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Fast Forward U.S. Warns Human Rights Council To End ‘Chronic’ Bias Against Israel
The Trump administration gave formal notice on Tuesday that it is reviewing its participation in the U.N. Human Rights Council and called for reforming the body to eliminate its “chronic anti-Israel bias.” “The United States is looking carefully at this Council and our participation in it. We see some areas for significant strengthening,” Nikki Haley,…
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Fast Forward Shared Interests Of Israel, Arab States Is ‘Opportunity,’ McMaster Tells AJC
(JTA) — H.R. McMaster, the U.S. National Security Advisor, called the converging interests of Israel and other Middle Eastern countries an “opportunity,” during an address to the American Jewish Committee’s Global Forum in Washington on Sunday. McMaster noted a “reassessment of regional relationships, most notably between Israel and a number of our Arab partners — all…
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Fast Forward Jewish Nurse Breastfeeds Baby Of Injured Palestinian Mother
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The baby of a Palestinian mother from Hebron seriously injured in a car accident was breastfed by a Jewish nurse when he refused to take a bottle. Nurse Ula Ostrowski-Zak nursed the nine-month old boy throughout her shift at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on Friday night, the Ynet news website reported. The…
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Fast Forward Interfaith Group Boosts Aid To Arab Israelis During Ramadan
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is increasing its assistance to Arab Israelis, beginning with food and clothing aid during the Muslim holiday season of Ramadan. The Fellowship currently is distributing 9,500 food and clothing vouchers during Ramadan, which began on May 26, up to the holiday of Eid al-Fitr through Israeli social services…
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Fast Forward LISTEN: Jane Eisner Tells NPR Of Six-Day War’s ‘Painful Ambiguity’
Forward editor in chief Jane Eisner discusses the “painful ambiguity” of the Six-Day War in an interview on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. In the interview, which aired on Sunday, June 4, Eisner recalls her pride as a young girl when Israel was able to score a stunning victory over its Arab enemies —…
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Fast Forward Did Israel Have Nuclear ‘Doomsday’ Plan In Six-Day War?
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli government minister Michael Oren, a former ambassador to the United States, rejected a report that Israel was prepared to detonate a nuclear bomb in the Sinai to turn the tide of the 1967 war with its Arab neighbors if necessary. The New York Times published a report on Saturday about the…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Scores Diplomatic Breakthrough At West Africa Summit
Benjamin Netanyahu scored a diplomatic breakthrough when he attended a summit of West African states — and held a series of meetings with leaders. The Israeli premier jetted into Liberia for a historic speech to the gathering of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), chalking up a new success in an effort to…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Tells Israeli Leftists: ‘Occupation Must End’
(JTA) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Jewish former presidential candidate, said “the occupation must end” in a video message to the Israeli left-wing opposition Meretz Party. The five-minute video was set to be screened at a conference on Sunday marking the end of the Six-Day War in 1967 and “50 years of Occupation.” In…
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