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Will Jared Kushner Security Clearance Snafu Affect Middle East Peace?
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jared Kushner has had better weeks. Kushner, who along with being the son-in-law of President Donald Trump carries the titles of assistant to the president, senior adviser to the president and director of the Office of American Innovation, had his security clearance downgraded. John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, made…
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Bibi’s American Buddies Don’t Care About His Bribery Scandal
Leaving behind two looming bribery indictments and two other ongoing corruption investigations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will land in Washington early next month to face an administration and a pro-Israel American Jewish community that seemingly couldn’t care less about his legal troubles at home. The Trump White House, where ongoing criminal investigations directed at…
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Sarah Silverman Gets Furious Pushback For Supporting Ahed Tamimi
Comedian Sarah Silverman is at the center of a Twitter storm after tweeting in support of detained Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi over the weekend. Silverman, of course, is no stranger to controversy, politics or Israel. She has long been active in progressive Democratic politics – campaigning for Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders – and throws…
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Bibi Is A Step Closer To Indictment. Here’s What You Need To Know.
The bombshell announcement by Israeli police Tuesday, recommending two charges of bribery against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has set off a process that could lead to a dramatic change in Israel’s political landscape. Netanyahu, who has been serving as prime minister since 2009, forcefully rejected the claims, arguing the allegations against him are “false and…
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IDF Shoots Down Iranian Drone In Northern Israel, Hits 12 Targets In Syria
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel will do “whatever is necessary” to protect itself against aggression from Iran and Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said hours after an Iranian drone infiltration from Syria. Israel’s Air Force downed the Iranian drone in airspace over northern Israel on Saturday morning, and followed the infiltration by attacking 12 targets in…
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Why Israel Is Preparing For War With Hezbollah In Lebanon
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a simple, straightforward message this week when he toured Israel’s border with Syria and Lebanon with top security officials. “Our face is turned toward peace, we are ready for any eventuality, and I don’t suggest anyone test us,” he said Tuesday in a video message he…
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Israelis Offer Shabbat Meals And Sanctuary To African Asylum-Seekers
In the basement of a synagogue in Jerusalem, almost 100 people have turned out on a cold and rainy January night to hear about what they can do to help African asylum-seekers in Israel who are in danger of being deported. The point of the gathering is to sign up families, many of them English-speaking…
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Michael Oren’s Political Transformation Leaves Friends Baffled
“I used to think I knew Michael Oren. This is no one I know, or wish to know.” This January 24 tweet by Tamara Cofman Wittes, a Middle East scholar from the Brookings Institution and a former Obama administration official, may have summed up what many in Washington feel now about the former Israeli ambassador…
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Holocaust Survivors Debate: Is It Okay To Compare African Migrants To Jews Under Nazis?
As the battle wages over the intention of Israel’s government to expel thousands of African migrants who entered the country through its southern border, Holocaust survivors are speaking up against the move and, at times, are being criticized for doing so. Do survivors of the Jewish genocide who had faced the struggle of seeking asylum…
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How David Friedman Is Putting His Right-Wing Stamp On American Policy To Israel
It is rare for a United States ambassador to challenge his superior, the secretary of state. And it is even rarer for the ambassador to succeed. But that is exactly what David Friedman, the top U.S. diplomat to Israel, did recently. Taking advantage of his close ties to President Trump, Friedman took issue with the…
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How Israelis Are Planning For A Tsunami
Wild rain in Tel Aviv is causing some bizarre sights, like a fallen cactus piece stretched across a main street. Today, passersby stopped during their Friday pre-Shabbat shopping to look at signs delineating a path of escape in case of tsunami. “A tsunami means an earthquake,” opined a woman taxi driver, making her way through…
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