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Fast Forward Israeli Diplomat Warns American Jews Split on Iran Deal in Secret Cable
A top Israeli diplomat in the United States wrote his superiors to warn that they cannot count on the U.S. Jewish community to oppose the Iran nuclear deal. “At this crucial point of the Iranian issue – which for years has been at the core of Israeli foreign policy and was described countless times by…
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Opinion Gaza Was Like Home — But I Supported Disengagement Anyway
I first became acquainted with the Jewish settlements of Gaza during my Israeli army service in 2002. This was during the second Intifada and my parents, living in New Jersey and unable to call me due to their deafness, were extremely worried about me. To calm them, when I had a free moment, I’d walk…
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Culture We See Your Israeli Gillette Ad, And Raise You 14 Jewish Beards
Movember may be months away but the latest facial hair viral video is already here, courtesy of a Gillette campaign in Israel. With over a million views, the ad follows an Israeli man who shaves his beard after 14 years. Barely recognized by his father, he then gives a beardless surprise to his wife and…
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Fast Forward Amnesty Says Israel Response to Soldier’s Gaza Capture Was War Crime
The response of Israel’s military to the capture of an Israeli soldier during last summer’s Gaza conflict amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said in a new report. Following the capture into a terror tunnel of Lt. Hadar Goldin, who later was declared dead based on evidence at the scene of…
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Fast Forward Shrinking Dead Sea Creates Sinkholes and Worries
A neglected grove of date palms, their leaves long fallen, trunks drooping in the searing heat at the lowest point on earth, is the latest casualty of a dramatic rise in sinkholes wreaking havoc along the coast of the Dead Sea. Workers had stopped tending the date grove, fearing the earth might swallow them up….
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Opinion Mike Huckabee and the Dangers of Hyperbole on Iran
We thought this year’s Republican presidential field had set a new low in personal invective, what with Ted Cruz calling Mitch McConnell a “liar,” Lindsey Graham calling Donald Trump a “jackass” and Trump himself impugning Graham’s competence, Rick Perry’s intelligence and even John McCain’s heroism. But Mike Huckabee has shown us there are always new…
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Fast Forward Israeli Rabbi Charged With Abusing 13 Women
A Safed rabbi was indicted on 13 counts of grave sexual crimes against women who had turned to him with religious questions. Rabbi Ezra Sheinberg, 46, was charged Monday in the Nazareth District Court, Israel Radio reported. The charges include rape, indecent assault, sexual harassment, fraud and obstructing an investigation, Ynet reported. The prosecution asked…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Cancer Teen Pleads in Video for Death With Dignity
A Haredi Orthodox teenager has released a video calling on the Israeli public to demonstrate in front of a Haifa hospital to demand that it discontinue his chemotherapy treatment. The unnamed Israeli teen, 16, from Tiberias, says in the video released on Sunday that he is receiving the treatment against his will. “Dear people of…
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