought I’d never see. I’ve seen signs telling women what to wear and signs ordering them to walk down a specific staircase. I’ve seen young girls spit on and called shiksas. I’ve been spit on, for trying to protect these girls….
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News Israel Isn’t The Only One That Blacklists ‘Enemy’ Critics — Russia And China Do, Too
A new entry ban for the leaders of 20 international not-for-profit organizations puts Israel in the company of a group of mostly authoritarian nations that are cracking down on foreign nongovernmental organizations. Since 2006, restrictions on foreign NGOs have become increasingly prevalent worldwide, spreading from Russia to other authoritarian regimes, like China and Egypt, and…
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Fast Forward Hundreds Of Rabbis Urge Netanyahu Not To Demolish Palestinian Village
WASHINGTON (JTA) — More than 300 Jewish clergy wrote Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urging him not to demolish nearly half the building in a Palestinian village that Israel has deemed unauthorized. “The village of Susiya, like its counterparts throughout Area C of the West Bank, has consistently had its applications for building permits denied,”…
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Fast Forward Israeli Hospital Sends Delegation To Cholera-Stricken Zambia
(JTA) — Medical professionals from Israel are helping to treat cholera victims in Zambia, which is battling an outbreak of the disease. A delegation of two physicians and one water engineer from the Sheba Medical Center, Israel’s largest hospital, arrived Friday in the southern African country. Over 60 people in Zambia have died of cholera…
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Fast Forward Gay Men Can Now Donate Blood In Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — In a policy change, gay men will be allowed to freely donate blood in Israel. Last year, Israel’s Health Ministry announced that gay men would be able to donate blood provided that a year had passed since their last sexual encounter with a man, which was challenged by gay rights groups in…
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Fast Forward Israeli Father Of 6 Killed In West Bank Drive-By Shooting
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli father of six was killed in what is presumed to be a terror-related shooting in the West Bank. Rabbi Raziel Shevah, 35, was shot Tuesday night by a passing car near Nablus, in the northern West Bank, while he was driving past the Gilad Farm junction. He died of his…
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Fast Forward A Pro-Israel Donor Is Furious At The Country’s Treatment Of African Refugees
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Yikealo Beyene’s story is — up to a point — perfect feel-good fodder for a Saturday morning talk at synagogue. As a refugee from Eritrea, he read Anne Frank’s diary in his native tongue and translated it, teaching the tale to kids in an Ethiopian refugee camp. He sought out Israel for…
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