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Music Israeli Ministers Approve Applying Israel Law to West Bank Settlers
A ministerial committee approved a proposed bill on Sunday that would ensure the wholesale application of Israeli law to Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, a move sponsored by legislators who want Israel to annex part of the territory. But Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, Israel’s chief negotiator in peace talks with the Palestinians that…
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Music Israeli Minister Amir Peretz Quits Over 2015 Budget
Amir Peretz, Israel’s environmental protection minister, resigned from the government over the proposed 2015 budget. Peretz, of the centrist Hatnua party that is part of the government coalition, announced he was stepping down at the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday. His resignation goes into effect on Tuesday. Saying the budget does not help the poorest…
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Opinion A New Kristallnacht for Today’s European Jews?
Protesters took to the streets of Paris this summer to demonstrate against Israel / Getty Images (JTA) — Each year on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, we recall the opening salvo of the violent assault on Jews that foreshadowed the Holocaust and ask ourselves what should have been done at that moment. In thinking about Kristallnacht,…
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Music Arab-Israelis Riot Over Killing of 22-Year-Old by Israel Police
Rioting continued in the Arab-Israeli town of Kfar Kana and in other Arab communities following the killing of a resident by an Israel Police officer. In the face of the riots, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to strip the citizenship of those who call for the destruction of the state of Israel. At least 20…
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Forward 50 2014 Rachelli Fraenkel
In a summer that claimed 72 Israelis and more than 2,100 Palestinians, one individual provided succor to the Israeli public, even as she was grieving her own loss. Rachelli Fraenkel is the American-Israeli mother of Naftali Fraenkel, the 16-year-old yeshiva student who was kidnapped while hitchhiking with Gilad Shaer and Eyal Yifrah in the Israeli-occupied…
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Fast Forward Israeli Arabs Call Strike Over Police Killing
Community leaders of Israel’s Arab minority declared a 24-hour general commercial strike, starting on Sunday, following the shooting dead by police of a man from the village of Kafr Kana in the north of the country. Thousands took to the streets on Saturday and some threw rocks and lit fires at the entrance to Kafr…
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Israel News Mitt Romney Slams ‘Naive’ Barack Obama at Israeli-American Council Launch
(Haaretz) — The inaugural conference of the Israeli-American Council served as a platform for a blistering attack on President Barack Obama on Friday night, launched by his defeated rival in the 2012 elections, Republican Mitt Romney. The “naive” president, Romney said, “is weakening our military, distancing ourselves from allies, and being divisive and demeaning towards our…
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Israel News Why Israel’s New Reform Congregations Shun ‘R’ Word
(Haaretz) — When the Reform movement recently opened its first congregation in the Negev capital of Be’er Sheva, its members had just one little request: They didn’t want to be called Reform. They’re not alone. Although the Reform movement has been making considerable inroads in Israeli society in recent years, it turns out its name still…
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