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News Reporter’s notebook: Covering Israel’s war-torn north is an exercise in dodging danger
In the conflict zone, it’s safer to drive fast then slow because it’s harder for terrorists to target a fast-moving vehicle with a shoulder-borne weapon. It’s one of the many differences from normal life in this upside-down world
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Film & TV In new Israeli Netflix show about fanatical soccer fans, anti-Arab racism is an unspoken companion
Bros follows fans of Israel's Beitar team, whose fanbase is notoriously racist — a fact the show avoids
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Books A history of a pivotal era in Palestine wins a top Jewish book prize
Oren Kessler’s “Palestine 1936” tells the “story of two nationalisms"
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News ‘God wants us to do the right thing’: How Schumer persuaded House Speaker Johnson to pass foreign aid bill
In an exclusive interview, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the bipartisan passage of aid to Israel ‘was a great victory’
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News Israelis see antisemitism — and foreign interests — as fueling campus protests
'I feel safer here where I’m protected as a Jew,' American student in Israel says, despite living amid war
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Fast Forward Israeli opposition leader fears Israel will be blamed if Biden loses reelection
‘A lot of people in the Democratic Party are going to say it’s because of Israel, or at least this is going to be one of the claims,’ Yair Lapid said in a podcast interview
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Opinion Passover is a celebration of liberation — which is why it’s time for Israel to end the war
It is unbearable to observe the Seder while more than 130 hostages remain in Gaza. And it's clear that there's only one way to get them out
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Fast Forward House overwhelmingly passes Israel aid, even as dissent grows in both parties
The vote displays the erosion of support for spending on Israel that once was taken for granted
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