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Fast Forward Netanyahu Offers Alternatives to Iran Deal After Obama Criticism
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the international community to negotiate a better deal with Iran on its nuclear program and offered alternatives. Netanyahu’s statement on Sunday came a day after U.S. President Barack Obama told reporters that Netanyahu has not provided any alternatives to the framework agreement signed earlier this month. “The prime…
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Culture Where We’re Going This Summer
Oxford, England When my youngest daughter began working on a master’s degree at Oxford University last fall, she became the seventh generation of women in my family to live for an extended period in England. So my husband and I will take a long weekend in June and make a pilgrimage of sorts, back to…
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Opinion The Promise of Nuclear Deal With Iran — for Israel
The senior politicians of the State of Israel really need to calm down and stop behaving as if the world is about to end. It is not. The new draft framework agreement between Iran and the P5+1 needs improvement and clarifications. It is not perfect. It’s understandable for our politicians to be concerned about parts…
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Fast Forward Jockeying Starts in Congress on Iran Deal Consent Bill
A Democratic U.S. senator on Wednesday offered an amendment to a an Iran nuclear bill that would remove the measure’s tie to Iranian-sponsored terrorism, a change that could attract more support for the legislation from his party. Despite President Barack Obama’s threat to veto the bill due to concerns it would undermine final talks with…
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Opinion How Ed Miliband Lost Britain’s Jewish Voters
Getty Images With Britain’s general election just one month away, a new poll of Jewish voters makes brutal reading for the Labour Party and their leader, Ed Miliband. The poll, published by the Jewish Chronicle, shows that if British Jews were to vote tomorrow (and if we remove undecided voters from the equation), 69% would…
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Fast Forward Beaten Body Found in Berlin With Israeli Passport
Police in Berlin found the disfigured body of a man carrying an Israeli passport. The body was found Sunday amid the rubble of construction being done at a local church, Army Radio reported Wednesday. The body was so badly bruised that it was unrecognizable, raising suspicion the man was murdered. On the deceased’s person police…
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Israel News Will Chuck Schumer Side With Republicans Over President Obama on Iran Nuclear Deal?
The path to a bill that would effectively scuttle President Obama’s deal with Iran on its nuclear development program runs through two Jewish senators: Ben Cardin of Maryland and Chuck Schumer of New York. A month ago, neither Cardin nor Schumer would have been the first name on the list of Democrats on whose support…
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The Schmooze Why Did Jill Duggar Name Her Son Israel?
Jill Duggar with baby Israel // Facebook Let’s get something out of the way. There is nothing Jewish about the Duggars. And yet, Jill Duggar, the 23-year-old daughter, and fourth child in the family who brought you TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” has chosen to name her newborn son Israel David. Israel may seem like…
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