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Fast Forward Boycott Israel Activists Claim Credit for SodaStream Factory Closing
The Israeli firm SodaStream, which has been a target of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, is closing its West Bank factory — and anti-Israel activists claimed credit for forcing the move. The company, which makes home soft drink machines, made the announcement about its Maale Adumim facility on Wednesday. It also said that its…
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Fast Forward Israel Finance Chief Balks at Funding Settlements
Israel’s finance minister, Yair Lapid, said he would not agree to invest funds in West Bank settlements. Lapid made his remarks Wednesday during a ministerial meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on improving West Bank infrastructure. He was responding to reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved planning for at least 1,000 new housing units…
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Opinion Young Israelis Say No to Separate Buses
An Israeli soldier walks past a bus on which suspected Jewish vandals painted graffiti reading ‘Gentiles in the land are enemies’ / Getty Images Young Israelis don’t want separate bus lines for Palestinians — and they’re asking American Jews to ensure segregation never becomes a reality. That’s the nutshelled version of a letter sent today…
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Culture Utopian Dream of Israel Dies in ‘Salt of the Earth’
Some sand, some buckets, a few brooms, some paper cut outs, a handful of toy cars, trucks and tanks, a kieg light, a video camera hooked up to a live feed, and a single puppet. This is all Zvi Sahar and his Puppet/Cinema team of precision performers require to tell a story that encompasses all…
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Opinion How To Say ‘Chickenshit’ in Hebrew
Thinkstock / Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confronted quite a challenge when the Atlantic’s Jeff Goldberg quoted Obama administration officials calling him a “chickenshit.” Israeli reporters, in turn, faced their own challenge: How to translate “chickenshit” into Hebrew. Modern Hebrew is rich with phrases alluding to the Bible and rabbinic literature. Swear words,…
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Fast Forward Feud Escalates Over ‘No Guts’ Jibe at Benjamin Netanyahu
An anonymous U.S. official’s reported description of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “chickenshit,” or worthless coward, drew a sharp response on Wednesday from the Israeli leader – no stranger to acrimony with the Obama administration. The American broadside, in an interview in The Atlantic magazine, followed a month of heated exchanges between the Netanyahu…
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Fast Forward Chris Christie Slams Barack Obama Over Israel
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a likely contender for the Republican presidential nomination for 2016, accused President Obama of not standing by Israel. Obama had not stood “strong and hard for our allies in Israel,” Christie said during an event this weekend honoring Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, according to NJ.com, a news website for the…
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Opinion Separate Buses? That’s How Occupation Rolls.
Getty Images As of next month, Israel will operate separate buses for Palestinian residents of the West Bank returning from jobs as day laborers in Israel, thanks to political pressure from West Bank settlers who donʼt want to ride on the same buses as “Arabs.” The question is: Should we care? Settler leaders claim that…
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