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Fast Forward Ireland Could Recognize ‘Palestine’ After Israel’s Settlement Bill
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Ireland will likely recognize a Palestinian state, Israel’s ambassador to the country reportedly warned in a cable to Jerusalem. Zeev Boker sent the cautionary dispatch Tuesday, Haaretz reported. Israel had already expected Dublin would officially recognize Palestine, and the Knesset’s recent passage of a law to legalize thousands of West Bank settlements strengthened that assessment, an…
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Fast Forward Does Trump Give Israel License to Annex West Bank? A Majority of Israelis Say No.
As Israeli leaders are sounding the drumbeat for West Bank annexation, a majority of Israelis say “not so fast,” according to a new poll. The Israel Democracy Institute’s Peace Index found that 53% of Israeli Jews are against annexing large parts of the West Bank, with only 37% in favor. Since President Trump took office,…
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Fast Forward Palestinians File First Challenge to Israeli Settlement ‘Legalization’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian groups petitioned Israel’s High Court of Justice to overturn a controversial new law that retroactively legalizes settler homes built on private Palestinian land. In the petition filed Wednesday, they claim the legislation violates international humanitarian law and ask the High Court to issue a temporary injunction against its implementation. The involved Palestinian…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Says He May Cut Security Ties to Israel Over Settlement Push
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he could be forced to suspend security cooperation with Israel if the ramp-up of Israeli settlements continued. “If the colonization continues, I would have no other choice, it would not be my fault,” Abbas told France’s Senate during a visit to Paris. On Tuesday, he met President Francois…
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Letters Letter to the Editor: My Bond to My Israel Bonds Is Broken
I write this letter with sadness and a heavy heart. My 5-year Israel Bond came due on February 1. Over the past few months, I have been deliberating whether or not to renew the bond, as I have done for decades. I have decided not to renew, as I cannot support the current Israeli government…
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Fast Forward Jews and Arabs Demonstrate Together Against Israeli Home Demolitions — and Trump
Thousands of Arabs and Jews waving Israeli and Palestinian flags protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday against home demolitions in Arab villages. Organizers estimated that some 5,000 protesters marched in central Tel Aviv in a demonstration that also referenced President Donald Trump’s ban on immigrants from seven Muslim nations. “No Ban! No Wall! No Demolitions!”…
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Fast Forward Israeli Company Bidding Hard to Build Trump’s Wall
The Israeli company that built Israel’s border fence is making a play this week to construct U.S. President Donald Trump’s wall with Mexico. According to Bloomberg, the U.S.-based unit of Magal Security Systems Ltd. presented at a January 31 conference on border security attended by officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The company,…
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Fast Forward Trump May Cut Funding to UN If It Recognizes Palestinian State
A massive cut in American funding for the United Nations could be in the works if President Trump signs an executive order prepared by his aides. The order, first reported by the New York Times on Wednesday, will cut at least 40% of funding for the international body and its agencies, if they grant full…
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