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The Schmooze Howard Stern Rips Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Over BDS in 7-Minute Rant
Radio personality Howard Stern ripped Roger Waters, the founding member of the rock band Pink Floyd, for his support of the boycott Israel movement. “What is with Roger Waters and the Jews?” Stern asked Tuesday at the beginning of a seven-minute rant on Sirius XM Radio during which he implied that Waters is an anti-Semite….
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Fast Forward ‘Significant’ Oil Reserves Unearthed in Golan Heights
A large amount of oil has been found on the Golan Heights. The reserves were found in the southern Golan after a year of drilling, the Afek Oil and Gas company announced on Tuesday. “We are talking about significant quantities. The important thing is to know the oil is in the rock and that’s what…
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Fast Forward Israel Windsurfers Yanked From Oman Tournament Over Security Fears
Israel has withdrawn from the world windsurfing championships in Oman this month after failing to agree with the Gulf Arab state on security arrangements for its athletes, an Israeli official said on Wednesday. An official with Israel’s Shin Bet security service said the trip to the Oct 17-24 regatta was canceled after Oman declined to…
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The Schmooze ‘Hamburger Hummus’ Mocks Clueless Americans in Israel
Shalom “Hamburger Hummus”! Welcome to my list of must-see fall programing! The follows six clueless American bloggers as they bumble their way around Israel. With titles like “Shalom, Shamericans!”, “Tech Aviv,” and “Shots Shots Shabbats,” the hilarious three-minute episodes follow the characters as they find out that yes, Israel has better medical marijuana than the…
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Opinion How Ta-Nehisi Coates Helps Make Sense of the Mideast Conflict
In November 2014, Yusuf Hassan al-Ramouni was found hanged in the bus he drove. Israel deemed this a suicide. Palestinians said it was murder. The resulting strikes and riots fed rising violence that went on all year, claiming the life of an Israeli man, Alexander Levlovitz, on the eve of this year’s Rosh Hashanah, and…
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Fast Forward Facebook Launches Israeli-Made Satellite To Bring Internet to More of Africa
Facebook will launch an Israeli-made satellite to bring Internet access to sub-Saharan Africa. The AMOS-6 satellite is being built by Israel Aerospace Industries and will be operated by the Israeli company Spacecom, in partnership with Eutelsat Communications of France. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the partnership with Eutelsat to launch the satellite on his Facebook…
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Fast Forward Israel Razes Homes of Palestinian Militants in Jerusalem
Israeli forces destroyed the homes of two Palestinian militants and sealed off part of a third in Jerusalem on Tuesday, in a crackdown launched by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after four Israelis were killed in Palestinian attacks. Violence has intensified in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank in recent weeks, raising concerns of a…
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Fast Forward Russian Military Delegation to Visit Israel to Discuss Syria Operations
A senior Russian military delegation will visit Israel on Tuesday for two days of talks on how the countries can avoid accidentally clashing while operating in Syria, an Israeli military officer said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Sept. 21 to set up teams as Moscow steps up military…
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