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Fast Forward Australian Headmistress Won’t Face Extradition From Israel To Face Sex Charges
JERUSALEM — An Israeli court has halted extradition procedures against the former principal of a Jewish girls’ school in Melbourne who fled Australia amid claims she sexually abused some of her students. The Jerusalem District Court on Sunday halted the process after a state-appointed psychiatrist determined that Malka Leifer was unfit to stand trial. Extradition…
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Fast Forward 71% of Israeli Jews Deny West Bank Is ‘Occupied’
JERUSALEM — Some 71.5 percent of Jewish Israelis say they do not view Israel’s control of the West Bank as “occupation,” a monthly survey found. The same percentage of Arab respondents to the survey called it an occupation, according to the May Peace Index survey of the Israel Democracy Institute released Monday. Asked “Which of the…
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Fast Forward As Methodist Church Votes on BDS, Hillary Clinton Calls Push ‘Harmful’
WASHINGTON — On the eve of a bid to get her church to divest from companies allegedly profiting from Israel’s control of the West Bank, Hillary Clinton reasserted that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement was counterproductive to peace. The frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination responded on May 8 to an appeal from the…
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Opinion 68 Reasons To Respect, If Not Love, Israel On Its 68th Birthday
This week, as Israel celebrates the 68th anniversary of its hard-won independence, it’s worth celebrating the unlikely success story of this embattled little country, amid all its imperfections. Like other countries, Israel is a work in progress. Blemishes abound and Israelis are the first to criticize and question their own shortcomings: political corruption, a dysfunctional…
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Opinion These Rare Texts Will Remind You What Israel Once Aspired To Be
Israeli democracy is under threat. Incitement against human rights organizations proceeds with little trace of official censure; cabinet ministers aim to impose new ideological litmus tests in the realm of education and culture; government-sponsored bills place Jews on a higher plane than other citizens, and the State’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi declares that “Israel is first…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldier Goes on Trial for Killing Wounded Palestinian
An Israeli soldier who shot and killed a wounded Palestinian assailant went on trial on manslaughter charges on Monday in a rare case that focuses on allegations of excessive use of force in confronting Palestinian attacks. A majority of Israelis do not want a court-martial to take place, according to an opinion poll taken shortly…
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Fast Forward White House Aide Ben Rhodes Defends ‘Echo Chamber’ Push for Iran Nuclear Deal
The senior White House aide who spearheaded the push for the Iran nuclear deal is defending his handling of the issue after he suggested in a controversial New York Times magazine profile that he fooled key stakeholders into not questioning the pact. Ben Rhodes was forced to explain himself in a blog post for Medium…
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Opinion Was This Top Israeli General Right To Denounce Jewish Extremism on Holocaust Day?
What on earth could have possessed the second-in-command of Israel’s armed forces to kick off Yom Hashoah, the national Holocaust remembrance day, with a May 4 speech likening Israel today to Germany on the eve of World War II? There are two possible answers. As it happens, one is correct and the other isn’t. On…
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