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Fast Forward Israel Finance Minister Makes Rare Confidence-Boosting Visit To Palestinians
Israel’s finance minister has met the Palestinian prime minister, Israeli officials said on Thursday, in a rare visit by an Israeli cabinet member to the occupied West Bank as part of a U.S. peace push. Israel’s security cabinet agreed just before U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Jerusalem and the West Bank May 22-23 on…
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Israel News Where Are They Now? Four Americans Who Moved To Israel After The Six Day War
In 1967, when Israel faced off against Jordan, Egypt and Syria, American Jews were gripped by collective anxiety as the young Jewish state fought a war that many predicted would spell its defeat. Israel, of course, was victorious, and the anxiety gave way to pride and Diaspora identification with Israel. While immigration to Israel was…
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Fast Forward Russian Billionaire Who Kidnapped Dad Ensnared In Israel Corruption Probe
Another Israeli corruption scandal has honed in on another billionaire. According to Haaretz, an inquiry into Interior Minister Arye Deri’s finances by police has led to the questioning of Michael Mirilashvili, a Russian-Israeli billionaire. Mirilashvili funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to Mifalot Simha, a charity suspected to have siphoned off funds to Deri, who…
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Fast Forward Why Is Israel Keeping So Quiet About Trump’s Giant Saudi Arms Sale?
WASHINGTON (JTA) – The year was 1981 and the director of AIPAC was calling for a “showdown” with the Reagan administration, saying “This country is being held hostage to the whims of the Saudis.” At issue was the sale to Saudi Arabia of AWACS, aircraft with radar-enabled surveillance capabilities that at the time were state of…
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Fast Forward Secret Documents Show Israel’s Occupation Dilemmas Started Hours After Six-Day War
Within days of capturing East Jerusalem and the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East war, Israel was examining options about their future ranging from Jewish settlement-building to the creation of a Palestinian state. As the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the war nears on June 5, recently unearthed documents detailing the post-war legal…
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Culture Nudity And Neon Light Up Israel Biggest Arts Festival
JERUSALEM (JTA) – The Israel Festival is the closest thing the Jewish state has to a national art event. But director Eyal Sher insists it is not government approved. As evidence, he points to the performances lined up for the annual festival, now in its 56th year, showcasing dance, music, drama and performance theater from Israel…
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Fast Forward Mike Pence To Speak At Christian Pro-Israel Group’s Annual Summit
(JTA) — Vice President Mike Pence will address the annual summit of Christians United for Israel, the largest pro-Israel group in the country. Pence will speak at CUFI’s conference in Washington, D.C., which is taking place on July 17-18, the group announced Tuesday. Pastor John Hagee, who founded CUFI in 2006, praised the Trump administration in a…
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Community How Israel Beat Peanut Allergies
Allergy advocacy used to be easy. Given the potentially tragic consequences of , everyone assumed a simple formula: the more precautions the better. In wealthy countries like the United States, ever greater accommodations were made to ensure that allergy sufferers were separated from the foods that could do them harm. Nut-free schools went from unheard…
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