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News ‘We have to leave our comfort zone’: Cautious but determined, Israeli expats protest Netanyahu’s government
Israelis in America were once known to keep a low profile in Jewish communities. That sense of shame has faded
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News Hartman Institute received major donations from U.S. billionaires funding attack on Israeli judiciary
For 10 years, the Hartman Institute received more than $25 million in donations from the CLAWS Foundation, the major financial backers of the conservative-libertarian Kohelet Policy Forum
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Fast Forward Over 70 U.S. legal scholars warn against ‘speed and scale’ of Israel’s judicial overhaul
Prominent law professors, including the former deans of Harvard and Yale law schools, signed a joint statement against the Netanyahu government’s plan to dramatically weaken the Supreme Court and curtail the independence of government legal advisers
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Opinion If you want to support Israel, boycott its new government
American Jewish communities must distance themselves from the current government in any way possible
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Opinion Israel’s new far-right government is already chilling innovation and causing brain drain
Tech companies are already leaving Israel in response to proposed legislation by the new Israeli cabinet
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News ‘Don’t give up on Israel,’ former Israeli premier Bennett urges American Jews
Most Israelis favor democracy, he assured an Israeli and American Jewish audience at Temple Emanu-El’s Streicker Center in Manhattan
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News Israeli emissary blames political foes for eroding relations with American Jews
Amichai Chikli, Israel's minister for diaspora affairs, said he appreciates American Jews but is ‘unapologetic’ about his government's agenda
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Opinion With Jerusalem on the verge of erupting, Netanyahu must rein in his own coalition
Netanyahu will have to use all his experience to keep his cabinet from dragging Israel into another Gaza operation
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