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Israel News Israel Marks First-Ever National Day Remembering Jewish Exodus from Arab Lands
(Haaretz) — For Meir Kahlon, chairman of the World Organization of Jews from Arab Countries, this is a historic week. For the first time, Israel has officially recognized his suffering, that of his family and some 850,000 other Jews who left, were expelled or fled from their homes in Syria, Libya, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Iraq,…
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Opinion In Berlin, Jews and Muslims Fight for Each Other
Salaam-Schalom organizes a Jewish-Muslim human chain event in Neukollen / Ömer Sefa Baysal This past summer, Armin Langer, a 24-year-old rabbinical student in Berlin, came to speak at the Sehitlik mosque in Neukoelln, a district of the German capital with a large Muslim population. Langer is the co-founder of the Salaam-Schalom Initiative, a Neukoelln-based intercultural…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Will Decide This Week on Snap Election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will decide in the next few days whether he can heal his fractured coalition government or call an early election, one of his advisers said on Monday. The government is split on a range of issues, including the 2015 budget, high living costs, policy towards the Palestinians and a Jewish…
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Opinion The Insecurity That Lies Beneath Israel’s ‘Jewish Nation’ Bill
I Once you clear away the hype and bombast, the arguments being bandied about over Israel’s proposed Jewish Nation-State law — across the board, pro and con alike — are largely beside the point. There’s a problem with the bill, but it’s not the one everyone’s worried about. The first thing to understand is that…
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Fast Forward Hundreds Rally Against ‘Jewish State’ Bill
Hundreds of Israelis protested in Jerusalem against the nation-state bill enshrining Israel’s status as a Jewish state. The protesters gathered Saturday night in front of the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a softened version of the measure to the Cabinet on Sunday. The bill will go to the Knesset for…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv Synagogue Vandalized in ‘Jewish State’ Protest
A Tel Aviv synagogue apparently was vandalized in protest of Israel’s nation-state bill. “In a place where the Jewish State bill will be legislated, books will be burned,” read the graffiti painted Sunday on a wall of the Tel Aviv International Synagogue. A pile of burned books — none of them religious texts — were…
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Fast Forward 3 Charged With Plotting Temple Mount Attack
Three Palestinian men were indicted for planning to attack activist Yehuda Glick and right-wing lawmaker Moshe Feiglin during a visit to the Temple Mount. The men, ages 18 to 21 from eastern Jerusalem, were charged over the weekend with conspiracy to injure a person using weapons and with nationalistic motivation. The attack was to occur…
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Fast Forward Knesset Bill Funds Druze and Circassian Communities
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will submit a plan to the Knesset for significant investments in the Arab Druze and Muslim Circassian communities. The plan will include funds for education, infrastructure, and employment “in order to reduce the existing disparities,” Netanyahu announced Saturday night on his Facebook page, an on Sunday in an official announcement…
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