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Fast Forward Heeding Hillary Clinton Plea, United Methodist Church Rejects BDS Push
— The United Methodist Church rejected four resolutions calling for the church to divest from companies that profit from Israel’s control of the West Bank. The votes took place over the weekend at the quadrennial United Methodist Church General Conference that began May 10 in Portland, Oregon. The resolutions called for divesting from three companies…
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The Schmooze She Knows How To Look Gorgeous — Using Israeli Army Face Paint for Makeup
(JTA) — You may think camouflage face paint is about blending in. But done right, it can be the key to that standout military look you crave. Just ask American Israel Defense Forces soldier Hannah Laskow Defore. In a sendup of online makeup tutorials, the 19 year-old Los Angeles native, last week posted a Facebook…
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Life A Jewish Woman’s Emotional Hunt for Her Father’s Circassian Roots Leads to Israel — and the Golan Heights
Extending a welcoming hand in a warm, inviting gesture, Eleonore Merza says: Please, come in. In another minute she might have asked: Who wants coffee and who wants tea? It was a moment that fused a reenacted past with an imagined future, next to a mound of basalt stones in the Golan Heights. Merza, 36,…
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Fast Forward France Delays Mideast Peace Push That Israel Has Criticized
French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday an international conference due in late May in Paris to relaunch peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis had been postponed but would take place this summer. With U.S. efforts to broker a two-state accord in tatters and Washington focused on its November presidential election, Paris has lobbied countries…
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The Schmooze Tickets For Louis C.K.’s Jerusalem Stand Up Sell Out In Hours
Israelis, you better get ready to sing ♬ לואי, לואי, לואי ♬ because Louis C.K., New York’s most irreverent comedian, is packing up and heading for the Holy Land. And no joke is off limits. Tickets for the August 18 show at Jerusalem’s Payis Arena went on sale on C.K.’s website 6pm Monday evening and…
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Fast Forward Detroit ‘Walk for Israel’ Insist Anti-Occupation Groups Are Anti-Israel
For the second year in a row, the Detroit area’s Walk for Israel has rebuffed the sponsorship of left-wing pro-Israel groups because of their support for boycotting settlements. At the heart of the dispute is a question of definitions: Is support of a boycott targeting Jewish enterprises beyond Israel’s 1967 borders the same as backing…
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Opinion Let Israelis and Palestinians Be Enemies
Despite what many people may believe, humanization between individuals does not resolve conflict between groups. And yet against all the hard evidence, most conflict management or simulation exercises still put this forward as their primary objective. The Forward recently ran two articles about conflict negotiation simulations dealing with the Israel/Palestine dispute. Both mention the challenges…
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Opinion Donald Trump’s Rise Shows How Much Pro-Israel Politics Has Changed in 5 Years
Five years ago this Friday, President Obama threw Israel “under the bus.” At least, that’s how Mitt Romney, who formally announced his presidential run just a few weeks later, described Obama’s call for a two-state solution based on the 1967 lines. Romney’s indignation was shared by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and virtually every member…
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