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Israel News Why So Many African-American Basketball Stars Love Playing In Israel
NEW YORK (JTA) — Chris Watson played four standout years of basketball at Niagara University, where he became one of the upstate New York school’s all-time leading scorers. So when the 6-7 forward-center went undrafted by an NBA team in 1997, he set out to play on a professional level internationally. He played two years…
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Opinion What Sort Of Israel-Arab Peace Are Jared Kushner And The Saudis Cooking Up?
Nobody outside the tight-lipped circle of principals knows what’s in the Trump administration’s planned Israeli-Palestinian “deal of the century.” But there are hints and rumors, and a coherent picture seems to be emerging. And based on what’s emerging, it looks like it’s going to be a letdown. The plan is being drafted primarily by presidential…
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Fast Forward Israeli, Palestinian Killed In Two Violent Incidents
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli and a Palestinian were killed on Thursday in two separate incidents in Israel and the occupied West Bank, officials said. An Israeli man was stabbed to death in the southern Israeli city of Arad in what police said was “most probably a terrorist attack”. “The investigation is continuing and police…
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Opinion No, The Orthodox Aren’t Stealing Birthright. They’re Attracting Young People
Last week, Haaretz ran an explosive story. “Orthodox trip operators are taking over Birthright Israel Programs” proclaimed the headline. The article examined Birthright’s recent decision to drop the Reform Movement “as a certified trip provider,” attributing this “split” between Birthright and the Reform movement to the “aggressive” and often misleading “marketing” of Orthodox trip providers…
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Fast Forward Israeli Retaliatory Strikes Hit Hamas Posts In Gaza
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli tanks and planes fired on four Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for mortar shells fired on soldiers working in southern Israel, the Israeli army said. Following the mortar attacks early Thursday afternoon, trains running between the southern Israeli cities of Ashkelon and Sderot were stopped. Buses were sent…
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Fast Forward White House: Reports Of Israel Embassy Move Are ‘Premature’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The White House labeled as “premature” a report in the Israeli media that President Donald Trump was set to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. “We have nothing to announce,” a White House official told JTA on Wednesday. Trump has until this weekend to issue a waiver suspending for six months a…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Open Embassy In Rwanda, In Latest African Diplomatic Breakthrough
(JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will open an embassy in Rwanda for the first time. Netanyahu said he apprised Rwandan President Paul Kagame of the decision at a meeting Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenya. The opening of the embassy “is part of the expansion of Israel’s presence in Africa and the deepening of…
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Fast Forward Hotovely Foreign Trip Canceled In Wake Of Remarks On U.S. Jews
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A scheduled trip to the Czech Republic by Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely reportedly was scrapped a week after she disparaged U.S. Jewry in an interview in English. Hotovely had been scheduled to leave for the Czech Republic on Wednesday. Hours before her departure, the Prime Minister’s Office contacted her and…
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