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Israel News Is A Jewish Group Funding Killers While The U.S. Slams Palestinians For Doing The Same Thing?
At the White House on Wednesday, President Trump admonished Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to “resolve” the issue of paying the families of Palestinian terrorists to show that he is serious about peace. But Palestinians might not be the only ones making controversial payments to violent offenders in their midst. Now, a liberal American Jewish…
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Fast Forward Fidget Spinners Were Created To Stop Palestinians From Attacking Israelis
Fidget spinners, the incredibly popular toys that have driven thousands of schoolchildren to distraction in classrooms across America, were invented after their creator sought to create an alternative activity for Palestinian boys to do instead of throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers. Catherine Hettinger told Money magazine on Wednesday that her wheels starting turning after observing…
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Fast Forward Israel May Bring In Foreign Doctors To Force-Feed Hunger Strikers
(JTA) — Israeli authorities are considering bringing in foreign doctors to force-feed Palestinian hunger strikers if Israeli doctors continue to resist taking part in the practice. The Israel Medical Association has advised its members not to participate in any force-feeding, deeming the practice to be inhumane. Israel’s Channel 2 reported Thursday that the government would…
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Fast Forward N.Y. Real Estate Developers Raise Billions From Israel
New York real estate developers have found a new source of cash to finance their apartment complexes on the Tel Aviv stock market. Only four months into the year, Israeli investors have bought $1 billion in debt bonds from big names in Manhattan’s development game – including Jeff Sutton of Wharton Properties and Joel Warner…
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Community My Most Disturbing Shabbat
A version of this article originally appeared in the Texas Jewish Post. It was the most disturbing experience I had during my almost two years studying in yeshiva in Israel. My friend who studied in a small yeshiva on the outskirts of one of the oldest neighborhoods in Jerusalem had invited me to spend the…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Says BDS Won’t Solve Mideast Impasse
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders came out swinging against the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel in an interview with Al Jazeera which aired on Wednesday. I asked @SenSanders about Palestine, the BDS movement targeting Israel, and whether he supports a one state solution pic.twitter.com/xOQmxMelFp — Dena Takruri (@Dena) May 3, 2017 Al Jazeera…
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Fast Forward Israeli Right Wingers Slam Trump Peace Moves As ‘Cocktail Chatter’
Israeli right-wingers lambasted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after his meeting with President Trump, deriding Abbas’s statements about making peace between Israelis and Palestinians as empty rhetoric. Shuli Moalem-Refaeli of the Jewish Home party said there would be no two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians. “Only the obsession remains,” she said, according to the Jerusalem Post….
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Fast Forward Fighter Jets Capture Stunning Footage Of Israel On 69th Birthday
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The Air Force’s annual Independence Day flyover Tuesday was an impressive display of Israel’s aerial ascendancy. But the pilots in the cockpits arguably saw the better show. Cruising at low altitude, they were treated to stunning views of Israel celebrating its 69th birthday at barbecues and beach parties held across the country, from the Negev…
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