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Fast Forward Israel Scrambles To Avoid Suspension From World Soccer
Israel’s top soccer administrators will meet FIFA President Sepp Blatter in Zurich on Wednesday in a late bid to avert a vote called by the Palestinians to suspend Israel from the world body. An official from Israel’s FA told Reuters that chairman Ofer Eini and chief executive Rotem Kamer would urge Blatter to use his…
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Fast Forward Real Threat to Israel Is Iran’s Allies — Not Nukes
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thunders against a looming Iranian nuclear deal, his defense chiefs see a more pressing menace from Tehran’s guerrilla allies. Chief among these is Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia that fought Israeli forces to a stand-still in their 2006 war and has since expanded its arsenal and honed its skills helping…
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Fast Forward Lauryn Hill Scraps Show in Israel — Cites Palestinians
R&B singer Lauryn Hill cancelled a performance in Israel three days ahead of the scheduled concert. She said in a statement posted on her Facebook page that she cancelled the concert because she was unable to schedule a similar concert for the same trip in Palestinian-controlled Ramallah in the West Bank. Hill was scheduled to…
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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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