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Fast Forward New Zealand Jews Push To Keep Israel Embassy Open After UN Vote
After New Zealand was one of four countries to sponsor a resolution in the United Nations Security Council condemning Israel, the country’s Jewish community has called on the governments of New Zealand and Israel to work together to keep the Israeli Embassy in Wellington open. The plea follows the recall to Israel of its ambassador…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Says World ‘Spitting at Us’ as Crisis Builds After UN Vote on Settlements
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday summoned the U.S. ambassador to Israel on Christmas Day to discuss the U.S. abstention in a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an end to settlement-building. As a diplomatic crisis swirled, Netanyahu reportedly told cabinet allies that the U.S. might go further by allowing a declaration of principles of…
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Fast Forward Echoing Israel, Trump Tweets UN Will Make Peace ‘Much Harder’
Donald Trump said the UN resolution that denounced Israel’s occupation of the West Bank would make Middle East peace more difficult than ever. Echoing Israel, the president-elect called the resolution a “big loss” — but vowed to push for a deal with the Palestinians. The big loss yesterday for Israel in the United Nations will…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Lashes Out at UN After Anti-Occupation Resolution
Israel will re-assess its ties with the United Nations following the adoption by the Security Council of a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday. The vote was able to pass the 15-member council on Friday because the United States broke with a long-standing approach of diplomatically…
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Fast Forward Jason Greenblatt, Trump Organization Lawyer, Named Point Man for Mideast Peace
Longtime Trump Organization legal advisor Jason Dov Greenblatt was named special representative for international negotiations to President-elect Donald Trump, The Wall Street Journal reports. Greenblatt, an Orthodox Jew, has been at the Trump Organization for 20 years. He will spearhead Trump policy on Israeli-Palestinian issues, trade and Cuba, CNN reported](http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/23/politics/trump-appoints-his-business-attorney-to-manage-international-crises/) Like many other Trump appointees,…
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Fast Forward U.S. Abstains as UN Security Council Votes 14-0 Against Israeli Settlements
The United States on Friday allowed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, defying heavy pressure from long-time ally Israel and President-elect Donald Trump for Washington to wield its veto. A U.S. abstention paved the way for the 15-member council to approve the resolution, with 14 votes…
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Fast Forward Trump Says ‘Things Will Be Different’ After UN Vote on Israel Settlements
President-elect Donald Trump said in a tweet after the United States abstained in a U.N. Security Council vote condemning Israeli settlements that “things will be different after Jan. 20,” when he takes office. Trump on Thursday urged the United States to veto the resolution.
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Opinion Are These Colleges ‘The Worst’ for Jews?
Everyone loves lists. Lists are fun and informative, and ranked lists in particular help us make decisions more efficiently. But lists are also deceptively powerful: it’s really hard for a person to properly judge the objective value of something distinct from its ranking once they’ve seen it on a ranked list, whether that “something” is…
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