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Fast Forward Israel Hits Back at Gaza After Rocket Fire
Israel carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after Palestinian militants there fired rockets into southern Israel. The early morning air strikes targeted two training camps belonging to the Islamist group Hamas, causing no injuries, officials and witnesses said. Gaza militants fired at least two rockets into Israel late on Friday, Israeli…
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Opinion Sympathy for Syrian Refugees — But Not African Asylum Seekers?
The mainstream and Jewish media have both finally raised the world’s refugee crisis to the status it deserves in our news feeds and we, Jewish Americans, cannot help but feel immense sympathy for the Syrian refugees. We want to do whatever we can to help and we should. I have heard of a number of…
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Opinion Why Israel Must Bury Hatchet With U.S. Over Iran — Now
The congressional debate on the Iran nuclear deal is over. President Obama has prevailed. The United States will implement the P5+1 agreement with Iran. Israel will have to live with it. In sharp contrast with Washington, no real public discussion of the deal’s details was ever conducted in Israel. Most of the opposition patriotically sided…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Plans Russia Visit for Talks on Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Russia next week for talks with President Vladimir Putin on an expanding Russian military deployment in Syria, an Israeli official said on Wednesday. “The prime minister will present the threats to Israel emanating from the increased flow of advanced weaponry to the Syrian arena and from the transfer…
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Opinion Let’s Make Israeli Culture a Uniting Force for Jews Everywhere
Rosh Hashanah is a time for taking stock. We size up that which we have and that which we are lacking, and we try to make out the course corrections we need to close the gap. As I see it, one of the greatest things we have going for us as a people is the…
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Fast Forward Israelis Agree Government Is Failing on Religious Policy
Secular and haredi Orthodox Israelis differ on many things, but there’s one thing both sides agree on: When it comes to religious affairs, the government is failing. That’s one of the findings of an annual survey of Israeli religious identification and attitudes toward religious policy released Friday by Hiddush, a 6-year-old organization that promotes religious…
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Fast Forward Israeli Defense Chief Walks Back Comments on Knowing Identity of Duma Attackers
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon walked back comments he reportedly made saying that Israeli military authorities know who is responsible for the arson attack that killed a baby and his parents. Security forces have a “general idea” of who perpetrated the attack on a home in the West Bank village of Duma, he told reporters…
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Opinion Building Alliance With Israel Is Good Business Too
Relations between the United States and Israel embody significant history and shared values. And, as we all know, sometimes those relations consist of disagreements and obstacles. Especially now, when we see neighboring countries collapsing and thousands of people risking their lives in search of a better future, we should remind ourselves that the ability to…
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