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News Does Bernie Sanders Still Champion Values of His Israeli Kibbutz?
(JTA) — Every morning, Bernie Sanders would wake up at 4:10 a.m. to pick apples and pears. Leaving the cabin he shared with a few other American college student volunteers, Sanders would have a quick bite of bread before heading out to the orchard. After 2 1/2 hours of work, he and the other 20 or…
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Opinion How Americans Enable Israel’s ‘Jewish or Democratic State’ Delusion
American Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro that Israel employs a double legal standard in the West Bank: one for Israelis and another for Palestinians. No one can question Shapiro’s friendship toward Israel. His worrying observation reflects the frustration of many Americans who are true friends of Israel and yet deeply concerned about its future. Their…
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Opinion Here’s Why Oscar Nominees Are Getting Free Luxe Trips to Israel
“Can anyone explain why Hollywood’s rich and powerful need $200,000 worth of extravagant goodies?” That’s the question The Daily Beast asks the absurdly luxurious swag bags being given to Oscar nominees this year. The goody bags, which include everything from a $55,000 first-class Israel trip to a $250 vape to a $1900 “Vampire Breast Lift”…
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Fast Forward $55K Luxe Trip to Israel Included in Oscars Swag Bag
A 10-day, first-class trip to Israel is one of the gifts that will be offered in the swag bags of this year’s Oscar nominees. The trip, valued at $55,000 by Distinctive Assets, the company that put together the gift bags, is just one gift in the bag that total’s $200,000 worth of luxurious gifts, the…
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News Bernie Sanders Stint at ‘Stalinist’ Kibbutz Draws Red-Baiting From Right
It didn’t take long after news broke that Bernie Sanders had volunteered decades ago on a hard-left kibbutz in Israel for right-wing critics to start lobbing ever-scarier adjectives at him. The Democratic presidential candidate’s stint at Kibbutz Sha’ar Ha’Amakim in northern Israel proves to conservatives that he isn’t just a “socialist” but a hard-core Marxist…
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Fast Forward GOP Senator Pushes To Allow ‘Made in Israel’ Labels for Settlement Products
A Customs reminder barring West Bank products from being labeled “Made in Israel,” has turned into a political fight with Republicans pushing forward a legislative measures in order to revoke the labeling rule. Arkansas Republican senator Tom Cotton introduced a bill that would scrap the Customs labeling regulation. Cotton’s move came following a reminder issued…
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Letters Ending Business Activity in Settlements Isn’t ‘Collective Punishment’
In an editorial published on January 21, Jane Eisner opposes Human Rights Watch’s call for businesses to pull out of Israeli settlements because it “would grind economic activities to a halt, hurting ordinary citizens both Israeli and Palestinian,” amounting to “collective punishment.” This assessment doesn’t stand up to analysis. There are two separate economies in…
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Fast Forward BDS Goes Down Under as Australia Party Seeks Ban on Israel Trips
A former national president of the Australian Labor Party has criticized its New South Wales branch following the publication of motions seeking to ban its members from participating in Jewish-sponsored trips to Israel. The motion will be raised at the NSW Labor conference to be held in Sydney on February 13 and February 14. Warren…
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