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Fast Forward World War I Artillery Shells Unearthed as Drought-Hit Sea of Galilee Recedes
Receding waters in the drought-hit Sea of Galilee have uncovered five World War One artillery shells likely dumped by retreating Turkish troops a century ago, Israeli police said on Tuesday. A swimmer at a resort on the southern edge of the biblical freshwater lake discovered the ordnance, and police demolition experts safely detonated the shells…
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Fast Forward Former Dutch Premier Brands Benjamin Netanyahu ‘War Criminal’
Former Dutch prime minister and longtime pro-Palestinian activist Dries van Agt said Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal who should be prosecuted during his visit this week to the Netherlands. Van Agt, who in 2012 said Jews should have had a state in Germany instead of the Land of Israel and who in 2008 spoke…
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Israel News Israeli Republicans Stump for Donald Trump in West Bank Office
Chaim Spring, an 80-year-old Jewish settler, had given up on American politics since he immigrated to Israel from the United States 43 years ago. But this November he’ll be casting a vote for Republican nominee Donald Trump, whom he calls an “honest man” and a good father, two qualities that earned Spring’s support. The Republican…
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Opinion It’s Hard for Leftists in Israel? That’s Exactly Why You Should Stay.
The most common question I get asked about my decision to immigrate to Israel five years ago is “Why? Why would you move here?” Sometimes it’s asked by earnest American Jews, and sometimes it comes with a tinge of that famous Israeli cynicism. Either way, it raises the specter of another question, one that is…
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Fast Forward Women of the Wall Pray Under Police Presence
Women of the Wall prayed under police presence at the Western Wall this morning after the group complained to Israel’s attorney general about the lack of protection at their monthly prayer service. The group, which advocates for equal prayer rights for men and women at Judaism’s holy site, was on edge ahead of its prayer…
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Opinion How BDS Is Pushing Jewish Students Out of Social Justice Activism
A Barnard College sophomore recently articulated the sad choice many progressive Jewish students face on campuses around the country. In a Columbia Spectator op-ed, she called on Barnard’s student government to not support a sexual assault prevention group — a group she herself had once helped lead. She took this stand because the group had…
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Opinion Should I Give Up On Changing Israel from Within — and Take a Stand by Leaving?
A debate has been raging in the Israeli left over the past few weeks — primarily in the opinion pages of Haaretz and on my Facebook feed — about Israelis who are choosing to move away from Israel as a political statement. Although these leftists make up only a tiny percentage of Israelis, their departure…
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Israel News Benjamin Netanyahu’s Uncharacteristic ‘Vow of Silence’ on White House Race
— Benjamin Netanyahu is adhering to a strict policy of silence on the US elections to avoid a repeat of his 2012 troubles over perceived meddling, the New York Times reported. The Israeli prime minister offered no comment on the subject during a recent 3-hour meeting with US political figures, The Time reported Thursday in an…
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