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Fast Forward Hundreds Attend Israel Funeral of Seven Kids Killed in Brooklyn Fire
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral and burial in Israel of seven children who died in a house fire in Brooklyn. “God Almighty took seven roses,” said their father, Gabriel Sassoon, in a eulogy at a Jerusalem cemetery on Monday afternoon, according to Ynet. “He took my children and my future grandchildren, maybe 70 or…
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Opinion Israeli Left Splits on Tactics at J Street Conference
J Street / Facebook Speaking at a press conference on the margins of the J Street national convention today, a group of left-wing Knesset members split over the role they’d like American Jews to play in American diplomacy, particularly at the United Nations. Responding to a reporter’s question, Zionist Union lawmakers Yoel Hasson and Ksenia…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Steinitz Says World Powers, Iran Likely to Agree to Bad Nuclear Deal
PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) – Israel said on Monday it was probable that world powers and Iran would agree a “bad deal” on Tehran’s nuclear program and it would do all it could to toughen any accord before talks resume this week. “We think it’s going to be a bad, insufficient deal,” Strategic Affairs Minister…
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Fast Forward Swarthmore Hillel Votes to Rename Itself ‘Kehilah’
Swarthmore College’s former Hillel has voted to rename itself Swarthmore Kehilah. The name change announced on Sunday follows the decision by the campus Jewish organization to drop its affiliation with Hillel International, due to restrictions on Israel issues. The decision of the name Kehilah, which means Community, was made through an open submission process for…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Receives Support To Form Next Government
Benjamin Netanyahu has received a slim majority of 61 Knesset members supporting his right to form the next government, Israel’s 34th. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday continued the process of consulting with representatives of each party elected to serve in the 20th Knesset. On Sunday, Netanyahu had received 51 mandates in support of his…
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Fast Forward United States Will Not Take Floor At U.N. Rights Debate on Israel, Palestinians
The United States will not take the floor at the main U.N. human rights forum on Monday during the annual debate on violations committed in the Palestinian territories, a U.S. spokesman told Reuters. The move at the 47-member state forum where Washington unfailingly defends Israel, follows signals that the Obama administration is undertaking a “reassessment”…
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Israel News Netanyahu’s Reelection Pushes J Street to the Left
Emboldened by President Obama’s public rebuke of Israel’s recently re-elected leader Benjamin Netanyahu, the dovish lobby J Street is stepping up its criticism of the prime minister and, at the same time, highlighting the differences between its views and those of mainstream Jewish community organizations. The 3,000 activists gathered in Washington over the weekend for…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Allies Blame White House Criticism on Misunderstanding
Benjamin Netanyahu’s allies acknowledged on Sunday that his election-eve disavowal of a Palestinian state had caused a rift with the White House, but blamed U.S. President Barack Obama’s unprecedented criticism on a misunderstanding. In the United States, where relations with Netanyahu have become a partisan issue after generations in which support for Israel was a…
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