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Fast Forward Second Helpless Palestinian Was Shot Dead by Israeli Soldier: Rights Group
JERUSALEM ) — The second Palestinian in a March stabbing attack against Israeli soldiers in Hebron also was executed after being downed with minor injuries, the B’Tselem human rights organization claims. According to a statement issued Monday by the Israeli group, Ramzi al-Qasrawi was executed with a shot to the head after he was down…
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News J Street Pushes ‘Balanced’ Democratic Platform Plank on Israel
J Street is reportedly pushing for a “balanced” Democratic Party platform plank on Israel, one that would include criticism of the Israeli occupation and some recognition of the need to push for Palestinian rights. The dovish pro-Israel group is circulating a memo that seems to underline the possibility that Israel could become a major flashpoint…
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News Archives Reveal Israel’s Secret 1967 Plan To ‘Drive Out All the Arabs from the West Bank’
The military archives have released generals’ testimonies that put the reader on the ground during Israel’s capture of Jerusalem’s Old City in the 1967 Six-Day War. The testimonies were given as part of the Israel Defense Forces’ efforts to draw lessons from the conflict, in which Israel took the West Bank, Sinai Peninsula and Golan…
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News BDS Battle Shifts From Campus to Statehouse — Will Pro-Israel Strategy Work Better?
Efforts to combat the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement are rapidly shifting from college campuses to statehouses, where a growing number of legislatures is considering laws to ban any company that boycotts Israel from winning government contracts or investments. Even New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo is planning to order all New York State agencies to…
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News Does Push for India’s ‘Lost Tribe of Menashe’ Signal New Interest in Far-flung Jewish Communities?
Israel will spend 8.1 million shekels, or about $2 million, to bring more than 712 members of India’s Bnei Menashe community to Israel this year, the Israeli news site Walla reported May 22. In the past, the Ministry of Absorption and the Jewish Agency have handled group immigration to Israel. But in the case of…
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Fast Forward New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Signs Anti-BDS Order
— New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement. The order signed Sunday, hours before the start of New York’s annual Celebrate Israel Parade, will require state agencies to divest themselves of companies and organizations aligned with the BDS movement. Cuomo said at the signing at…
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Fast Forward McGill Student Union Calls BDS Violation of Group’s Constitution
MONTREAL — Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions resolutions that “actively campaign” against Israel run counter to the McGill University’s undergraduate student union constitution, the union’s judicial board agreed. While the board decision, called a “reference,” still faces ratification by the Student Society of McGill University’s board of directors, the move on Wednesday is being hailed as…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Blasts French Peace Push — Says Will Stoke Palestinian ‘Intransigence’
— The international peace conference that begins Friday in Paris will harm chances for Israeli-Palestinian peace and “radicalize Palestinian demands,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said two days before its start. In a speech Wednesday at Bar-Ilan University’s medical school graduation, Netanyahu criticized the Paris effort and repeated a call for direct talks “without preconditions,”…
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