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Life For Princess Charlotte, a Pink Dress From Israel
(JTA) — Who knew Israeli President Reuven Rivlin had such a keen fashion sense? As the media frenzy surrounding the birth of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s second child continued through Monday, Rivlin and his wife, First Lady Nechama Rivlin — grandparents of six — sent the newborn British princess a frilly pink dress that reads…
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Opinion Clock Ticking on Benjamin Netanyahu’s Coalition Drive
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is racing against the clock to assemble a new governing coalition before his statutory deadline runs out on Wednesday and he’s forced to return his mandate to Israel’s figurehead president. By all reports, it’s going to be a cliffhanger. Of the five smaller parties he wants to recruit, two have…
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Opinion Stop Comparing the Tel Aviv Protests to Baltimore
The comparison is irresistible. In Tel Aviv — just like in Baltimore and Ferguson — thousands of black citizens took to the streets to protest racism and police brutality. And in Tel Aviv — just like in Baltimore and Ferguson — the urban streets became akin to a war zone, with water cannons and stun…
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Opinion Are You Really Stunned That Ethiopian Anger Has Reached Tel Aviv?
“I was in the army four years ago, and when I was released, my wife and I went to rent an apartment — and we were told they don’t want Ethiopians,” said one young protestor to a newscast on Sunday night. He was standing in a crowd of mostly Ethiopian Jewish protesters in Tel Aviv’s…
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Israel News Ethiopian Protests Sign of Stubborn Racism in Israeli Society
(Reuters) — Images of Israeli police firing stun grenades are usually set in the West Bank and involve Palestinian protesters. But on Sunday the situation was quite different – riot police battling thousands of Ethiopian Jews in the center of Tel Aviv. The spark was a week old video showing two Israeli policemen punching, beating…
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Fast Forward Avigdor Liberman Says No to Benjamin Netanyahu Coalition
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday he would not join the new coalition government being formed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, citing disputes over legislation. The walkout by the far-right Lieberman raised the prospect that Netanyahu, whose conservative Likud party won the most votes in a March 17 election, may have to settle…
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Fast Forward Ethiopian Israelis Clash With Police as Anti-Racism Protests Escalate
Israeli mounted police charged hundreds of Ethiopian-Israeli citizens and fired stun grenades on Sunday to try to clear one of the most violent protests in memory in the heart of Tel Aviv. The protesters, Israeli Jews of Ethiopian origin, were demonstrating against what they say is police racism and brutality after the emergence last week…
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Fast Forward Ethiopian-Israeli Protesters, Supporters Block Off Tel Aviv Roads
Major roads in central Tel Aviv were blocked off by at least 1,000 Ethiopian demonstrators and their supporters protesting police brutality against Ethiopian Israelis. The demonstration which began on Sunday afternoon comes after a Thursday night demonstration in Jerusalem which became violent. Some 5,000 demonstrators are expected in Tel Aviv by Sunday evening. Organizers have…
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