Bar Peleg
By Bar Peleg
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Fast Forward Israeli government cuts support to mental health organizations by 70%
The funding cuts will hurt roughly 15 organizations that played an important role during COVID, but with the coronavirus pandemic gone the Health Ministry says it no longer has the need to fund them
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Fast Forward Ethiopian Jews fleeing war stuck in Addis Ababa, await local security checks
Sixty-three Ethiopian Jews are waiting for Ethiopian authorities to complete security checks before they can receive approval to leave the country and make Aliyah to Israel
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Fast Forward Ukraine ‘deeply disappointed’ after Israel nixes health services for 14,000 refugees due to lack of funds
Senior officials confirmed that Israel's Finance Ministry opposes the transfer of the budget, but estimated that a budget would be found in the coming days
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Fast Forward Israeli critically wounded in shooting attack in Tel Aviv
Municipal security guards shot the assailant, identified as a Palestinian in his 20s from Jenin, who had expressed his desire to become a martyr in a letter
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News Israeli ministers back out of Memorial Day ceremonies after outcry from bereaved families
Four coalition members agree to cancel their planned appearances at memorial ceremonies, but National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says he will still speak at one event
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Fast Forward ‘Biggest in Israeli history’: Organizers claim half a million protesters against Netanyahu’s constitutional coup
As a record 50,000 Israelis rallied in Haifa, and hundreds of thousands more across Israel, opposition leader Yair Lapid slams the Netanyahu government's sole focus on 'crushing Israeli democracy'
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Fast Forward Gay Palestinian man brutally murdered while awaiting asylum
Decapitated body of Ahmad Abu Marhia, 25, found in Hebron just two months before he was due to start a new life in Canada
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Fast Forward Israeli police to investigate officers’ conduct at journalist’s funeral
Video footage showed officers attacking mourners with batons, nearly causing pallbearers to drop coffin
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