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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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Israel News How Danny Danon Went From Israel’s Rebel to Top Diplomat
Young, brash and ambitious, Danny Danon has built his reputation in the cauldron of Israeli politics by sidelining the international community, openly criticizing the president of the United States, and kicking aside the cornerstone of Israel’s agreement with the outside world: the acceptance of a two-state solution to the conflict with the Palestinians. But now…
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Opinion The Alternative Vision of Israeli Security That Netanyahu Refuses To See
Former Israeli military chief of staff Benny Gantz, in his first major policy address since retiring last February, recently presented a Washington audience with what amounted to an alternative vision of Israeli security. Though his tone was understated and at times lighthearted, there was no mistaking his sharp disagreements with his former boss, Prime Minister…
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Fast Forward Arab-Israeli MK: Jews Have No Connection to Temple Mount
An Arab Israeli Knesset member said Jews have no proven historical connection to the Temple Mount and no reason to visit it. In an interview Friday in a Hebrew-language publication, Joint Arab List MK Hanin Zoabi said, “The name is al-Aqsa, not the Temple Mount, and there is nothing there for Jews,” the Times of…
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Fast Forward 4 Israelis and 2 Palestinians Injured in Riots Following West Bank Murder
An Israeli police officer, three Jewish settlers and two Palestinians were injured in riots and clashes in the West Bank and Jerusalem. A Palestinian rioter hit the officer from the Israel Police’s Border Police division in his head on Friday, Army Radio reported, during confrontations near the Lions’ Gate in Jerusalem. Earlier on Friday, two…
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