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News Jill Stein to Israel: You’re Not So Special
Jill Stein has a message to Israel: You’re not that special. The Green Party presidential candidate, who was raised Jewish, says she would take a tough love stance toward the Jewish state, slashing the $4 billion annual military aid package and pressing for a peace deal with the Palestinians. Stein says her stance will actually…
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Fast Forward Israeli Buys Palestinian Girl New Bicycle After Police Trashed Her Old One
JERUSALEM — An Israeli Jewish man bought a Palestinian girl a new bicycle after border guards took and broke hers. Sami Jolles donated the pink bike Wednesday, according to The Times of Israel. He told the news website the girl’s experience reminded him of when anti-Semites attacked his father in 1920s Europe and threw his bike in the river. “I…
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Israel News This Trendy Tote Makes a Fashion Statement — About Islamophobia
A simple tote bag created by Haifa designers Sana Jammalieh and Haitham Haddad is sweeping the internet as a commentary on global anti-Arab sentiment. Black Arabic script on the bag reads: “This text has no other purpose than to spread terror in the hearts of those who are afraid of the Arabic language.” Nader al-Sarras,…
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Fast Forward Miami Lawmaker Raises Hackles With Pro-Palestinian Stance
Pro-Israel activists in the Miami area plan to protest a Florida state senator active in the Black Lives Matter movement who visited the West Bank as the guest of a group that backs the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Organizers of the protest against Dwight Bullard said they object to the groups and people he…
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Opinion For Israel, It’s No Jew Left Behind — Unless You’re Ethiopian
Civil unrest is roiling Ethiopia. Hundreds of protesters have been killed in recent months by a government crackdown that human rights groups say has been ruthless. The United Nations is demanding that its observers be allowed in the country, but Ethiopia’s rulers have refused. And 9,000 men, women and children who say they are Jews…
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Books 9 Books Bret Stephens Should Read Before Saying Arabs Have a ‘Stunted Literary Culture’
Writing this week in The Wall Street Journal, columnist Bret Stephens had some strange things to say about Arab-majority countries. From an Egyptian’s refusal to shake hands with an Israeli after their Olympics judo match, the one-time editor of The Jerusalem Post extrapolates all of recent politics and history across 22 countries. He makes reference…
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Community Jewish Organizations: My Judaism is Not Zionism. Stop Representing it That Way.
Since it was created in 2012, I’ve participated in several Black Lives Matter organized protests, marches and rallies. On July 6, immediately after Philando Castile was shot, I became engulfed in the justice movement. I found myself surrounded by some of the most loving, thoughtful and motivated people I’ve ever met. I learned from and…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Launches Hebrew Twitter Feed — but Why?
(JTA) — The Trump campaign has launched a Hebrew-language Twitter feed, aiming to boost support for the GOP presidential nominee in Israel and raising an interesting question: Just how many potential U.S. voters in Israel don’t speak English? The feed, launched Monday night, is named “Campaign Trump b’Yisrael,” and uses the generic handle @USAISRAEL2016, though…
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