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Fast Forward ‘Israeli MIT’ Triples Arab Enrollment in Decade
Despite a persistent divide in educational attainment between Jews and Arabs in Israel, Haifa’s Technion University has managed to triple the enrollment of Arab students over the past decade. Referred to as Israel’s MIT, and reputed for its math and science talent, the Haifa school now has a student body that’s 20 percent of Arab…
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Fast Forward U.N. Chief Pleads With Israel To Reconsider Settlement Land Grab Bill
Outgoing United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged Israeli lawmakers to reconsider a bill to legalize Israeli settlement homes on private Palestinian land as Arab states mull putting forward a Security Council resolution on settlements. The Palestinians want an independent state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, areas Israel captured in a…
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Fast Forward David Friedman Raised Millions for Radical West Bank Jewish Settlers
David Friedman, who has been named America’s next ambassador to Israel, heads a fundraising organization that has raised tens of millions of dollars for one of the most radical settlements in the West Bank. According its tax forms, American Friends of Beit El Institutions, which was established in 1988, raises about $2 million in tax-deductible…
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News Meet David Friedman, Bankruptcy Lawyer Turned Possible Israel Ambassador
President-elect Donald Trump chose David Friedman to be his ambassador to Israel on Thursday. He’s a unique choice for the role, breaking with a long held policy consensus in denouncing the two state solution and backing settlements. Here are five facts about him. 1. New Yorker Friedman grew up in Woodmere, New York as the…
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Fast Forward Dovish Groups Worried Over David Friedman as Trump’s Israel Ambassador — Hawks Cheer
— Dovish Jewish groups spoke of their concern over Donald Trump’s nomination of David Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel, but their more hawkish counterparts celebrated it as momentous. Friedman, a bankruptcy lawyer who has for years worked for the Republican president elect and his real estate development business, has expressed hardline right-wing views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,…
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Israel News Israel’s El Al Is Overhauling its Planes
Israel’s national airline, El Al, is betting on a billion-dollar overhaul of its aging fleet to claw back market share dented by relentless competition from low-cost carriers and a damaging dispute with pilots. El Al was once the go-to airline for most Israelis thanks to the kind of stringent security that sees it equip planes…
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Fast Forward Israeli Anchor Lucy Aharish Says Aleppo Is A Holocaust
As bombs continue to fall on Aleppo, Syria’s ravaged metropolis, Israeli newscaster Lucy Aharish switched from Hebrew to English to direct a damning message at viewers around the world. “Right now, in Halab, Syria, just an eight-hour drive from Tel Aviv, a genocide is taking place,” said Aharish, Israel’s first Arab news presenter, using the Arabic…
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Israel News ‘We’re Not a Rabbit’: Why Is Israel Worried After Syrian Rebels Lose Aleppo?
(Reuters) – The fall of Aleppo to Syrian government forces backed by Russia and Iran has heightened alarm in Israel about potential threats to its borders and a wider reshaping of the region. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left no doubt on Wednesday about the depth of Israel’s concern about Tehran, whose position and that of…
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