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Community The Tribal Case for Israel
Supporting Israel means supporting indigenous rights. Despite the obviousness and the power of this statement, much of the rhetoric used by the pro-Israel community revolve around Israel’s technological innovation, treatment of women and the LGBTQIA+ community, democratic character, and morality. While accurate, this paradigm is irrelevant to the average college student that supports BDS (the…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldier Killed In Suspected Car-Ramming On West Bank
The Israeli military said a car driven by a Palestinian deliberately rammed two Israeli soldiers, killing one and injuring the other, in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. The death brings to 39 the number of Israelis killed in a wave of Palestinian street attacks that began in October 2015, while at least 242 Palestinians…
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Fast Forward Israeli JCC Bomb Hoax Suspect Had Millions In Bitcoin Account
The Israeli-American teenager suspected of making fraudulent bomb threats to American Jewish institutions used a bitcoin account worth millions of shekels, Israeli police said, according to Haaretz. The large sum of money is an indication that the suspect might have been paid in order to make the threatening phone calls that evacuated JCCs around the…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Lucy Aharish Says Arab Leaders Are ‘Traitors’ On Syria
Israeli Arab newscaster Lucy Aharish had harsh words for Arab world leaders in a new English language broadcast on Israel’s Channel 2 after gas attacks in Syria killed dozens. “The images that struck us yesterday are not fake news, but old news,” said Aharish, who gave a similar English-language speech castigating world leaders after attacks…
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Fast Forward Meet Israel’s First Muslim Female Diplomat
Israel appointed its first female Muslim diplomat this week, 31-year-old Rasha Atamny, who will be representing Israel in Turkey. Atamny is finishing the Foreign Ministry’s cadet course before she will join the embassy as first secretary in Turkey, the Times of Israel reported. Israel has had several male Muslim diplomats, and a Christian Arab female…
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Fast Forward Hebrew University Launches Marijuana Research Center
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has launched a marijuana research center in a bid to take a leading role in the burgeoning field. The Multidisciplinary Center on Cannabinoid Research, announced by the university on Wednesday, will be staffed by leading scientists and doctors, including the Israeli chemistry professor considered the father of cannabis research. “There is so…
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Opinion Is AIPAC A Victim Of Its Own Success?
It was not that long ago that The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) played a leading role in the political drama of the day. AIPAC Policy Conference, the largest annual gathering of pro-Israel advocates and supporters in Washington DC did not skip the presidential campaign season last year. Bernie Sanders made news by not…
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Fast Forward Israeli Lawmaker Marries Abroad In Protest Of Rabbinate
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli lawmaker was married in the Seychelles in order to avoid having to involve Israel’s Chief Rabbinate in the ceremony. Ksenia Svetlova of the left-of-center Zionist Union party, who has been vocal in her support of civil marriage in Israel, and her fiancé were married on the Indian Ocean island in…
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