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Fast Forward ‘Get’ Divorce Drama Scores Golden Globes Nod
An Israeli film that scrutinizes Israel’s heavily slanted divorce laws has been nominated for the Golden Globes as one of the Best Foreign Language Films. The selection of “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem”, by the brother and sister team of Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz, was announced on Thursday by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association….
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Opinion My Iconic Mideast Photo Is Not a Fake
As the photographer of the photo discussed in a December 12 article, “Iconic Mideast Photo Is a Fake — and a Heartbreaking One at That,” I am angered by the charge that the photo is “faked.” The article reveals a lack of understanding of the difference between a faked photo, which misrepresents reality, and a…
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Opinion 4 Stories from Zochrot Truth Commission On 1948
Palestinians mark the anniversary of the 1948 Nakba or ‘Day of Catastrophe’ / Getty Images Is Israeli society ready to reckon with 1948? On Wednesday, Zochrot, an Israeli organization devoted to raising awareness about the Nakba — when 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled by Jewish forces during Israel’s founding war — held its first…
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Fast Forward California Campus Union Votes 2-1 for Israel Divestment
A union which represents University of California student-workers and academic employees voted to approve a resolution to join the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. The United Auto Workers Local 2865, which represents more than 13,000 teaching assistants, tutors, and other student-workers at the University of California, announced Wednesday that the measure was approved…
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Fast Forward Tzipi Livni Joins Forces With Labor for Vote
Former Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said she will run on a joint ticket with the Labor Party in Israel’s upcoming elections. Livni, who heads her own left-of-center Hatnua party, made the announcement of the new center-left slate with Labor chairman Issac Herzog on Wednesday. “We’re uniting for the good of the country, for the better…
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Opinion No, Judaism Doesn’t Justify CIA Torture
Christian art depicting Jews being tortured in hell Are the Jews somehow to blame for the CIA’s torture of detainees? That’s what some want to know after yesterday’s release of the so-called “CIA Torture Report” by the Senate Intelligence Committee. The CIA is in the business of extracting secrets and then burying them deep in…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Halt Security Cooperation With Israel After Minister’s Death
The Palestinian Authority said it will cease all security coordination with Israel in response to the death of a senior Palestinian official following a confrontation with Israeli soldiers. Jibril Rajoub, a Palestinian political official, said Wednesday afternoon that the P.A. will end “all forms of security coordination with Israel for deliberately killing Minister Ziad Abu…
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Israel News Ashton Carter Brings Record of Friendship With Israel to Pentagon
(JTA) — Ashton Carter has championed the sale to Israel of state-of-the-art combat aircraft, has aligned himself with Iran hawks and was observed becoming misty-eyed when serenaded by Israeli soldiers. Carter, 60, President Obama’s secretary of defense nominee, has been depicted in the media as the un-Chuck Hagel. He’s assertive and a bureaucratic in-fighter where…
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