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Fast Forward Israel Expects Other Countries To Also Recognize Jerusalem As Capital
JERUSALEM (JTA) — After the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moved toward relocating its embassy there, Israel said it expects other countries to follow suit. Speaking at Israel’s Foreign Ministry Thursday, a day after the historic shift in U.S. policy, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was in contact with…
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Fast Forward ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Arizona Anti-BDS Law
(JTA) — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit challenging an Arizona law that bars state and local governments from doing business with companies that boycott Israel and its settlements. The law, which was passed in March 2016, requires that any company that contracts with the state submit a written certification that it…
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Fast Forward 20 Palestinians Arrested In Connection With Attack On Hiking Jewish Children
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Twenty Palestinians from the West Bank village of Qusra were arrested for suspected involvement in an attack on Jewish children hiking in the West Bank. The arrests came overnight Wednesday, according to Israeli media reports. During the raid, Israeli security forces found some of the equipment and personal possessions taken from the…
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Fast Forward UC Jewish Students Call For Action Against Professor Over Anti-Semitic Tweets
(JTA) — Several University of California, Berkeley Jewish student groups called on the university to take action against a lecturer over several anti-Semitic tweets. In a letter to the university administration, the groups said Berkeley had not gone far enough in addressing the tweets by Hatem Bazian, a lecturer in the Department of Asian American…
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Fast Forward President Trump’s Announcement Gets Shrugs At Jerusalem Market
JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Donald Trump’s official recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital may have sent shock waves across the Middle East. But here, in the epicenter of a city where fewer than a million people work, eat, pray and shop, the first day’s reaction was muted. The municipality projected images of the Israeli and…
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Israel News Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement Is A Big Deal — But Won’t Actually Change Much
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In announcing U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, President Donald Trump spoke loud and clear — except when he didn’t. That’s not to say that Israel and many of its supporters weren’t thrilled with what many called the “long overdue” acknowledgement by the United States that Israel gets to say where…
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Fast Forward Kathy Manning, Former JFNA Chief, Mounts Congressional Run In North Carolina
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Kathy Manning, the first woman to be chair of the Jewish Federations of North America, is mounting a challenge as a Democrat to a right-wing Republican congressman in a district encompassing her hometown, Greensboro, N.C. Manning is challenging Ted Budd in North Carolina’s 13th district, a once reliable Democratic district that trends…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders: Al Franken Resigning Is The ‘Right Thing’ To Do
(JTA) — Sen. Bernie Sanders said his colleague Al Franken’s announcement scheduled for Thursday should include his resignation following accusations of sexual harassment from more than a half dozen women. “Sen. Franken has said that he will be making an announcement about his political future tomorrow. The right thing is for him to resign,” Sanders, I-Vt.,…
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