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Fast Forward 6 shot to death at Jerusalem bus stop in city’s deadliest attack in nearly 2 years
Two gunmen were killed, reportedly by an off-duty security officer and a civilian with a gun license
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Fast Forward Mamdani calls for a permanent end to NYC investments in Israel Bonds
The Democratic mayoral nominee’s position could spark tension with Jewish leaders and his own allies
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News Beverly Hills schools wanted to fly the Israeli flag – but not to support the Jewish state
The Beverly Hills superintendent overruled his school board’s decision to hang the Israeli flag
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Fast Forward After Netanyahu and Cindy McCain meet, she calls out ‘desperation’ in Gaza, and he accuses her of ‘misrepresentation’
McCain said Gaza is ‘at a breaking point’
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Fast Forward Israel approves vast West Bank settlement plan that far-right minister said ‘practically erases the two-state delusion’
The plan, known as E1, had been delayed for two decades
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Fast Forward Israel opens new embassy in Zambia, once home to a historic Jewish community
The embassy in Lusaka was shuttered in 1972 following the Yom Kippur war
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Opinion Israel’s new gift to the far right could help end the Gaza war
Approval for a controversial new West Bank settlement might appease holdouts against a ceasefire
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Fast Forward 80 Modern Orthodox rabbis call for ‘moral clarity’ in the face of Gaza humanitarian crisis
“Hamas’s sins and crimes do not relieve the government of Israel of its obligations to make whatever efforts are necessary to prevent mass starvation,” the rabbis write
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