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Fast Forward Israeli Arab Leader Comes to Washington With Message for Bibi — and BDS
(JTA) — Ayman Odeh travels the land of his heroes, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, but prefers to deliver paeans to their inspiration not in their native English, but in Hebrew and Arabic. Meeting me here last week in the cafeteria of the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill, where he has just completed…
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News Wounded in Terror Attack, Soldier From Florida Vows To Stay and Fight for Israel
Jake Laznik, an American Jew from Florida, fulfilled his dream of joining the elite Golani Brigade and proudly donning his IDF uniform for the first time on November 22. Just five days later, wearing that same uniform, he found himself crushed under a car in the West Bank, the victim of another in the seemingly…
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Fast Forward Israeli Drug Helps Jimmy Carter Beat Cancer
(JTA) — A drug that was researched and tested in Israel has helped former President Jimmy Carter overcome his life-threatening case of melanoma. Carter announced on Sunday that the four cancerous lesions on his brain were gone and doctors had found no new signs of cancer growth. He also said that he will continue taking Keytruda,…
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Fast Forward Israel Arrests Five Suspected ISIS Recruits
Five Arab-Israeli men suspected of pledging support to the Islamic State terror group have been arrested. The arrests by the Israel Police and Shin Bet intelligence agency took place in October and November and were announced Tuesday. They followed an investigation that found the men obtained weapons and practiced with them. In parallel, according to…
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Fast Forward Recession and Crime Have More Brazil Jews Considering Move to Israel
(JTA) — For four years, llana Lerner Kalmanovich rode a hot and crowded bus three hours each day to reach the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where she was pursuing degrees in physical education and nutrition. Police raids into nearby slums, or favelas, often blocked the freeway, and stray bullets from gun battles with…
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Opinion Widening Rift Between American Jews and Israel on Painful Display at Saban Forum
At a recent Haaretz side session at the Jewish Federations’ General Assembly, I hosted Peter Beinart for a conversation entitled “Israelis are from Mars, American Jews are from Venus.” A month later, our colorful caption was fully borne out by the 2015 Saban Forum, which highlighted the great gap between large parts of the American Jewish…
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Fast Forward Swedish Minister Accuses Israel of ‘Executing’ Palestinian Knife Attackers
Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström on Friday accused Israel of executing Palestinian assailants without trial. The remarks further exacerbated the tension between Stockholm and Jerusalem, prompting a scathing response from the Israeli ambassador to Sweden. Wallström made the comments in response to foreign policy questions directed at her during a parliament meeting. During the session,…
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Fast Forward Israel Seeks Germany Aid in West Bank Labeling Feud
A senior Israeli offical called on Germany on Thursday to urge other European countries to oppose EU plans to require products from Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories to be so labeled. “Obviously, there is no question of Germany following this disastrous move,” Israeli Knesset speaker Yuli Yoel Edelstein told Reuters after a forum on…
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