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Fast Forward Top Biden aide: Israel must focus on a postwar plan
President Joe Biden has reportedly grown frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in recent weeks
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Politics New survey: Democratic voters less inclined to support politicians opposing a cease-fire
At least 65 Democratic members of Congress have called for the end of the Israel-Hamas war, but President Joe Biden has said Israel needs to root out the terrorist group
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Letters At Hunter’s ‘Israelism’ screening, the rabbi was rude, not the audience
Professors say the administration and moderator made people feel censored
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News Controversy over letter from Jewish day school alumni saying they were fed ‘false narratives’ about Israel
While some grads of Maryland’s Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School condemn Israel’s war on Gaza, other alumni call the critics ‘self-hating Jews’
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Culture So what does ‘intifada’ actually mean?
Rep. Elise Stefanik equated 'intifada' with a call for genocide against Jews. So what does intifada really mean?
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News Pennsylvania’s Jewish governor praises students who helped oust UPenn’s former president
Gov. Josh Shapiro credited Penn students who helped oust former President Liz Magill, and rejected calls for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war as premature
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Culture A ‘heartbroken’ Palestinian author confronts his prominent father’s murder, a history of international betrayal and devastation in Gaza
Raja Shehadeh and his father, Aziz, emerged as leading Palestinian lawyers in their generations. A new book explores their different approaches to challenging the Israeli government — and the personal cost of their shared vision.
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Fast Forward Shlomo Avineri, dovish Israeli political philosopher and public intellectual, dies at 90
Avineri applied his historical perspective as a frequent commentator in the Israeli and foreign media, and as a regular columnist for the Israeli daily Haaretz
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