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Fast Forward British Secretary Of State Resigns Over Secret Meetings With Israeli Officials
(JTA) — A government minister in the United Kingdom resigned over secret meetings she had in Israel with government officials while on a family vacation there. Priti Patel, a lawmaker with the ruling Conservative Party, stepped down Wednesday after being called back earlier in the day from an official trip to Africa. In August, she…
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Community Birthright’s Move To Exclude Arab-Israelis From Its Narrative Is A Crisis — And Here’s How We Fix It.
Birthright Israel’s education department recently announced that all providers of its signature 10-day trip to Israel for young Jews must stop including meetings with Israeli Arabs in their programming. The move has hit a nerve. It has brought out the raw feelings surrounding the funders of the program, those who safeguard the educational content and…
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Opinion Why Doesn’t Birthright Believe In Israeli Democracy?
So they will never know Wadeea. This was the thought that came to me as I read the disappointing news that Birthright has chosen to end meetings with Arab citizens of Israel, who make up one-fifth of Israel’s population. Birthright’s official statement explained that “there is a need for further analysis” of such meetings before…
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The Schmooze Why Is American Pop Culture So Israel-Obsessed This Year?
When I was eighteen years old, I declared myself a ‘citizen of the world’. I was the classic secular Jewish teenager, raised in suburban Skokie, Illinois, and after I spent a semester in Jerusalem (more at home hanging in the Arab quarter than anywhere else), I found myself rejecting the ‘Next year in Jerusalem’ tropes….
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Fast Forward Get Ready, Israel: The Mooch Is Coming
Anthony Scaramucci, the colorful businessman who lasted 10 days as White House communications director before being fired, will soon head to Israel on an investment mission. Scaramucci, who came to politics from the world of Wall Street finance, will be a guest of the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce. The “executive VIP” trip to Israel…
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Fast Forward Israeli Start-Up Claims Apple Stole Smartphone Camera Tech
(Reuters) – An Israeli startup has sued Apple Inc, accusing the iPhone maker of copying its patented smartphone camera technology. Tel Aviv-based Corephotonics Ltd filed its patent infringement case against Apple in federal court in San Jose, California, on Monday. Corephotonics, which has raised $50 million from several high-profile venture capital firms and other investors,…
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Fast Forward ‘Alt-Right’ Activist Jack Posobiec Is Going On His Honeymoon — In Israel
Jack Posobiec, the pro-Trump Internet activist best known for his role in promoting the “Pizzagate” hoax and a conspiracy theory involving the murder of Democratic aide, announced on Twitter this weekend that he and his wife had decided on their honeymoon destination — the Holy Land. “We are taking our Honeymoon in Israel!” Posobiec wrote…
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Opinion Why Princeton Hillel Was Right To Disinvite Israeli Official
Princeton’s Hillel has indefinitely postponed a scheduled event with Tzipi Hotovely, Israel’s deputy foreign minister, due to pressure from progressive students. The cancelation by the Hillel, known as the Center for Jewish Life, came after students complained that Hotolevy has “repeatedly made racist statements.” Hotovely denies any Palestinian claim to land, and recently told Palestinian…
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