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Fast Forward Israel President Reuven Rivlin Floats Plan for New ‘Arab City’
Israeli President Reuben Rivlin called for the building of a new city to accommodate Israel’s growing Arab minority. Rivlin met Thursday at his residence with 50 Arab local council heads and mayors and discussed integration and development, according to his office. Rivlin called for the creation of a new Arab city, and for schools to…
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Fast Forward 2 Black Lawmakers Will Skip Benjamin Netanyahu Speech Amid Growing Storm
(JTA) — Two prominent black Democrats say they will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned speech to the Republican Congress amid a growing storm of controversy over the perceived partisan nature of the arrangement. U.S. Reps. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a hero of the civil rights movement, and G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) on Thursday slammed Rep….
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Israel News Is V15 a Conduit for American Funds to Benjamin Netanyahu’s Opponents?
“This is an organized campaign, funded by foreign actors and by not-for-profit organizations, and it is clearly against the law,” Likud Knesset member Ofir Akunis declared, holding up to the cameras a printout of a Facebook page. Akunis was speaking at a well-attended press conference in Tel Aviv. And he claimed his printout proved that…
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Fast Forward Nancy Pelosi Undecided on Attending Benjamin Netanyahu Speech to Congress
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she hopes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the U.S. Congress next month does not take place because Republican House Speaker John Boehner had invited him for political reasons. Pelosi told reporters she still intends to attend the March 3 speech. Netanyahu has been fending off…
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Fast Forward Malcolm Hoenlein Warns American Groups To Stop Funding Israel Parties
Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said that American groups should not intervene in the upcoming Israeli elections. In a phone interview Thursday with JTA while he was in Israel, Hoenlein said that American organizations should not fund any side ahead of the March 17 vote….
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Fast Forward Israel Grabs Palestinian Tax Cash — Again
Israel has for the second month in a row frozen tax revenue that it collects for the Palestinian Authority. The decision not to transfer the money, which is used to pay public sector employees, was reported Wednesday by the Jerusalem Post. The freeze is in response to the P.A.’s decision to join the International Criminal…
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Fast Forward Israel Diplomats Face Ax for Anti-Bibi Tweets — Compared to Renegade Soldiers
An Israeli ambassador and two other diplomats face possible dismissal for publishing posts on Twitter critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his testy relationship with the White House, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The offending tweets came as Netanyahu, who is seeking a fourth term in office, fends off criticism at home and…
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News Jewish Mother Ellen Brody Identified as SUV Driver in Commuter Train Tragedy
The driver of an SUV at the center of a deadly crash with a New York commuter train has been identified as Ellen Schaeffer Brody, a Jewish mother of three from suburban Scarsdale. Brody, 49, was the driver whose car became stuck at a railway crossing when a train slammed into the vehicle, killing her…
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