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Fast Forward Ashkelon Beach Struck By Rocket From Gaza
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A rocket fired from Gaza exploded on the beach in Ashkelon in southern Israel. The rocket fired late Wednesday night is the at least fifth in the last month and the second this week, including several claimed by an ISIS-backed group operating in the Sinai Peninsula. The Code Red alarm did not…
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Opinion Is The World Baseball Classic An Error For The Jews?
On March 6th the Israeli national baseball team will take the field for the first game of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) against Korea, in Seoul. This is the first time Israel has qualified for the WBC and reason for Israel’s nascent baseball program to celebrate — sort of. The team that will represent Israel…
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Fast Forward Columbia Pro-Israel Students Start ‘Hebrew Liberation Week’
After Columbia’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine hosted “Israel Apartheid Week,” pro-Israel students on campus have responded with “Hebrew Liberation Week” to cheer the Jewish state for its accomplishments. “Jewish students on both the right and left are absolutely shocked and amazed that something like this is possible at our school,” Rudy Rochman,…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Israeli Arab’s Musical Hebrew Lesson Goes Viral
Jehan Jaber, a Hebrew teacher from central Israel, has become an unlikely celebrity over there after the Arab teacher’s instructional song went viral on the Internet, drawing hundreds of thousands of views. “I did not put the video on the Web. I just filmed myself to see how I could improve my teaching methods. I…
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Fast Forward Natan Sharansky Blames American Anti-Semitism On Right — And Left
Natan Sharanksy, the chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, condemned anti-Semitism perpetrated by the right in the United States, linking it to anti-Zionism in the left. “If ever there was a line between the anti-Semitism of the far right and the anti-Israelism of the radical left, the demonization of Jews and the demonization of…
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Fast Forward Trump Promises ‘Unbreakable’ Bond With Israel — Even As He Looks Inward
While his speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday focused primarily on laying out his domestic and economic vision, President Trump also reiterated an isolationist approach that will guide America’s relations with the world. “My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America,” Trump said….
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Fast Forward Gaza War Report Slams Netanyahu And Military Leadership
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s prime minister, defense minister and army chief of staff did not update the Security Cabinet about the serious threat of Hamas tunnels from Gaza, the nation’s state comptroller said in a report on the 2014 Gaza War. The Security Cabinet did not have enough information about the threat posed by the…
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Fast Forward Lawmakers Move To Create $50M-A-Year Israel-Palestinian ‘Peace Fund’
(JTA) — Two congressmen introduced a measure to establish and provide money for an international fund to promote peace between Israel and Palestinians. Reps. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., and Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., introduced a bill on Monday urging the United States to establish — in cooperation with the Israeli government, the Palestinian Authority, regional governments and the international…
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