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WATCH: Jerusalem Rabbis Defy Israel Critic Roger Waters With Pink Floyd Performance
Two singing Israeli rabbis, Aryeh and Gil Gat, have created an almost spot-on rendition of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here,” captured in this performance on a Jerusalem street. The brothers won the hearts of Israeli TV viewers when they competed in 2013 in Israel’s reality music competition, Rising Star. “The power of music is…
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World Health Organization Considers Naming Israel’s Field Hospital Program Best on Planet
Israel gets a bad rap at most international forums, but the World Health Organization is an exception. According to the Times of Israel, the World Health Organization might recognize the Jewish state’s field hospital program as the best among the nations. Run by the Israel Defense Forces, the country’s disaster medical teams have been dispatched…
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Did Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Chief Want Her To Avoid Talking About Israel?
Hillary Clinton likes to trumpet her support for Israel to Jewish groups. But according to e-mails leaked from the Democratic nominee’s presidential effort, her campaign manager Robby Mook wanted her to remain silent on the subject. “We shouldn’t have Israel at public events. Especially Dem activists,” wrote Mook, in response to an internal debate over…
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Donald Trump Might Be Nicer to Israel — but Israelis Still Prefer Hillary Clinton
Israelis might be in the mood for some American tough love. A new poll indicates they want Hillary Clinton for the presidency, but think Donald Trump will push the Jewish State less on getting back to the negotiating table with Palestinians. According to the poll, released Sunday by the Israel Democracy Institute for its “Peace…
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Ex-Settlers Strive for Perfect Etrog Fruit in Negev
Three days before the Sukkot holiday, Yehuda Uzan plucked the final etrog fruits from his family orchard to be shipped across Israel. The perfumed citrus is grown throughout the Holy Land for ritual purposes during the harvest festival of Sukkot. But it’s a relatively new crop in this distant corner of the Negev desert, where…
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Israel’s President Brings Muslims, Jews Together to Make Anti-Terror Statement
Jewish and Muslim leaders gathered at Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s Jerusalem home on Thursday night in a meeting intended to discuss tensions between the two groups and make a united front against religious violence. But while reported by The New York Times, no record of the meeting exists, because the Palestinian attendees refused to be…
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WATCH: Israeli Women Apologize On Behalf of Israel on Yom Kippur — But Not for What You Think
The Israeli female web comedy team, Ha Israeliot (“The Israeli Girls”) is apologizing on behalf Israel to the world for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. In a video released on Facebook the week ahead of Yom Kippur, the women address a handful of not-so-serious Israeli transgressions. The video, which was also published on…
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Yehuda Glick, Temple Provocateur and Knesset Member, Renounces Trump
After the Friday night release of an audio tape in which Donald Trump bragged about committing sexual assault, Republican leaders abandoned their presidential nominee in droves. That trend extended across the ocean, with Yehuda Glick, a former American citizen and Likud member of the Knesset, renouncing his support for the party’s standard bearer. “Mr. Trump,…
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WATCH: On Judaism’s Holiest Day, Some Pray — Others Bike on Car-Free Highways
On Yom Kippur in Israel, the streets are silent. There are no buses, taxis or even private cars, as drivers respect local custom and keep off the road on Judaism’s holiest day. For bikers in Israel, it’s a holiday of a different kind. While devout Israelis are fasting or praying, secular Israelis take to the…
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Republicans in Israel Are Backing Trump Despite His Comments About Women
As prominent Republicans have disavowed their support of Donald Trump for his comments about women, the Republican Party in Israel has doubled down its support of the candidate. Marc Zell, head of Republicans Overseas Israel, called Trump’s boasting about sexual assault in a 2005 video “disgusting and absolutely unacceptable,” but said he will continue to…
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Israel’s New Settlement Slammed by U.S. as Betrayal of Shimon Peres Legacy
The Obama administration cast Israel’s plan to build 300 units deep inside the West Bank as a betrayal of U.S. friendship and of Shimon Peres’ legacy. The statement Wednesday by Mark Toner, the deputy State Department spokesman, was unusually lengthy and emotional in tone. Toner cited a $38 billion defense assistance agreement with Israel reached…
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