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Fast Forward Diane Feinstein Rips Bibi Over Settlements
California Senator Dianne Feinstein laced into Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, after she said a decision by the Israeli cabinet to approve the creation of a new West Bank settlement proved the government was not serious about peace. The announcement, the Jewish Democrat wrote in a statement, “demonstrates once again Netanyahu’s not serious…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Supreme Court Upholds Woman’s Divorce From Comatose Husband
Israel’s high court on Thursday ruled unanimously against an effort from Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef to retroactively cancel the divorce of a woman from her coma-stricken husband. “It is unacceptable that a divorce given by a rabbinical court, equivalent to a ruling in a civil court, can be retroactively annulled,” wrote the judges in their…
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Fast Forward White House Won’t Criticize First New Israeli Settlement In 20 Years
(JTA) — White House officials appeared to show understanding for the Israeli government’s decision to build a new settlement in the West Bank for the first time in 20 years, despite condemnations at the United Nations and by the Palestinians of the move. One official told the Times of Israel yesterday that “we would note…
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Fast Forward Anti-Israel Groups Plan Paris Rally Against ‘Apartheid State’
(JTA) — Anti-Israel activists in France are planning to demonstrate against the Jewish state, which they accuse of apartheid. The event is scheduled to take place Saturday on Chatelet Square, organizers from the Coordination of Appeals for a Just Peace in the Middle East, or CAPJPO, wrote on the group’s website. “No to blackmail by means…
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Fast Forward Arab Leaders Vow To Relaunch Mideast Peace Talks
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Arab leaders declared their willingness to help advance the two-state solution, signaling that Palestinian demands would have to be addressed before, not after, any regional embrace of Israel. The closing statement of the annual Arab League Summit, hosted by Jordan, said Wednesday that “peace is a strategic option” for its members. The Arab…
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Community The Strangest Battle of Megiddo
Many battles have been fought over Megiddo, but this has to be the strangest of all. Megiddo, a three-part TV documentary which follows the tense reality of the lives of Palestinian inmates in the Megiddo security prison, has outraged Culture Minister Miri Regev, who has demanded information on the approval process for its funding, the…
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Fast Forward Israel Gives Green Light To First New Settlement in 20 Years
Israel’s security cabinet on Thursday approved the building of the first new settlement in the occupied West Bank in two decades, even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu negotiates with Washington on a possible curb on settlement activity. The unanimous vote in favor of construction of the new settlement in an area called Emek Shilo came…
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Community The Legacy And The Importance Of Birthright Israel
In early 2005, I went on a journey that will forever hold a place in my heart. Joining other young Jews, I visited Israel for ten days through Birthright Israel. Before that, I visited Israel ten years before on a Bat mitzvah trip with my family. It’s one thing to travel with your family as…
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