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Fast Forward Druze Diplomat Says He Was Mistreated At Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s ambassador to Panama, who is Druze, criticized security at Ben Gurion Airport, alleging that he and his family were delayed because they come from an Arab village in northern Israel. Reda Mansour described the incident that happened on Saturday in a Facebook post. He said the security officer at the entrance…
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Fast Forward Israeli Burger Chain Won’t Open In Dearborn, Michigan Due To BDS Threat
(JTA) — A Michigan restaurateur said he will “step away” from opening a Dearborn branch of a burger chain founded in Israel following boycott threats. Sam Zahr will open two other Burgerim restaurants, in nearby Oak Park and Redford Township. The Lebanese American told the Detroit Free Press that he will not open in Dearborn…
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The Schmooze Meet Rotem Sela, The Israeli Actress Who Provoked Netanyahu By Calling Arabs ‘Human Beings’
A world leader getting into an Instagram tussle over human rights with a bombshell actress? It would all be too far fetched, if the leader was not the cartoonishly corrupt Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his assailant was not Rotem Sela, an Israeli model, veteran, lawyer, activist mother of three. Don’t forget to tell…
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Israel News These Arabs And Their Allies In High Tech Are Fighting Racial Tension In Israel
Omar Gharra carefully aims the Nerf gun at his boss, takes a deep breath, and fires. The shot scores a direct hit. The target, David Amir, laughs and picks up his own gun. Soon, a full-fledged battle has broken out in the PA Team offices in a glass-fronted office building in the central Israeli town…
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Fast Forward France’s Arab World Institute Takes Down Photo Of Blood-Stained Netanyahu
(JTA) — Following protests, a French government institute devoted to promoting Arab culture removed from its website a picture depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holding up bloody hands. The picture, showing protesters wearing Netanyahu masks at a rally while holding up their red painted palms, was featured this month on the Arab World Institute’s…
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Fast Forward Arab Bus Driver Assaulted In West Bank Settlement In Likely Revenge Attack
(JTA) — Two men beat an Arab bus driver inside a West Bank settlement in what the alleged victim said was a hate crime. According to Israeli media reports, Thursday’s incident was among several involving settlers targeting random Palestinians this week, likely to avenge terrorist attacks. Nidal Alfakia was lightly injured in the incident, in…
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Community The Peace Process Isn’t Bringing Jews And Arabs Together — But Running Is.
A version of this article originally appeared in Plus61J, an Australian-Jewish publication. The Israeli-Palestinian peace process may be going nowhere, but in Jerusalem, a grassroots initiative connecting Jews and Arabs through physical activity is giving residents hope for a better future in a divided city. Some 1,000 teenagers and adults gathered on November 9 at…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi GOP Candidate Used Arab-American Group’s Logo In Ad Trashing Israel
The Arab American Institute Foundation sent neo-Nazi congressional candidate Arthur Jones a cease and desist letter after learning the Republican was using one of its logos to promote his campaign, the organization announced. Jones, a former leader of the American Nazi Party who is running a longshot campaign in the Chicago suburbs, used the name…
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