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News Wartime wildflowers draw few visitors: ‘Now all their red makes me think of is blood’
Israelis flock to makeshift memorials for those killed at the Nova music festival instead
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Politics How would Trump handle the war in Gaza if he were president?
As tensions increase between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump is saying he would be a better ally to Israel in its war with Hamas
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Opinion I tried to return a damaged book to Amazon. Instead, I got lambasted for living in Israel
'I only see Palestine': Instead of receiving customer service, I became a geopolitical pawn
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Opinion Biden is preparing to defy Israel in wartime — something no president has done since Eisenhower
Many presidents have yearned to push back on Israel. Biden is actually doing it.
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Fast Forward Charlie Biton, co-founder of Israeli Black Panthers and first Israeli to meet Arafat, dies at 76
Biton was a member of parliament for 15 years, serving as a symbol of persistent Mizrahi claims against Israel’s Ashkenazi-dominated ruling class
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Fast Forward ADL to honor Jared Kushner for Israel work, calling it ‘pivotal’ for hostage negotiations
The organization said Kushner’s diplomatic work laid the groundwork for current talks related to the Gaza war
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News Biden is assured victory in Michigan primary, but the state’s large Arab American population wants to send a warning
‘Any effort to deflect or divert Democratic support from President Biden in this election is effectively a vote for Donald Trump,’ said a Jewish Democratic strategist
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Opinion Instead of vetoing ceasefire resolutions, the US must start conditioning support for Israel
This week the United States vetoed for the third time a resolution for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza
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Fast Forward Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements
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News At Harvard, reports on antisemitism and anti-Palestinian bias reflect campus conflict over Israel
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