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Opinion Israel Just Decided To Expel African Refugees. So Much For ‘Never Again’
In 1939, my grandmother left Vienna with her sister, parents and the few belongings they could carry and headed by ship, east to Shanghai. They were among tens of thousands of Jewish refugees fleeing the violence of Naziism who would make the city their home for the next several years. They lived in a single…
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Fast Forward An Israeli Soldier Insists He Beat A Palestinian. The IDF Doesn’t Buy It
TEL AVIV (JTA) – Imagine for a moment that a soldier is suspected of misconduct in the field. Typically, someone might be expected to report the soldier, prompting the army to investigate. The soldier might deny any wrongdoing. Well, in Israel, a recent case unfolded in almost exactly the opposite way. A soldier admitted to beating…
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Fast Forward 102-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Meets The Nephew He Thought Couldn’t Exist
A 102-year-old Holocaust survivor thought everyone in his family died during the war — until he was reunited his nephew last week in Israel. Eliahu Pietruszka fled Poland in 1939. His parents and a brother, Zelig, died in a concentration camp. But Zelig’s twin, Volf, was captured by the Russian army and sent to a…
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Fast Forward Israeli Minister Reveals Secret Saudi Talks
JERUSALEM/RIYADH (Reuters) – An Israeli cabinet minister said on Sunday that Israel has had covert contacts with Saudi Arabia amid common concerns over Iran, a first disclosure by a senior official from either country of long-rumored secret dealings. In an interview on Army Radio, Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz did not characterize the contacts or give…
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Fast Forward Israeli President Rejects Pardon For Soldier Who Shot Downed Terrorist
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin rejected a request to pardon a former Israeli soldier convicted of shooting and killing an injured Palestinian terrorist as he lay on the ground. Rivlin rejected the request to pardon jailed soldier Elor Azaria, who is serving a reduced sentence of 14 months in prison for the murder….
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Fast Forward Israel Fires On Syrian Military Outpost In Golan Buffer Zone
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces fired on a Syrian military outpost in the demilitarized zone between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights for the second time in two days. Israeli tanks fired warning shots on the military installation Sunday evening after Syrian soldiers were spotted working to fortify the outpost in violation…
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Fast Forward Police Interview Netanyahu For 6th Time In Corruption Probe
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police officers on Sunday questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the sixth time in a corruption probe, Israeli media reported. Police investigators arrived by car in late afternoon to Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem where past interrogations have taken place, and disappeared behind security gates. Police and Netanyahu’s office declined to…
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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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