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Community Is The Two State Solution Over? Thomas Friedman Says…Maybe.
A version of this piece originally appeared in Plus61J, an Australian Jewish publication. If Israel and the Palestinians are to find peace, the initiative will have to come from them. They must own the process, or it will be doomed to fail, according to Thomas Friedman. “In the entire history of mankind, no-one ever washed…
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Community Why is Normalization Of Israel Stigmatized In Palestinian Society?
While Zionists around the world celebrated Israeli Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut, on May 2, Palestinians commemorated the Nakba, the resulting “catastrophe” on May 15. On June 5, Palestinians will also commemorate the 50th year of living under occupation, while for some Israelis it is the 50th year of the unification of what they describe as…
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Opinion Could Merging Hebrew And Arabic Alphabets Help Bring Peace To Middle East?
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Middle East peace may remain out of reach, but at least the Hebrew and Arabic languages have found a compromise. Israeli typography designer Liron Lavi Turkenich has created a stylized writing system that merges the two ancient alphabets, allowing Hebrew and Arabic speakers to read the same words. Her hope is…
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Fast Forward Observant And Secular Israeli Neighbors Come Together For Shavuot
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli rabbinical group that works to bridge the religious-secular divide will hold Shavuot holiday learning programs in homes throughout the country. The Tzohar Rabbinical Organization, which previously only held programs in community centers and public buildings to encourage the participation of the secular public, have opened a “Homework” program, in which dozens…
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Fast Forward Israeli Man Remarries After Wife Was Killed In West Bank Terror Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Natan Meir, whose wife Dafna was killed in a terror attack in their home, was married in a ceremony in Jerusalem. Only close family attended the wedding ceremony on Thursday, Arutz-7 reported, and said that no photos from the wedding would be released to the public. Meir announced in March that he…
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Fast Forward Israel Tests Rocket Propulsion System
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel carried out a test launch of a rocket propulsion system from a military base located in the center of Israel. A statement issued by the Defense Ministry Monday morning after the test did not say whether or not it was successful. The rocket could be seen in the sky leaving a…
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Opinion BDS Debates On Campus Actually Benefit Jews
The Israeli government has declared the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement as one of the biggest threats facing Israel today. Many in the American Jewish community have worried about the anti-Semitism and delegitimization of Israel the BDS debates on college campuses invoke. For the last years, I, along with a group of researchers, have…
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Fast Forward Israeli Minister Meets Arab Officials In Ecuador On Trump Peace Initiative
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — In an unprecedented move, an Israeli Knesset minister met in public with officials from Gulf states and a Palestinian diplomat in Ecuador’s capital city Quito. Israeli Communications Minister Ayoub Kara, who is a Druze Arab, attended last week’s swearing-in ceremony of Ecuador’s new president along with delegates from around the…
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