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Fast Forward Amsterdam Scraps Twin City Plan With Tel Aviv
Amsterdam’s mayor scrapped a vote to twin his municipality with Tel Aviv and Ramallah following opposition by left-wing parties on the city council. Mayor Eberhard van der Laan on Thursday scrapped the vote, which had been scheduled for July 1, according to TV5, because of opposition to the gesture by his own Labor Party, the…
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The Schmooze Tel Aviv’s Norman Named Best Boutique Hotel by Jetsetter
Want to travel like a superstar? Skip the French riviera and head to Tel Aviv. The Norman, a small hotel on Nahmani Street, has just been declared the “best boutique hotel” in the world by Jetsetter magazine. The posh establishment, barely a year old, boasts 50 individually designed rooms and suites. A word of caution,…
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The Schmooze Tel Aviv Pride Is as Fierce as Ever
Tel Aviv’s 17th annual Gay Pride Parade took place this Friday. Over 180 thousand participants were expected by the municipality, including around 30,000 tourists who came to participate in the weekend’s Pride events. The temperatures were milder than usual and the city’s streets filled with the nation’s fiercest and proudest, members and allies of the…
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Fast Forward Tens of Thousands Celebrate Gay Pride in Tel Aviv
Tens of thousands of people participated in Tel Aviv’s annual gay pride parade, whose theme this year was the transgender community. Friday’s parade, Tel Aviv’s 17th, featured an appearance by Conchita, the transgender Austrian performer who last year won the Eurovision song festival, Army Radio reported. Some participants in the procession from Meir Garden’s Tel…
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Opinion Stop Comparing the Tel Aviv Protests to Baltimore
The comparison is irresistible. In Tel Aviv — just like in Baltimore and Ferguson — thousands of black citizens took to the streets to protest racism and police brutality. And in Tel Aviv — just like in Baltimore and Ferguson — the urban streets became akin to a war zone, with water cannons and stun…
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Israel News Ethiopian Protests Sign of Stubborn Racism in Israeli Society
(Reuters) — Images of Israeli police firing stun grenades are usually set in the West Bank and involve Palestinian protesters. But on Sunday the situation was quite different – riot police battling thousands of Ethiopian Jews in the center of Tel Aviv. The spark was a week old video showing two Israeli policemen punching, beating…
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Fast Forward Ethiopian Israelis Clash With Police as Anti-Racism Protests Escalate
Israeli mounted police charged hundreds of Ethiopian-Israeli citizens and fired stun grenades on Sunday to try to clear one of the most violent protests in memory in the heart of Tel Aviv. The protesters, Israeli Jews of Ethiopian origin, were demonstrating against what they say is police racism and brutality after the emergence last week…
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Fast Forward Declassified Recording Shows Israeli Deception in 1975 Savoy Hotel Terror Attack
A declassified recording of Israeli special forces during the 1975 Savoy Hotel attack revealed how they negotiated with Palestinian terrorists while planning the raid that killed them. The recording from the March 4, 1975 attack in Tel Aviv was aired for the first time on Army Radio on Thursday, after it release by the IDF…
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