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Fast Forward Evangelicals And Israelis Team Up For Medicinal Weed
Evangelical Christians are collaborating with Israelis to launch a line of medicinal cannabis products. Zytecur, a US-based company owned by Evangelicals, is teaming up with bio-tech companies in Israel to develop a product line that will “alleviate numerous health concerns, including epilepsy and cancer, available immediately online,” according to a press release. “God led me…
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Israel News The JCC Bomb Hoaxer, Through The Eyes Of His Mother
The mother of the 18-year-old Israeli American suspected of making hundreds of fake bomb threats at American Jewish institutions said she wants him to undergo brain surgery to get rid of the tumor his family claims impelled him to create the hoax, but the boy exhibited unusual behavior long before the tumor was diagnosed. One…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Mayor Scraps Do-Over Lecture At San Francisco State
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat canceled a lecture he was to deliver at San Francisco State University a year after his address at the school was drowned out by pro-Palestinian demonstrators. In a statement Wednesday announcing his decision to cancel the lecture for the following day, Barkat noted that in April 2016, “dozens…
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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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