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Fast Forward UK Medical Journal Publishes Issue Analyzing Israel 3 Years After Denouncing It
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The British medical journal The Lancet published a special issue on Israel three years after publishing an open letter that accused Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza. The special issue, titled “Health in Israel: Progress and Challenges in a Region of Conflict,” was unveiled Monday in Tel Aviv. The issue is…
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Community Tel Aviv Councilman: What I Learned Talking Sexual Identity With Orthodox Educators
For too many years, the LGBT movement in Israel and the Orthodox religious institutions were considered to be rivals in a battle over the nature of the Israeli society. The thriving Israeli LGBT community, which I have been privileged to be part of for the past two decades and lead for several years, has never…
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Slideshows BEHOLD: The World’s Tiniest Jerusalem at Gulliver’s Gate
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Fast Forward How Fidget Spinner Was Supposed To Bring Peace To Mideast
(JTA) — Do we have Palestinian rock throwers to thank for the fidget spinner? The inventor of the ubiquitous stress-reducing toy says she came up with the idea during a trip to Israel in the 1980s, during the First Intifada, as a way to distract the “young boys throwing rocks at police officers.” Catherine Hettinger…
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Fast Forward Cars And Homes Vandalized In New Wave Of Israeli ‘Price Tag’ Hate Crimes
JERUSALEM (JTA) — About 20 cars were vandalized in eastern Jerusalem and in the Galilee area of northern Israel in what are being investigated as anti-Arab hate crime attacks. The cars were vandalized in eastern Jerusalem overnight in a swath running from the Arab Shuafat neighborhood to the haredi-Orthodox neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo. The damage…
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Fast Forward Should Trump Visit Palestinian Model City Of Rawabi?
Former Israel ambassador Dan Shapiro is urging President Trump to make a stop at Rawabi, the new gleaming middle class Palestinian city outside Ramallah, when he visits the Holy Land later this month. Idea: Aides say on his trip, Trump wants to highlight “efforts to unlock the potential of the Palestinian economy.” He should visit…
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Fast Forward Why Did U.S. Embassy Scrub Israel From Saudi Announcement Of Trump Trip?
Congressman Eliot Engel has criticized a State Department video announcing Trump’s upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia for not mentioning that Trump will visit Israel on the same trip. In his announcement, Trump listed the countries he will be visiting, including Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Vatican. But the video aimed at the Saudi audience cut…
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Culture Why Did ‘All The Rivers’ Cause So Much Controversy In Israel?
All The Rivers By Dorit Rabinyan Translated from Hebrew by Jessica Cohen Random House, 288 pages, $27 By Steven G. Kellman A novel that begins with two FBI agents interrogating a Middle Eastern woman about terrorist ties might lead a reader to expect a political thriller. It is one year after the 9/11 attacks, and…
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