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Fast Forward Guilford College Hillel Declares Itself ‘Open’
The Hillel chapter at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, said it will no longer abide by Hillel International’s restrictions on Israel-related issues. The announcement that the Guilford Hillel had joined the so-called Open Hillel movement came in a Facebook posting on Wednesday night. “At Guilford’s Hillel, we have a wide range of Jewish voices….
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Fast Forward Iran Nuclear Talks Stretch On to Second Extra Day
Major powers and Iran negotiated into the early hours of Thursday on Tehran’s nuclear program two days past their deadline, with diplomats saying prospects for a preliminary agreement were finely balanced between success and collapse. The negotiations, aimed at blocking Iran’s capacity to build a nuclear bomb in exchange for lifting sanctions, have become bogged…
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Fast Forward 79 Democrats Urge President Obama To Keep Pushing for Two-State Solution
Seventy-nine Democratic members of Congress told President Barack Obama that he should “persevere” in his efforts for a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In a letter sent to Obama on Tuesday, the lawmakers wrote that they were concerned with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-election comments “dismissing the possibility of a two-state solution” and appreciated…
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Fast Forward Israeli ‘David’s Sling’ Defense System Passes Test
A new Israeli air defense system being developed in partnership with the United States has passed advanced tests, the Israeli Defense Ministry said on Wednesday, putting it on course for possible deployment by next year. Defense sources said tests for David’s Sling took place last week and on Tuesday, the last day before a deadline…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Demands ‘Better Deal’ From Iran on Nukes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday it was not too late for world powers locked in nuclear negotiations with Iran to demand a “better deal.” He made the comments before meeting in Jerusalem with the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, John Boehner, a leading Republican and strong critic of the White…
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Fast Forward African Immigrants Face Deportation From Israel
Asylum-seekers Detained in Israel’s Desert from Jewish Daily Forward on Vimeo. Israel will begin deporting African migrants to third countries without their consent. The migrants, from Eritrea and Sudan, will be sent to a southern Israeli prison if they refuse, Haaretz reported, citing the Interior Ministry. Israel’s attorney general, Yehuda Weinstein, approved the process, under…
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Fast Forward ‘Palestine’ Set To Join International Criminal Court — But No Case Coming Soon
(Reuters) — Palestine will raise the stakes in a legal battle with Israel on Wednesday when it joins the International Criminal Court, but any case over alleged crimes in the occupied territories is unlikely to come to trial for some years – if ever. With the court swamped with investigations in Africa and prosecutors already struggling…
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Opinion The Black Panthers Haggadah
The following is a translation of the Israeli Black Panthers Haggadah With a strong hand, two. And with an outstretched arm, two more. With great terror, two more. With protests, two more. With banners raised, two more. With hunger strikes, two more. These, then, are 10 plagues that the Black Panthers from Musrara brought upon…
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