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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Faces Probe for Bribery Claim in German Submarine Scandal
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s attorney general reportedly will announce a criminal investigation into suspicion of bribery against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The country’s Justice Ministry on Thursday said it would issue an update about the case and announce the closure of others that are not supported by evidence. Netanyahu reportedly will be summoned for questioning,…
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Opinion What Progressive Jews Can Learn From David Friedman and Dani Dayan
In the northeast part of the settlement of Beit El, there is a building bearing the name of the newly appointed American ambassador to Israel — David Friedman. The Friedman edifice is located on the grounds of a girls’ high school (Ulpana), which was built in the late 1990s on privately owned Palestinian land from…
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Fast Forward Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin Names 2017 as Year of ‘Mutual Respect’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Reuven Rivlin of Israel called for the new year 2017 to be a year of “mutual respect, between people, and between nations.” Rivlin issued the nearly 3-minute recorded message on Thursday in advance of the secular new year. “There is no ignoring the fact that 2016 was a very difficult year….
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Fast Forward Jewish Lawmakers Split on John Kerry Speech on Mideast Peace
(JTA) — Responding to Secretary of State John Kerry’s address on making peace between Israel and the Palestinians, many U.S. lawmakers said they were disappointed by the Obama administration’s decision to abstain on the vote in the U.N. Security Council of a resolution criticizing Israel for settlement building. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., the incoming Senate…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Says Israel Is Being Treated ‘Very, Very Unfairly’
(JTA) — President-elect Donald Trump said Israel is being treated “very, very unfairly” and accused the Obama administration of treating Israel with “total disdain” hours after Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech about Israel and making peace with the Palestinians. Trump spoke to reporters on the steps of his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida on Wednesday…
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Fast Forward Aliyah to Israel Dips 13% — More Immigrants Coming From Russia
(JTA) — Bucking a noticeable decrease in Jewish immigration to Israel this year, the number of Russian Jews who moved to the Jewish state has reached a 10-year record of 7,000 newcomers. Overall, some 27,000 people moved to Israel this year under its Law of Return for Jews and their relatives, or made aliyah, according…
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Fast Forward AIPAC Blasts Kerry’s Speech — J Street Praises It
Pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC blasted U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech Wednesday as “a failed attempt to defend the indefensible,” even as dovish J Street applauded his words. “The Israeli prime minister publicly supports a two-state solution, but his current coalition is the most right wing in Israeli history, with an agenda driven by…
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Fast Forward Belgian Actor Accuses Israel of ‘Jewish Procreation’ Policies
(JTA) — A well-known theater actor from Belgium told one of his country’s best-read weeklies that he is infuriated by the “procreation policies of the Jews in Israel.” Wannes Cappelle, 37, made his remarks in an interview published Sunday in De Zondag. “Those procreation policies of the Jews in Israel, to name one example, is…
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