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Fast Forward Israel’s Los Angeles Consulate Accused of Mismanagement and Harassment
The Israeli Foreign ministry is investigating sexual harassment charges at its Los Angeles consulate. According to a report by the Israeli news site Ynet, an internal report by the ministry looked into claims that a staffer sexually harassed a colleague. When threated with dismissal, the alleged harasser, an HIV-positive U.S. citizen, threatened to sue the…
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Opinion The Zionist Election You Can Participate In — If Your Elbows Are Sharp
Fed up with the American Jewish community and the big-mouth nobodies who think they own it? Good news: There’s going to be an election. And you can vote. No, really. An actual, honest-to-goodness election. From January 15 until April 30 you can go online, pay $10 to register and cast a vote for a delegation…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Top General Says No Worries on War Crimes After Palestinians Join ICC
Israel’s top military officer said on Thursday he was disappointed rather than worried about a Palestinian move to join the International Criminal Court, calling it unnecessary because Israel could investigate complaints itself. Lieutenant General Benjamin Gantz, the chief of the Israel Defense Forces general staff, also said he was convinced the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter…
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Opinion Why HarperCollins Was So Wrong To Erase Israel
(JTA) — Before the HarperCollins Middle East atlas story is deleted from email inboxes, it pays to spend another moment ruminating on the damage caused by companies that ought to know better. On its website, HarperCollins bills itself as “one of the world’s leading English-language publishers.” It has a storied brand and a list of top-notch…
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Israel News Walking in a Soggy (Holy City) Wonderland
A rare winter storm eased away from Israel on Thursday, leaving behind a coating of the white stuff around Jerusalem and power outages, but little serious damage. As the snow turned to icy rain, cold-phobic Israelis ventured out Thursday after many cowered inside the day before. One man who works at a convenience store off…
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Opinion How Terror Attack Hits Raw Nerve for Paris Jews Like Me
People gather outside French embassy in Berlin to say #JeSuisCharlie / Twitter Paris, my city, is under attack. All of France is shocked and shattered. As of 11:00 this morning, French TV channels and radio stations have interrupted their regular programming to cover the story of the attack. On Twitter, the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie is now…
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Fast Forward U.N. Chief Agrees To Admit ‘Palestine’ to ICC
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced that Palestine will join the International Criminal Court on April 1. The accession to the court will allow the Palestinians to press war-crimes charges against Israel. Ban made the announcement late Tuesday night, days after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas signed the Rome Statute, the international treaty under…
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Fast Forward Snowstorm Slams Israel — Roads and Schools Close
The main roads were closed into Jerusalem as the worst storm of the year gathered strength. The storm moved in late Tuesday night and many Israelis woke Wednesday morning to freezing temperatures and snow in the air. Snow covered the Golan, with schools closed Wednesday morning in Israel’s Golan and Galilee regions, as heavy rain…
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