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Fast Forward Israeli Officials Abuzz Over Report On Trump’s Peace Plan
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The White House quickly denied an Israeli TV news report that claimed to reveal “key principles” of a U.S. plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. But that has not kept Israeli officials from reacting to it. Israel’s Hadashot news reported Saturday night that the Trump administration’s peace plan will recognize a Palestinian state, but will…
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Fast Forward Mexico Says It Will Stop Voting Against Israel At U.N.; Bibi Says ‘Gracias’
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted a message of gratitude to Mexico following its announcement that it would not vote against the Jewish state in upcoming votes at the United Nations. “Thank you President of Mexico @EPN and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Videgaray for refusing to go along with one…
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Israel News Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg Snubbed For ‘Jewish Nobel’ — And Was Bibi Behind It?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently received a lifetime achievement award from a major Jewish philanthropic group. The group, the Genesis Prize Foundation, is best known for its Genesis Prize, often called the “Jewish Nobel.” This year, Natalie Portman received the prize. But a report in Haaretz is claiming that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stopped the…
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Community What The Jewish Establishment Got Wrong About The Princeton Hillel Controversy
Last week, a controversy at Princeton Hillel reverberated throughout the Jewish world. Kenneset Member Tzipi Hotovely, a deputy foreign minister from the Likud party, had been slated to speak about combatting BDS and justifying Israeli settlements. Following a protest from Jewish progressive students, Princeton Hillel decided at the last minute to revoke her invitation to…
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Fast Forward Mercedes-Benz Opens R&D Center In Israel As Self-Driving Car Boom Grows
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Daimler opened on Thursday a Mercedes-Benz research and development center in Tel Aviv, one of a growing number of multinational firms seeking to tap into Israel’s auto technology expertise as the industry moves towards self-driving cars. The new center, which focuses on digital vehicle and mobility services, has 15 workers and…
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Fast Forward IDF Chief Of Staff: We’re Ready To Share Intel With Saudis
DUBAI (Reuters) – The Israeli army’s chief of staff told an Arabic language online newspaper that Israel was ready to share “intelligence information” with Saudi Arabia, saying their countries had a common interest in standing up to Iran. Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot told the privately Saudi-owned Elaph in what it said was his first interview…
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Community Israel’s Most Controversial Journalist Isn’t Finished Fighting The Occupation
A version of this piece originally appeared in Plus61J, an Australian Jewish publication. It’s hard to imagine a more controversial Israeli journalist than Gideon Levy. The Tel Aviv native began his career in journalism as a soldier in 1971, reporting for Army Radio on Israeli politics. In 1978, at the age of 26, he joined…
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Fast Forward Rick Jacobs And Reform Rabbis Beaten For Praying At Western Wall
A violent confrontation broke out at Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Thursday, when a delegation of Reform movement leaders tried to hold a Torah-reading service at the site. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, was roughed up by security guards employed at the Western Wall, one of whom threatened to spray him…
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