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Life A Strike in Israel Brings Gender Equality for Parents Into the Spotlight
If you turned on the television in Israel on the morning of December 21st, you’d have been greeted by news reporter Eli Rachlin — and by two little girls who look like they’d probably rather be somewhere else. Of course, with the public workers’ strike taking effect across the country and nursery schools and other…
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Israel News Israel’s ‘Walter Cronkite’ Accused of Sexual Harassment
Haim Yavin, Israel’s veteran Channel 1 newscaster, known to Americans as “Israel’s Walter Cronkite,” has been accused of sexual harassment by several women who worked with him. The women accused 83-year-old Yavin after the retired television anchor’s comments in an interview in which he appeared to be lamenting the loss of a culture of impunity…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Tweets UN ‘So Sad!’
Donald Trump on Monday chided the United Nations as “sad,” just days after the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements despite pressure by the U.S. president-elect for a veto by Washington. “The United Nations has such great potential but right now it is just a club for people to…
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Opinion David Friedman’s Critics Are Wrong — Here’s Why
Is it possible to be too pro-Israel for some Jews? Apparently, it is – given the hyperventilated response to President-elect Trump’s nomination of David Friedman to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel. I understand that Friedman has made some remarks that do not comport with the views of many on the opposite end of…
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Opinion David Friedman, What Do Your Donations to Radical Jewish Settlements Pay For?
Dear David Friedman, Congratulations on your nomination to be U.S. Ambassador to Israel. I must say that I was alarmed to hear this news, as your rejection of decades of U.S. policy regarding a two-state solution and your smear of some liberal Jews as kapos should disqualify you from this position. T’ruah, the organization I…
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Fast Forward New Zealand Jews Push To Keep Israel Embassy Open After UN Vote
After New Zealand was one of four countries to sponsor a resolution in the United Nations Security Council condemning Israel, the country’s Jewish community has called on the governments of New Zealand and Israel to work together to keep the Israeli Embassy in Wellington open. The plea follows the recall to Israel of its ambassador…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Says World ‘Spitting at Us’ as Crisis Builds After UN Vote on Settlements
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday summoned the U.S. ambassador to Israel on Christmas Day to discuss the U.S. abstention in a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an end to settlement-building. As a diplomatic crisis swirled, Netanyahu reportedly told cabinet allies that the U.S. might go further by allowing a declaration of principles of…
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Fast Forward Echoing Israel, Trump Tweets UN Will Make Peace ‘Much Harder’
Donald Trump said the UN resolution that denounced Israel’s occupation of the West Bank would make Middle East peace more difficult than ever. Echoing Israel, the president-elect called the resolution a “big loss” — but vowed to push for a deal with the Palestinians. The big loss yesterday for Israel in the United Nations will…
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