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Fast Forward Israel’s High Court sides with egalitarian prayer advocates in long-running Western Wall dispute
“The court is ordering an end to the foot-dragging,” Reform Movement attorneys say a decade after a deal to expand egalitarian prayer was struck
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Fast Forward Israeli police detain Women of the Wall leaders a day after high-stakes court hearing
Judges asked why a compromise plan allowing egalitarian worship at Judaism’s holy site has not been carried out
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Opinion The dark message behind Tucker Carlson’s attempt to drum up drama in Israel
A political stunt shows the country has a problem brewing stateside
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Opinion Tragically, ‘genocide’ has become a meaningless word
A new pro-Israel petition mirrors the left in draining an important term of its meaning
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Opinion The Israeli government wants you to stop calling Oct. 7 a ‘massacre.’ Yes, really.
It's part of a broader effort to rewrite memory, evade responsibility and diminish the meaning of the attack
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Opinion Can Trump save Israel from itself?
New moves in the West Bank show the far-right has taken full control — and only the White House can stop them
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Fast Forward International social workers group set to vote on expelling Israeli union for ‘not acting to promote peace’
'Expelling or suspending a social workers’ union will not promote change—rather, it will promote polarization and radicalization,' the Israeli Union of Social Workers said
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Opinion Trump is poised to reinforce Iran’s regime — despite Netanyahu’s pressure
There was no sign that a Wednesday meeting between the two leaders advanced Israel's priorities
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