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Fast Forward Dublin College Apologizes After Protesters Cancel Speech By Israel Ambassador
(JTA) — A college in Dublin said it “regrets” the cancellation of an appearance by the Israeli ambassador to Ireland following pro-Palestinian protests. The question and answer session with Amb. Ze’ev Boker and the Society for International Affairs, or SOFIA, on the campus of Trinity College in Dublin had been scheduled for Monday night. The…
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Fast Forward 3 Single Dads Unable To Take Their Mexico-Born Babies Home To Israel
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Three Israeli single fathers whose babies were born in Mexico to surrogate mothers are unable to fly their children to the Jewish state because local authorities are refusing to issue birth certificates. The Mexican birth certificates are necessary in order to allow the children to be issued Israeli passports. The…
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Fast Forward These 26 Hollywood Stars All Shunned $55K Israel Junket In Oscars Swag Bag
Israel invited 26 Hollywood stars on all-expense paid trips to the Holy Land around the 2016 Academy Awards, but a year later none of them have visited, Agence France-Presse reported. Activists with the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel are calling it a victory that Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and two dozen other…
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Fast Forward Australia Backs Israel As Netanyahu Denounces ‘Hypocrisy’ Of Critics
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull offered a staunch defense of Israel on Wednesday, criticizing the United Nations and vowing never to support “one-sided resolutions” calling for an end to Israeli settlement building on occupied land. Turnbull welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday as the first Israeli prime minister to visit Australia, and reiterated Australia’s support for…
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Fast Forward Protests Erupt After Israeli Soldier Who Shot Downed Palestinian Gets 18-Month Sentence
TEL AVIV (JTA) — An Israeli soldier who shot a downed Palestinian terrorist was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Elor Azaria, 20, who was convicted last month in an Israeli court of manslaughter, was sentenced on Tuesday by a panel of three judges at the Israel Defense Forces headquarters in Tel Aviv. The judges also…
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Opinion Is Donald Trump Too Ignorant To Deal With Israel And The Middle East?
For almost two decades, American presidents have supported a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Last week, Donald Trump questioned that commitment, thus potentially changing the course of Middle Eastern and Jewish history. Why did he take this momentous action? The most plausible answer is that he’s too ignorant to understand the consequences of what he’s done….
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Fast Forward Isaac Herzog Held Unity Talks After Netanyahu’s Secret Summit With Arab Leaders
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog said he entered into negotiations to join a unity government a year ago on the basis of a secret regional peace initiative bring negotiated at the time. Herzog, head of the Zionist Union, told American Jewish leaders on Monday that he demanded a total freeze on settlement…
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Fast Forward IKEA Apologizes For Ultra-Orthodox Catalogue With No Women
Swedish furniture giant IKEA has apologized for publishing a catalogue for Israel’s haredi Orthodox community that does not include any photos of women. A spokeswoman in IKEA’s headquarters in Sweden told Israeli and international media outlets that the catalogue was produced by its Israel branch, which has three stores, and that it is “not something…
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