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Fast Forward House and Senate are rushing competing Israel aid packages to the floor
Differences over border policy and Ukraine aid could delay billions of dollars in assistance for Israel
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Fast Forward House Democrats open to supporting GOP’s stand-alone Israel aid bill
The package, which the White House dismissed as a “political game,” would not deal with border issues or include funding for Ukraine
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News ‘One of those moments in Jewish history’: 10 days as a wartime volunteer in Israel
I picked oranges, packed meals and sat shiva — and saw firsthand the importance of solidarity with Israelis in a moment of crisi
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Fast Forward Analysis: 4 things to know about Biden’s sanctions of West Bank settlers
Biden ordered financial sanctions on 4 settlers engaged in violence against Palestinians
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News ‘An incredibly volatile time’: From Iran to Yemen, how the Israel-Hamas war is sparking violence across the Middle East
The rivalries, intimacies and enmities among the different peoples and religious communities in the Middle East have been churning for millennia. Now, as in other times of crisis, they are threatening to erupt into a broader war that could ensnare the United States
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Fast Forward Georgia’s sole Jewish legislator targeted with antisemitic postcard prior to bill signing
State Rep. Esther Panitch was the lead sponsor of a bill to codify the state’s definition of antisemitism
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Fast Forward Chicago council votes for a cease-fire, making it the largest city to endorse one
The Chicago City Council’s sole Jewish member called it a one-sided resolution for failing to call for Hamas’ elimination
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Opinion With Gazans starving and freezing, the US withholding funds from UNRWA is unconscionable
I used to work for the beleaguered agency on the ground. Its work is essential to keeping Gazan civilians alive
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Opinion A Holocaust perpetrator was just celebrated on US soil. I think I know why no one objected.
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