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Fast Forward Pro-Israel Group Booted From British Union Festival
Organizers of a trade union festival in Britain asked pro-Israel activists to leave and pack up their stand following harassment by supporters of the Palestinian cause. Members of the Bournemouth Action for Israel (BAFI) grassroots group claimed that their kiosk was defaced and they were verbally abused by Palestine Solidarity Campaign supporters at the Tolpuddle…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Says Israel Strike on Iran Would Be ‘Huge Mistake’
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday it would be a huge mistake if Israel decided to take unilateral military action against Iran over its nuclear program in the future. Kerry was asked in an NBC “Today” show interview if the nuclear deal reached last week between would make it more likely that Israel…
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Fast Forward Reuven Rivlin Hosts Unity Event With Reform and Conservative Rabbis
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin hosted leaders from the Reform, Conservative, Orthodox and secular movements at his residence for an event demonstrating Jewish unity. It was a significant move for Rivlin, who has drawn criticism in the past for denigrating non-Orthodox Jews. Earlier in his career, he had declined to say whether as president he would…
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Fast Forward Israel Moves To Outlaw Alternative Kosher Certification Agency
A bill to prohibit an alternative kosher certification agency from operating passed an initial vote in Israel’s Knesset. The bill, introduced by lawmakers from the haredi Orthodox Shas and United Torah Judaism parties, would prohibit the alternative organization, called “Private Certification,” from granting kosher certificates to restaurants, according to Haaretz. The bill passed Wednesday by…
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Food In the Land of Milk and Honey, Israelis Turn Vegan
Nana Shrier in her Georgian restaurant, Nanuchka, in Tel Aviv. Reuters — Nana Shrier, owner of the stylish Georgian restaurant Nanuchka in downtown Tel Aviv, shocked Israel’s culinary world when she removed all animal-based products from the menu. A year later business is thriving, defying those who predicted its demise. Nanuchka is part of a…
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Opinion Israel Security Establishment Breaks With Bibi on Iran Deal
There’s a deep crack emerging in the veneer of wall-to-wall support offered by Israel’s political leadership to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his war against the Iran nuclear agreement. The crack has a name you might recognize: the Israeli security establishment. You know — the folks whose job it is to identify and address threats…
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Fast Forward Europe Plans Steps Against Israel Banks Over Occupation
The European Union agreed this week to push ahead with labeling Israeli goods made in settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move that has alarmed the Israeli government; but now there are proposals to go much further, including targeting Israeli banks. In a paper to be published on Wednesday, the European Council on Foreign…
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Opinion Why U. of California Should Dump ‘Three D’ Definition of Anti-Semitism
Pity the University of California. The UC system is the latest (and perhaps largest) organization being pulled in different directions by competing supporters of Israeli and/or Palestinian causes. At issue? Whether the UC system — which in the past few years has seen outrageous instances of anti-Semitism and (separately) contentious anti-Israel activities and resolutions —…
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