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News Why Trump may succeed with a Gaza peace plan where Biden failed
The Trump administration’s ceasefire deal could meet Jewish longings for Israel’s security and regional peace
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News Analysis: Is Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan more about MAGA than the Middle East?
The president’s proposal could perhaps end two years of stalemate in the Israel-Hamas war
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News Analysis: Trump and Netanyahu close ranks. But is a Gaza ceasefire really in reach?
For the US and Israeli leaders, the stakes are political survival — and for American Jews, a ceasefire could bring relief in a shifting political climate
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News As Democrats shift on Israel, Josh Shapiro stands firm: ‘I don’t waffle or waver because of polling’
The Pennsylvania governor and potential presidential contender first visited the Jewish state at age 16
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Fast Forward ‘I will not be silenced’: Josh Shapiro invokes assassination attempt in address on rising hate violence
In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, the Pennsylvania governor said political violence ‘tears at the fabric of American society’
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Fast Forward Will NY Gov. Kathy Hochul’s endorsement of Zohran Mamdani cost her Jewish support?
The endorsement strengthens Mamdani’s mayoral bid, but could complicate the governor’s reelection campaign and her stance with Jewish voters
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News Why Nazi comparisons triggered Trump after Charlie Kirk’s assassination
The killing of one of his closest allies gives Trump a new platform to revisit old grievances: accusations of Nazism
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Opinion Charlie Kirk and Alan Berg: 2 murders, 41 years apart, show the painful perils of polarization
What two shocking deaths reveal about our dangerous, growing divides
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Opinion Israel is at an existential pivot point. It never needed to go this far.
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Fast Forward Jewish freelance journalist Emily Wilder is detained as Israeli military intercepts Gaza aid flotilla
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square is transformed by cautious optimism — and gratitude for Trump
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Fast Forward Jewish groups welcome ceasefire plan as a step toward a ‘lasting regional peace’
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