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Fast Forward Netanyahu Scores Diplomatic Breakthrough At West Africa Summit
Benjamin Netanyahu scored a diplomatic breakthrough when he attended a summit of West African states — and held a series of meetings with leaders. The Israeli premier jetted into Liberia for a historic speech to the gathering of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), chalking up a new success in an effort to…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Tells Israeli Leftists: ‘Occupation Must End’
(JTA) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Jewish former presidential candidate, said “the occupation must end” in a video message to the Israeli left-wing opposition Meretz Party. The five-minute video was set to be screened at a conference on Sunday marking the end of the Six-Day War in 1967 and “50 years of Occupation.” In…
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Fast Forward 16 Haredim Arrested In Jerusalem For Intimidating Soldiers, Police
(JTA) — Police in Jerusalem arrested 16 young men in the Haredi neighborhood of Me’a She’arim after they reportedly assaulted police officers posted to keep soldiers safe. The incident Friday followed efforts by police to keep extremists in the neighborhood from assaulting other Haredim who serve in the Israel Defense Forces. Haredi men were allowed…
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Israel News Israel’s Government Is Right-Wing. But It’s Taking Climate Change Seriously.
(JTA) — One of Israel’s strongest condemnations of Donald Trump wasn’t about the peace process. It didn’t concern Trump’s broken promise to relocate the U.S. embassy, or his reported leak of Israeli intelligence. It was about climate change. After President Trump announced the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris accords, the landmark 2015 agreement to…
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Fast Forward IDF Ordered To Re-examine Death Of Hebrew Israelite Soldier
The president of the Israel Defense Forces’ Military Court of Appeals has ordered an official reinvestigation into the death of Toveet Radcliffe, the first African American to die while serving in Israel’s armed forces. The order may be the first of its kind in more than 30 years, Israel’s Channel 2 reported. Radcliffe, 19, died…
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Fast Forward Israel ‘Disappointed’ With Trump For Jerusalem Embassy Flip-Flop
Israel on Thursday expressed disappointment at the decision of U.S. President Donald Trump to sign a waiver to delay relocating the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv but said it hoped a move could take place later. “Though Israel is disappointed that the embassy will not move at this time, we appreciate…
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Fast Forward Trump Signs Jerusalem Embassy Waiver — Insists Breaking Promise ‘Maximizes’ Chances Of Peace
Breaking a key campaign promise, President Trump has signed a controversial waiver allowing him to not move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Trump, who vowed to move the embassy on ‘Day one,’ is now following the same policy as presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush in refusing to take the explosive step. A U.S….
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Fast Forward Trump To Block Moving U.S. Embassy To Jerusalem In New Flip-Flop
Breaking a campaign promise that had excited pro-Israel activists, President Trump has reportedly decided to sign a waiver postponing the relocation of the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Senior administration officials told CNN on Wednesday that Trump will follow the path of his predecessors and sign the biannual waiver on Thursday to postpone the…
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