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Fast Forward Meet Israel’s Super-Cute Newborn Baby White Rhino — His Mom’s Named Rihanna!
Israel’s zoo in Ramat Gan welcomed a baby rhinoceros named Rami last week, born to a rhino named Rihanna. Zookeepers can’t measure Rami without traumatizing mother and baby, but they estimate that the rhino calf is 110 pounds and just over a foot and a half in height. After a year and a half gestation,…
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Fast Forward White House Leaves Attacks in Israel Off List of 78 ‘Underreported’ Terror Acts
(JTA) — No attacks in Israel were included on a list of 78 “underreported” terrorist attacks released by the White House. The list, which includes attacks around the world from September 2014 to December 2016, was released Monday after President Donald Trump spoke of the dangers of “radical Islamic terrorists” and said the media often did not…
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Fast Forward Jamaica Kincaid, Black Jewish Author, Scoops Israeli Cultural Prize
Jamaica Kincaid, the Jewish, Caribbean-born author of five semi-autobiographical novels, won a prestigious Israeli prize this week in recognition of her cultural impact and literary accomplishment. Administered by Tel Aviv University, the Dan David Prize went to Kincaid because she’s “one of the most important and influential writers today,” the awards committee wrote. Previous recipients…
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Fast Forward UN Chief Says Israel Violates International Law With Settlement ‘Legalization’ Push
The Israeli parliament’s move to legalize thousands of settler homes in the occupied West Bank goes against international law and will have legal consequences for Israel, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was quoted as saying on Tuesday. Palestinians have condemned the legislation approved by Israeli lawmakers on Monday as a blow to their hopes of…
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Fast Forward France Slams Israel’s Settlement Legalization as a Step to Annexation of West Bank
The ramp-up of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories opens the way to their annexation, French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday. Israel passed a law on Monday retroactively legalizing about 4,000 settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, a measure that has drawn international concern. The ramp-up…
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Fast Forward Israel Targeted in Suit That Invokes Law Created To Help 9/11 Victims
A U.S. law passed to help families of 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia is now being used against Israel over its treatment of Palestinians, according to a report in Politico. American attorney Martin F. McMahon filed suit on February 1 against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pro-settlement charities linked to Donald Trump’s Israel envoy…
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Fast Forward Israel Warns of Possible Escalation in Gaza After Rocket Fire
(JTA) — Two Israeli ministers warned of a possible escalation along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip. Education Minister Naftali Bennett said Tuesday that a conflict in Gaza is a “matter of when, not if,” the Times of Israel reported. And in an interview with Army Radio on Tuesday, Housing Minister Yoav Galant, a former…
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Israel News Israeli Development Aid Is Win-Win for Africa — and the Jews
(JTA) — Late last month, on the eve of Black History Month, a delegation of African-American journalists landed in Ghana to cover international development projects and the impact those projects are making in that West African country. This in itself is nothing out of the ordinary. Africa in general and Ghana in particular have long…
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