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Opinion Dear Israel, America Is Our Queer Jewish Homeland
When the Supreme Court ruled in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage across the United States on Friday, I was quite happy. Though it’s hardly the end of the struggle to better the lives of queer people across the United States, that ruling was a pretty big step in the right direction. As I am a…
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Fast Forward Israel Vows ‘Serious’ Probe of Gaza War Crimes
Israel and the Palestinians promised on Monday to investigate alleged war crimes committed by their forces during the 2014 Gaza war, amid growing calls for an end to impunity on both sides. During an often virulent three-hour debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council, boycotted by Israel, the president of the Geneva forum rebuked envoys…
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Fast Forward Israel Warns Syria Rebels To Leave Druze Alone
Israel said on Monday it had conditioned humanitarian aid to select Syrian rebel groups on its border on their undertaking not to harm the Druze minority in the country’s civil war. Druze Arabs in Syria have long been loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, and their brethren in Israel and the Golan Heights, which Israeli forces…
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Fast Forward Blockade-Busting Boat Intercepted Off Gaza Coast
Israel’s Navy intercepted an activist ship in the waters off the coast of the Gaza Strip. Commandos from the Shayetet 13 naval special forces unit boarded the Marianne of Gothenburg ship and began sailing it to the Israeli port of Ashdod early on Monday morning. The takeover of the vessel and its approximately 20 passengers…
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Fast Forward Israel Plans Fortified Fence for 150-Mile Border With Jordan
Israel’s security cabinet has approved extending the fortified fence along its Egyptian border into a section of the frontier with neighboring Jordan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. Jordan and Israel closely coordinate security for their 240 km (150 mile)-long border as well as for the strategic 95 km (60 mile )-long Jordan Valley…
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News U.N. Report Shoots Down Israel’s Exoneration of Troops in Gaza Beach Killings
One of the little-noticed findings of the United Nations commission on possible Gaza war crimes is the panel’s strong criticism of Israel’s move to close the books on its military’s killing of four Palestinian boys on a Gaza City beach. The Independent Commission of Inquiry’s comments on the episode — one of the most widely…
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Fast Forward Israeli Cabinet Gives Government Control Over Natural Gas
The Israeli Cabinet voted to transfer to the government control over the development of natural gas, calling it a matter of national security. On Sunday, the Cabinet voted to allow the government to override the Antitrust Authority, which objects to the current draft agreement between the Israeli government and the gas companies, U.S.-based Noble Energy…
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Fast Forward Mariah Carey and Billionaire Boyfriend Arrive in Israel
American diva Mariah Carey and her new boyfriend, Australian billionaire James Packer, are in Israel for a “pre-engagement spiritual meeting,” the TMZ website reported. TMZ said that the couple will meet with an Israeli “spiritual leader” who Packer knows well. The name of the spiritual leader was not revealed. Packer reportedly insisted on holding the…
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