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Israel News Palestinian Official ‘Proud’ of BDS-Supporting Jews
Palestinian official Mustafa Barghouti said Wednesday he was “proud” of Jews who support the movement to boycott Israel. “I am so proud of the fact that many international activists from the BDS movement” — the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel — “are Jewish activists who themselves believe … this Israeli government policy…
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Community The Top 6 Peace Obstructing Perceptions in Israeli Society
Most of Israeli society is not fully prepared for the possibility of peace between Israel and the neighboring Palestinian and other Arab nations. Although the vision and occasional programs of peace are being advocated by political organizations, peace movements and the international community, they fail to gain sustainable public acceptance. Israeli media channels constantly cover…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Fires Off Trump-Style 3 a.m. Tweet
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to take a cue from late-night tweeter and President-elect Donald Trump when he fired off a tweet at 3:28 AM Israel time on Wednesday morning (8:28 PM in New York). The US should veto the anti-Israel resolution at the UN Security Council on Thursday. — Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) December…
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Fast Forward France Plans Middle East Peace Conference for January — With or Without Israel
France will convene some 70 countries on Jan. 15 for a Middle East peace conference in Paris, its foreign minister said on Thursday, and will invite the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to meet separately at its conclusion. France has repeatedly tried to breathe new life into the peace process this year, holding a preliminary conference…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Joins Benjamin Netanyahu Call for Veto of UN Anti-Settlement Resolution
President-elect Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the Obama administration on Thursday to veto a U.N. Security Council draft resolution calling for an immediate halt to settlement building on occupied land that Palestinians want for a state. Netanyahu took to Twitter in the dead of night in Israel to make the appeal,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Woman Identified as One of Berlin Terror Attack Victims
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli woman missing since a terror attack in the center of Berlin has been identified as one of those killed. Dalia Elyakim, 60, was identified on Wednesday night, confirming that she was one of the 12 people killed when a truck ploughed into a crowd at Christmas market near the Kaiser…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Tweets Call for Veto of UN Settlement Resolution — at 3:28 am
Israel urged the United States on Thursday to veto a U.N. Security Council draft resolution calling for an immediate halt to settlement building on occupied land that Palestinians want for a state. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to Twitter in the dead of night in Israel to make the appeal, in a sign of concern…
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Israel News Meet Moti Kahana, the Israeli Saving Syrian Lives
This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel is looking into ways to bring in wounded Syrian civilians, especially those from Aleppo, for treatment Israeli hospitals. It’s an effort that is already underway in Israel, a country that is technically at war with Syria, in part thanks to the work of Moti Kahana….
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