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Opinion Don’t Let the Billionaires Decide
In mid-November, two billionaires with a shared interest in Israel but radically different domestic politics shared a stage, airing their views on critical challenges facing Israel and the United States, from Iran to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Because Sheldon Adelson and Haim Saban can — and do — spend tens and even hundreds of millions of…
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Fast Forward Angela Merkel Rejects Idea of Germany Unilaterally Recognizing ‘Palestine’ As State
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday rejected the idea of Germany recognizing Palestine as a state unilaterally, saying the Palestinians and Israel could solve their long-running conflict only through negotiations. The aim should be that both sides agree on a two-state solution – Israel and a future Palestine – co-existing side by side, Merkel told a…
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Fast Forward Two Jews Lightly Wounded in East Jerusalem Stabbing
Two Jewish men sustained minor injuries after being stabbed outside a religious seminary in east Jerusalem, Israeli media reported. Magen David Adom Paramedics rushed to the scene to treat the wounded men: A 24-year-old who sustained a back injury and a 21 year old who was wounded in the head, MDA said. The attack occured…
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Israel News Wellesley Fires Hillel Leaders Even as Anti-Israel Activism Rises
(Haaretz) — Soon after the new school year got underway at Wellesley College, posters bearing the images of Palestinian children who were killed or wounded during the Gaza war appeared on dining hall walls. A large poster, likewise sponsored by the new campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, went up in the student center…
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Fast Forward Why Is AIPAC Suddenly So Silent on Iran?
(Reuters) — As the United States and other powers negotiate down to the wire on a nuclear deal with Iran, one voice has been unusually quiet – the main pro-Israel lobby in Washington. Israel deeply distrusts the attempt to reach a deal at talks in Vienna that would lift harsh international sanctions on Iran in…
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Fast Forward Israel Rejects Europe Appeal To Spare Terrorists Homes
Israel has rejected an appeal by the five biggest members of the European Union not to raze the homes of Palestinians who carried out lethal attacks in Jerusalem, saying on Friday that the tactic was designed to deter further violence. Israel’s Haaretz newspaper said the Foreign Ministry heard arguments from the German, French, British, Italian…
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Fast Forward 11 Families of American Terrorist Victims Can Sue P.A. for $1 Billion, Court Ruled
A civil lawsuit filed by 11 families of American terrorist victims against the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian Liberation Organization can go to trial, a federal court ruled. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Thursday that there was sufficient evidence to present to a jury concerning the involvement of the…
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Opinion VIDEO: What’s More Offensive — ISIS Or Israel?
What do American students hate more: ISIS or Israel? Media personality Ami Horowitz took to the University of California, Berkeley campus to find out — by way of a strange experiment. Hint: It involves flags. The students’ vitriolic reaction to the Israeli flag, as compared to the ISIS flag, is striking. A few caveats, though: First,…
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