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News Turns Out, Don King Likes All Flags — Not Just Israeli Ones
Why is boxing promoter Don King always toting around an Israeli flag? King was spotted earlier this month brandishing an Israeli flag at a Donald Trump event — and at the first presidential debate last night he also had one by his side. Don King on what Trump has to do to give Clinton the…
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Israel News Israeli Press Declares Hillary Clinton the Winner — Right Wing Paper Calls a Draw
Right wing Israel Hayom declared that both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump “claimed victory” in last night’s presidential debate. Left wing Haaretz said that Hillary scored points last night, though her performance fell short of a “knockout.” Across the political spectrum, Israel’s media heavily covered the first U.S. presidential debate, even though only the most…
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Fast Forward 70 American Intellectuals Call for Boycott of Israeli Settlements
— More than 70 American intellectuals called for a targeted boycott of all goods and services from Israeli West Bank settlements. The boycott call, an open letter, was published in the most recent issue of the New York Review of Books, which is dated Oct. 13. Among the signers are Bernard Avishai, Peter Brooks, Peter Beinhart,…
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Fast Forward Israel Envoy Wants Kosher Food at UN Cafeterias
JERUSALEM — Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations hopes to soon be eating kosher food in the cafeterias of the international institution. Danny Danon, writing to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, said there are many U.N. employees and diplomats from around the world who observe kashrut, yet kosher food is not available in any of the cafeterias…
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Opinion How These Rap Artists Pissed Off Official Israel — With a Mahmoud Darwish Poem
Poetry has become a lightning rod in Israeli politics. In July, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman summoned an Army Radio broadcaster for “clarification” after the station ran a program discussing the work of the late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. And a few days ago, Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev walked out of the…
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Fast Forward California Anti-BDS Measure Is Signed Into Law
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a measure that requires companies doing business with the state to certify that they do not boycott or discriminate against any sovereign state, including Israel. Brown signed Assembly Bill 2844 on Saturday afternoon. The State Senate approved the bill by a vote of 34 to 1 on August…
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Opinion Was Benjamin Netanyahu’s Meeting With Donald Trump Another Case of Electoral Meddling?
The day before the American presidential debate, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in New York, working his famous charm on the two major candidates. The prime minister regards handling Israel’s international relations as one of his strong suits. And indeed, after meeting Donald Trump Sunday morning and Hillary Clinton that afternoon, he was able…
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Fast Forward Should Israeli Settlement Soccer Teams Move Inside the Green Line?
A human rights group urged soccer’s governing body, FIFA, on Monday to move matches being played by Israeli teams in the occupied West Bank to Israel, saying that playing in Jewish settlements meant they were playing on stolen land. The six clubs named by Human Rights Watch are all minor. But the dispute over their…
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