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Fast Forward Israel’s Opposition Leader Presents West Bank Pullout Plan to John Kerry
Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog presented U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with a plan for an Israeli pullout from the West Bank. “Israels are killed in the streets and the world advances surreal initiatives and boycotts,” Herzog said in a statement Wednesday. “Disengagement is the only path to advance a two-state solution.” Herzog, who…
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Fast Forward Brazil President Snubs Holocaust Remembrance for Third Year
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was absent for the third year in a row at a Holocaust event that was even attended by the Palestinians. The ambassador of the Palestinian Authority in Brazil joined several Jewish and non-Jewish officials to commemorate the Holocaust at a ceremony in Brazil’s capital. “I could not…
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Fast Forward American Muslims Brought to Israel To Help Them Understand — Not Agree
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Alejandro Beutel bowed his yarmulke-covered head and pressed his hands and forehead into the 2,000-year-old stones of the Western Wall. After slipping a note into one of the cracks, Beutel whispered a prayer and cried. It’s a scene that unfolds daily at the sacred site in the Old City here — except…
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Opinion Haim Gouri’s Rejection of Zionist Art Prize Restored My Faith in Zionism
Haim Gouri has won just about every literary prize that Israel has to offer. Yet, in my eyes, he made his strongest, most Zionist statement on January 5, when news broke that he had refused to accept a prize for “Zionist Works of Art,” awarded by the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport. The award…
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News Can Jews Back #BlackLivesMatter and Be Pro-Israel?
In less than three minutes, flanked by President Obama and Israel’s president, Reuven Rivlin, Rabbi Susan Talve distilled the sprawling interests of American Jewish liberals into a passionate manifesto while leading a White House Hanukkah menorah lighting before a bevy of communal leaders. Anti-Semitism, racism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia, gun control, nuclear waste, Middle East peace,…
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Opinion The Four Questions of the ‘Israel Project’
HOLLYWOOD — Day two in Tinseltown, and people have been asking me questions. Thought that was my job… One question was about my questions. Why bother asking “Israel questions” of Americans? There is no way that Americans are going to come up with the same answers as Israelis, so what’s the point? My answer to…
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Fast Forward Vassar OK’s Funds for J Street Group After Delay
Vassar College’s student council approved a funding request from J Street U, a liberal pro-Israel group, after delaying it because of concerns that it would be supporting a racist ideology. The student council unanimously approved the request on Sunday. The funds allowed students to attend HaaretzQ — a conference focused on Israeli-Palestinian relations and hosted…
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Opinion I’m Young. I’m Liberal. And Yes, I’m Zionist.
A few months ago, as I was chatting with a new friend, I found myself divulging my political ideological makeup. Inevitably, Arab-Israeli standpoints entered into the fray, and she asked me what my position was on the current climate in Israel. “I’m a Zionist,” I told her without hesitation, and was met with what I’ve…
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Opinion A Holocaust perpetrator was just celebrated on US soil. I think I know why no one objected.
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Fast Forward Columbia staff receive texts asking if they’re Jewish, as government hunts antisemitic harassment on campus
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