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Fast Forward Bibi Vows No Palestinian State If Reelected
(Reuters) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a final bid to shore up right-wing support ahead of a knife-edge vote on Tuesday, said he would not permit a Palestinian state to be created under his watch if he is re-elected. Trailing his center-left opponent Isaac Herzog in opinion polls, the three-term leader has sought…
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Fast Forward Copenhagen Girl Whose Bat Mitzvah Was Marred by Terror Is Feted in Israel
The bat mitzvah girl whose celebration in Copenhagen ended abruptly after the shooting death of a volunteer synagogue guard was feted in Israel. Hannah Bentow, 13, on Sunday night in Jerusalem had a ceremony and a dance party for girls and women with a DJ. The party took place at the headquarters of the Matan…
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Fast Forward Ehud Barak Backs Isaac Herzog in Battle With Netanyahu
Former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak formally endorsed the ZIonist Union’s Isaac Herzog for prime minister on Monday. “I have known Isaac Herzog for decades,” Barak said, according to Haaretz. “He served as government secretary in my cabinet and as a minister by my side when I lead the Labor Party.” Barak, a key moderate,…
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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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Yiddish פֿאַר וואָס הערט מען ניט וועגן דעם גלעצנדיקן וווּקס פֿון דער ישׂראל־בערזע? Why aren’t we hearing about the dramatic growth of the Israeli stock market?
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