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Fast Forward New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Slams BDS in Speech at Long Island Synagogue
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio reportedly decried the BDS movement as not “consistent with progressive values in a speech at a prominent Long Island synagogue. “There are plenty of people who support BDS who have advanced degrees and who call themselves progressives,” de Blasio said to the congregants of Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach,…
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News Israel Wants Chinese Tourists Along With Trade
Israel and China have a robust economic relationship — China is Israel’s third biggest trading partner — and the two nations have even discussed creating a free trade zone. Now, in addition to Chinese money and markets, Israel wants Chinese tourists. In August, Israel’s Tourism Ministry announced that it had eased the way for Chinese…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Water Crisis Bites in Searing West Bank Summer — Settlers Have Plenty
At the peak of a searing summer, Palestinians living in parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank are suffering from severe water shortages, prompting a war of words between Palestinian and Israeli officials over who is responsible. The Palestinians say Israel is preventing them from accessing adequate water at an affordable price, and point out that…
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Life Israeli Women Inch Toward Gains in Religious Divorce Struggle
(JTA) — In this case, the sins of the son are the sins of the father. Israel’s Supreme Rabbinical Court this month sentenced a haredi Orthodox man to 30 days in jail for pressuring his son to withhold a divorce from his wife for more than a decade. By upholding a lower rabbinical court decision,…
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News Churches Split Over Black Lives Matter’s Criticism of Israel
African-American churches are split over Black Lives Matter’s stand on Israel, with younger clergymen rallying to the activists’ defense after a group of more conservative pastors rejected Black Lives Matter’s harsh criticism of the Jewish state. The schism, which reflects broader divisions between emerging activists and more conservative leaders, was brought into sharper relief when…
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Fast Forward Jeb Bush’s Son Urges Support for Israel on Visit
— The son of ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush led a group of Texas businessmen on a three-day visit to Israel, then wrote that “America has no better ally and no truer friend in the world.” George P. Bush, the land commissioner in Texas, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his trip last week to discuss Texas-Israel…
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Fast Forward Contentious Hebron Jewish Settlement Gets First Green Light To Expand in Decade
The Israeli government has approved the planning of new housing for Jews in the predominantly Arab West Bank city of Hebron. COGAT, the Israel Defense Forces Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Unit, which coordinates civilian issues in the West Bank, confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday that permission was granted for planning…
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Fast Forward Honduras Deal With Israel Seen Bolstering Fight Against Organized Crime
RIO DE JANEIRO — Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez announced he will send to Congress a signed agreement with Israel that will enhance his country’s armed forces in an unprecedented way in order to fight organized crime. “I am sending to Congress a very important agreement with the State of Israel, which is pivotal to…
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