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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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Fast Forward White House May Back UN Resolution on Mideast Peace
The White House is exploring the possibility of supporting a UN Security Council resolution that would set the principles for a permanent Israeli-Palestinian agreement. The resolution would be brought to a vote before the end of U.S. President Barack Obama’s term in office, the Wall Street Journal has reported. According to the report, published Monday, the…
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Israel News 48% of Israeli Jews Back ‘Expulsion’ or ‘Transfer’ of Arabs, New Pew Survey Says
Almost half of all Israeli Jews are in favor of transferring or expelling the state’s Arab population, a major U.S. survey of Israeli public opinion has found. That staggering statistic comes from the Pew Research Center’s report on Israel’s religiously divided society, released on March 8. The Israelis polled were not responding to an Israeli…
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News Pew Study of Israel Shows a Nation Fractured Into ‘Tribes’ — Big Split With American Jews
Even though Peter Jaffe had never been to Israel, the Maryland lawyer felt a kinship with the people there, imagining a nation state full of “New York Jews.” That changed as soon as he set foot in the Holy Land. “After I was there, I found out that we’re much less similar,” he said. It’s…
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