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Fast Forward World War I British Officer Gets Wish To Be Buried in Israel — 67 Years Later
(JTA) — On a crisp morning in this community near the Mediterranean Sea, the sound of Israel’s flag whipping in the wind likely pleased the soul of John Henry Patterson, whose ashes were buried a few yards away. Patterson was a lieutenant colonel in the British military, and during World War I he commanded the Zion…
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Life Sexist Chocolate Bar Rocks Ultra-Orthodox Party
Ultra-Orthodox women activists hoped that perhaps their time had finally come in 2015 – that they would finally be seen and heard by the parties that represent their community in the Knesset. But just days before Israelis go to the polls, the highest-profile outreach to women by an ultra-Orthodox politician to the women of his…
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Fast Forward At Odds Over Iran, Netanyahu Tried To Nix Mossad Briefing for U.S. Senators
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly tried to cancel a Mossad briefing for visiting U.S. senators because of the Israeli security agency’s warnings on an Iran sanctions bill. Netanyahu removed the Jan. 19 briefing from the itinerary of six senators visiting Israel, led by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Time…
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Fast Forward American-Born Israeli Poet Janice Silverman Rebibo Dies at 65
Known for her bold, vivid and often humorous poetic voice in English and Hebrew, the critically acclaimed American-born Israeli poet Janice Silverman Rebibo has died. Rebibo, of Brookline, Mass. and Rehovot, Israel, died on March 11, after a year-long battle against cancer at the age of 65. Over many decades, the bilingual poet and educator…
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Fast Forward Michael Oren: After Netanyahu Speech, Israel Must Repair Ties With U.S.
Israel must try to repair relations with the United States no matter who wins Tuesday’s election, said Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to Washington and a potential foreign minister if his party joins the next government. “We have to do a major reach-out. There’s some work to be done,” Oren said, citing strained ties…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Offers Finance Ministry to Rival Days Before Election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, trailing in opinion polls two days before a parliamentary election, publicly offered on Sunday the Finance Ministry portfolio to a potentially king-making rival. Facing possible upset defeat in the March 17 vote, Netanyahu has launched a media blitz to counter what appears to be a rising tide of support for…
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Israel News From Pot to Pirates, Meet the Parties That Definitely Won’t Win Israel’s Election
This year, Israel’s pro-marijuana party, Green Leaf, struck a self-aware tone in its appeal to voters: “Of course it is not the most important thing,” the party’s campaign slogan calling for pot legalization read. “But it is very important.” In an election dominated by security and economic issues, that dictum might sum up the sales…
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Fast Forward Mideast Peace Talks Were Like a Bad Divorce
(JTA) — Part of the reason Israeli-Palestinian peace talks failed last year is because the sides were so far apart in their fundamental visions of what two states would look like. Another reason is that the two sides could barely stand each other. Those are two of the contentions contained in a blistering critique of…
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