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Fast Forward Modern Language Association Rejects BDS by 113-to-79 Vote
The Delegate Assembly of the Modern Language Association voted down a resolution endorsing an academic boycott of Israel. The resolution was rejected on Saturday by a vote of 113 against to 79 in favor at the MLA’s annual convention in Philadelphia. Following the voting down of the Israeli boycott resolution, the convention delegates approved a…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Cut $6M Funding to UN Agencies
(JTA) — Israel will cut approximately $6 million of its annual contribution to United Nations’ bodies it deemed “anti-Israel,” following the passage by the U.N. Security Council of an anti-settlement resolution. The resolution adopted last month — for which 14 countries voted in favor with only the U.S. abstaining — called Israeli settlements “a flagrant violation of international law” that damage…
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Fast Forward Emerging From Coma, Israeli Man Learns of Wife’s Tragic Death in Berlin Market Attack
An Israeli left comatose after being gravely injured in last month’s terrorist attack at a Berlin Christmas market awoke from his sleep this week only to learn that his wife had died in the incident. “Dalia was the love of my life,” Rami Elyakim said of his wife, talking to the Israeli Walla news site….
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News Israel’s Envoy Set To Come in From Cold With Trump in White House
Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador in Washington, stands to gain much when President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in on January 20. A longtime fan of the newly minted leader of the free world, Dermer is likely to be a guest of honor at the White House after enduring a chilly relationship with President Obama. “He likely…
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Fast Forward 4 Republicans Revolt Against Bill on Israel for Mentioning ‘Two-State’ Solution
Four Republican members of Congress voted against a bill condemning the recent UN resolution on Israel because the measure reiterated U.S. support for the two-state solution. The minor revolt reflects the growing support on the far right of the GOP — and the incoming Trump administration — for openly ruling out a Palestinian state on…
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Fast Forward French Supermarket Sorry for ‘Made in Israeli Settlement’ Fruit Labels
(JTA) — Following complaints, a French supermarket store apologized for applying labels reading “made in Israeli settlements” to some of its products. The labels that appeared last month on pomegranates and Tangerines at the store belonging to the Auchan supermarket chain in the Paris suburb of Kremlin-Bicêtre were the result of a “an error” by…
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Fast Forward Jordan: Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem is ‘Red Line’
A spokesman for the Jordanian government says Donald Trump’s promise to move the US Embassy to Israel to Jerusalem would be a “gift to extremists.” According to the Associated Press, Information Minister Mohammed Momani said Jordan would use all political and diplomatic measures to prevent such a move. Momani said moving the embassy “will have…
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Israel News Israeli Police Grill Netanyahu Again Over Graft Allegations
Israeli police officers on Thursday questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under caution for a second time this week on suspicion of taking gifts from businessmen in breach of his role as a public servant. Police said the session, which lasted some five hours, was held at Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem. A first interrogation that…
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