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Fast Forward Teaneck School To Implement Israeli Rainwater Harvest System
Through collaboration with the Teaneck Creek Conservancy and Amir Yechieli, founder of Israel-based “Yevul Mayim,” the Jack Flamholz Water Sustainability Project has successfully introduced water conservation curriculum and rainwater harvesting to Hawthorne Elementary School in Teaneck. This is the first project of its kind in New Jersey and will allow students to explore ideas on…
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Fast Forward Is Israel Becoming A Gay Porn Powerhouse?
Tel Aviv has been a happening LGBT scene for decades, but now Israel is becoming a destination for the gay porn industry. “I’m not competing with foreign sites that show guys with abs who look like a million bucks,” a filmmaker identified as Shay told Haaretz. “With me, everything is homey; my films are amateurish.”…
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel Groups Find Way To Ignore Trump’s Intelligence Blunder
The bombshell news that President Trump passed on sensitive Israeli intelligence to the Russians has been met by almost absolute silence from pro-Israel groups. None of the leading Jewish or pro-Israel groups have put out statements about the disclosure, first revealed by the New York Times. Israeli media is reporting that intelligence officials there are…
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Fast Forward Nikki Haley Says Western Wall Belongs To Israel — No Matter What U.S. Policy Says
(JTA) — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in an interview that the Western Wall belongs to Israel and Israel’s capital should be in Jerusalem — regardless of what U.S. policy says. Haley made the comments during an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody in the wake of reports that a Trump…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Man Inside ISIS In Danger After Trump Intel Gaffe: ABC
(JTA) — An Israeli agent undercover inside the Islamic State has been put at risk by U.S. President Donald Trump’s disclosure of classified information to Russia, ABC News reported. The spy had provided Israel with intelligence about an Islamic State, or ISIS, plan to cause the crash of a passenger jet on the way to…
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Fast Forward Citing ‘Hate Speech,’ Sweden Briefly Blocks Israeli Ambassador On Twitter
(JTA) — A Swedish government agency on information apologized for blocking briefly from its account on Twitter thousands of users, including that of Israel’s ambassador in Stockholm, that it flagged as engaging in hate speech. The Swedish Institute published the apology Tuesday on the Swedish-language edition of its website, in which it also stated that…
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Opinion The Real Lessons Of The Six-Day War Defy Conventional Wisdom
Reflecting on the Six Day War, many focus on the repercussions of that historical event, namely, the occupation or liberation (depends on where you stand) of territories which, on one hand, are part of the biblical Land of Israel, and on the other are populated with many Palestinians. On its fiftieth anniversary, then, the spoils…
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Fast Forward David Friedman Vows Trump Won’t Push Israel To Freeze Settlements
David Friedman, the new U.S. ambassador to Israel, gave his first interview since he landed in Israel on Monday to — where else? — Israel Hayom, the newspaper funded by Republican casino magnate and on-again-off-again Trump supporter Sheldon Adelson. Friedman spoke with Israel Hayom ahead of Trump’s scheduled visit to Israel next week, now clouded…
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