This is the Forward’s coverage of Lebanon, a Middle Eastern country which shares a southern border with Israel.
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Fast Forward Israel evacuates Kiryat Shemona, town of 20,000 near Lebanon
Israel has for days been ready to launch an incursion into Gaza, and seeks to prevent the conflict from escalating on its other fronts
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Fast Forward Israelis in 28 communities near Lebanon border to be evacuated by army
Residents of northern Israel will be evacuated to government funded hotels and guest houses, as tensions escalate between Lebanon and Israel
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Film & TV ‘Fauda’ meets ‘Homeland’ meets crummy documentary in ‘Ghosts of Beirut’
The show by ‘Fauda’ co-creators and director Greg Barker is a messy cat-and-mouse game
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Culture In ‘1982,’ one day tells an entire war’s story
For his feature film debut, Oualid Mouaness drew on boyhood memories of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon
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News Are quiet Lebanon-Israel talks a harbinger of peace?
Are quiet, below-the-radar talks between Lebanon and Israel a harbinger of broader rapprochement? In Lebanon’s capital city and across the border in Israel, there’s a gathering consensus that something like peace is possible. “Looking at it from a political and economic lens, we as Lebanese are sinking by ourselves, so it is now time that…
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Culture Beirut: Public Sculpture Resembling Star Of David Removed After Outrage
After a spate of online outrage, Lebanese authorities have removed a sculpture from Beirut’s Martyr Square. The reason? If viewed from above, the geometric artwork appears looks like a Star of David. According to Hyperallergic, the sculpture, British artist Nathaniel Rackowe’s “LP46,” became the center of a controversy on December 15, when a photograph of…
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News Does An International School Operating In NYC Have A ‘No Israelis’ Policy?
One of the best institutions of higher education in the Arab world is violating American law by not letting Israelis sign up for its online courses, according to a complaint filed Friday to the New York City Commission on Human Rights. Israeli activist and attorney Yifa Segal said she was unable to sign up for…
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Fast Forward Lebanese Parliament Speaker Tells Anti-Semitic Money-Grubbing Joke
(JTA) — The speaker of the Lebanese parliament told an anti-Semitic joke during an interview and said Israelis love their land less than the Lebanese because they stay away from the border. Nabih Berri, a leader of the pro-Hezbollah Amal movement, made the racist reference to Jews during an interview with the Al Joumhouria newspaper…
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