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Fast Forward Israeli Tourism Minister Shuns Germany Due to Nazi Past
Israel’s tourism minister said he will not make an official visit to Germany due to its Nazi past. Yariv Levin of the ruling Likud party said Saturday night that the idea of a visit to Germany makes him “uneasy,” Israel Hayom reported Sunday. Levin missed a major international tourism fair last week in Berlin, where…
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Opinion ‘Never Again’ Means Taking Cue From Protesters and Confronting Donald Trump
On social media and over drinks, American liberals are discussing — sometimes jokingly and sometimes not — how to move to Canada if Donald Trump makes it into the White House. Between the violence against minorities at Trump rallies, the Nazi-like salutes and the candidate’s choice to tweet a quotation from Benito Mussolini, the idea…
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News Los Angeles Federation Chief Bluntly Tells Israel to Stay Out of American BDS Fights
A senior Jewish federation executive has unusually blunt words for Israeli government officials planning to take up arms in the anti-BDS struggle on American college campuses: Back off, he says. “The Israeli government needs to get out of this business,” says Jay Sanderson, president and chief executive officer of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los…
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Fast Forward Marco Rubio Sees ‘Little’ Chance for Israel 2-State Solution
Speaking at a Florida synagogue, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio promised that if he were elected president, “Israel will not have a better friend than me.” “We are going to take a side and we are going to be on Israel’s,” the Florida senator said, according to USA Today. “I think Israel is willing to…
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Opinion When I Cringe at the Views of Israelis — and Donald Trump
When I first heard the number, I cringed. Could it really be that nearly half of Israeli Jews support the expulsion or transfer of the Arab population, as a new study by the Pew Research Center reported? I wondered if the question was too vague, or if the word “transfer” could be interpreted as a…
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Fast Forward Joe Biden Talks ISIS, Syria and Iran With Bibi
Vice President Joe Biden discussed Iran, the threat from Islamic State militants and the crisis in Syria in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday, the White House said in a statement. Biden also discussed with Netanyahu ongoing violence and tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, the statement said. The meeting…
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Fast Forward Jewish Agency Hands Out $1M to Victims of Terror Wave
The Jewish Agency for Israel plans to distribute $1 million to more than 100 individuals and families that have been directly affected by the wave of terror attacks in Israel that began in October. Each family will receive financial assistance of up to $6,400 from the agency’s Fund for Victims of Terror, which is meant…
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Fast Forward Joe Biden’s Wife and Grandchildren Narrowly Escape Tel Aviv Terror
Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his wife Jill and their grandchildren were dining on a Tel Aviv beach when a Palestinian killed an American tourist with a knife and wounded 11 other people on the seafront “not very far” away. Since October, Palestinian stabbings, shootings and car rammings have killed 28 Israelis and…
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