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Fast Forward World Zionist Congress election results are finalized, with Orthodox and right-wing slates securing majority of US seats
After months of fraud probes and legal appeals, tribunals cleared contested ballots and certified final seat allocations.
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Fast Forward Betar USA founder banned from World Zionist Congress over feud with Israeli firebrand Shai Davidai
Ronn Torossian is no longer permitted to be a delegate at the global Zionist elections
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Fast Forward Conservative movement softens support for two-state solution
The World Zionist Congress elections have put liberal denominations on the spot amid the simmering Israel-Hamas war
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Fast Forward Voting opens in election for World Zionist Congress, with future of Israel at stake
The election allows any Jew around the world who agrees to Zionist principles to vote for body with influence over Israeli immigration, and land use, and religious freedom
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News Allegations of Christian influence surface as World Zionist Congress election heats up
A body tasked with administering an election in which only Jews are allowed to vote felt compelled this year to clarify what it means by ‘Jew’
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Fast Forward Averting crisis, compromise reached on top jobs at Zionist institutions
A crisis that threatened to drive a deep wedge between Israel and the Diaspora Jewish communities was averted on Thursday evening, after a compromise was reached allowing the non-Orthodox movements and center-left parties to retain some influence in the key Zionist institutions. This agreement over the allocation of senior positions in the World Zionist Organization…
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Fast Forward Reform leaders warn Netanyahu over Orthodox takeover of Zionist institutions
Representatives of Reform Jewish communities across North America warned Thursday that the implementation of an agreement that would effectively strip the progressive Zionist movements and parties of influence in key institutions would have dire consequences for Israel’s relations with the Diaspora. Agreements on the divvying up of positions and departments in the Zionist institutions have…
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