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Fast Forward J Street Steps Up Campaign Against David Friedman as Senate Hearing Looms
(JTA) — J Street is stepping up its campaign to block David Friedman, President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as U.S. ambassador to Israel, as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee announced it will hold a confirmation hearing this week. The committee announced on Saturday that the hearing is set for Feb. 16, a day after…
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Fast Forward Israel Downgrade Ties With New Zealand and Senegal Over UN Settlement Resolution
JERUSALEM (JTA) –Israel is permanently downgrading its diplomatic ties with New Zealand and Senegal, two of the cosponsors of an anti-settlement resolution passed in the United Nations. Israel recalled the ambassadors to the two countries after Resolution 2334 passed in late December. The resolution passed by a vote of 14-0 with one abstention, the United…
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Fast Forward Reuven Rivlin Says Outpost Law Makes Israel Like ‘Apartheid State’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin reportedly said that a new law that retroactively legalizes settler homes built on private Palestinian land could make Israel look like an “apartheid state.” Rivlin made the comments during a closed door meeting last week, two days after the regularization law was passed by the Knesset, the Israeli daily Haaretz…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Vows To Push ‘Responsible Policies’ in Meeting With Trump
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would present “responsible policies” in talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, signaling to the Israeli far-right to curb its territorial demands in the occupied West Bank. Netanyahu leaves for Washington on Monday and will see Trump at the White House on Wednesday for their first meeting since…
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Fast Forward Second Pro Football Player Pulls Out Of Israel Visit — Feels ‘Used’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two National Football League players pulled out of an Israel Tourism Ministry-sponsored trip to Israel after one of the players tweeted that he felt “used” by the Israeli government. Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett tweeted on Saturday that he will one day take his own trip to Israel and also visit…
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Israel News Since Trump Won, All Israel Is Talking About Annexation. Why?
On February 15, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump will meet in the White House to discuss the future of U.S.-Israel relations. Directly after that, Israel’s Parliament is likely to take up an issue that could change the contours of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict forever: annexation. Since Trump won the presidency, annexation of parts…
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Books How To Walk In The Shadow Of Death
This article originally appeared on Plus61J. If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present. —Lao Tzu I believe it is true that, at least in our thoughts, past, present, and future converge…
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Fast Forward Seahawks’s Michael Bennett Boycotting NFL’s Israel Trip
Michael Bennett, the Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman, pulled out of an Israeli-government sponsored trip to the country, after BDS activists urged him to do in protest of human rights violations against Palestinians. Im not going to Israel pic.twitter.com/KWzA0nCiFb — Michael Bennett (@mosesbread72) February 10, 2017 The boycott petition, organized by the U.S. campaign for Palestinian…
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