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Fast Forward 30 Israeli Olympians Set for Rio Games — Judo Stars Eye Medals
So far 30 Israeli athletes have guaranteed a spot on the Olympic team for Rio de Janeiro, with the judokas seen as having the best chance to win a medal. The first Israeli to meet the qualifying criteria for this summer’s games was Yakov Toumarkin, who finished seventh in London in 2012 in the 200-meter…
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Fast Forward Israel Press Freedom Rating Dropped by Watchdog Group
Freedom House, a freedom of the press watchdog, downgraded Israel’s status from “free” to “partly free,” citing the Israel Hayom daily, which is seen as pro-government. “Israel declined due to the growing impact of Yisrael Hayom [sic], whose owner-subsidized business model endangered the stability of other media outlets, and the unchecked expansion of paid content…
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News Luxe Florida Country Clubs Lash Out at Security Firm That Quit Israel
South Florida retirees are turning their local country clubs into an unlikely battlefield in the fight over Israel. Following global security provider G4S’s announcement in March that they would be severing all contracts with Israel, retirees responded in kind, and at least seven local country clubs say they are considering terminating their decades-long relationship with the…
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Fast Forward 11 Harvard Law Jewish Colleagues Defend ‘Smelly’ Israel Basher
Eleven Jewish students and recent alumni of the Harvard Law School have signed a letter defending the law student who asked former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni why she is “so smelly.” In a letter to the Harvard Law Record, the students defend “our friend and peer” Husam El-Qoulaq, whose comment at an April 14…
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Israel News White House Prepared to Make Largest Ever Military Pledge to Israel
Washington — The White House said it is prepared to commit to the “largest single pledge of military assistance to any country in U.S. history” in its defense assistance talks with Israel. A White House official made the statement to JTA in response to a sent Monday by 83 U.S. senators to President Barack Obama…
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Opinion We’re Celebrating Passover. Where Is Hope for Peace in Israel, Freedom and Progress?
Passover had a certain bittersweet cast to it this year. I don’t think I’m the only one who felt it. It’s always been a joyous time: a family reunion, a festive meal, a chance to catch up with loved ones, to sing together, swap stories and talk about big ideas. Someone at our Seder table…
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News Israeli Judge Says No to Arabs Building in Jewish Town — Cites Bidding Woes
Dozens of Arab families who were planning to build homes in the Jewish city of Afula have lost their leases to the land after an Israeli judge said that they illegally coordinated their bids. Last November, hundreds of Jewish residents of Afula protested the prospect of Arab neighbors after Arab families won tenders to build…
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Opinion Why Israel’s $2.9M Rainbow Plane Is a Joke — and You Don’t Have Be a BDS Fan To Say So
I confess when I first saw the simulated image of an airplane bedecked in the colors of the rainbow flag, ostensibly on its way to Tel Aviv Pride, I thought it was some sort of joke. Yet it really was the Israeli government’s intent, as part of an 11 million shekel ($2.9 million) advertising blitz,…
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