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Opinion Yesh Atid’s Ofer Shelah on War, Grief and Promise
It’s been a while since I’ve had the weekly privilege of translating and editing Ofer Shelah. Some years back he was the Forward’s Israeli commentator as well as a military and sports correspondent for Maariv. Now he’s Yesh Atid’s Knesset faction chairman. Today, marking Soldiers’ Memorial Day in Israel, he posted these thoughts on his…
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Israel News 92Y Scraps Appearance by Roger Waters, Anti-Israel Pink Floyd Frontman
A Manhattan cultural center has canceled an event with rock star — and outspoken Israel critic — Roger Waters. Waters was due to speak about his 45-year career as a solo musician and a key member of the British rock group Pink Floyd at 92Y on April 30. But “An Evening with Roger Waters” —…
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Breaking News 25 Illegal Jewish Settlements in Occupied West Bank Get Israel Army Protection
One quarter of all illegal West Bank outposts are regularly guarded by Israel Defense Forces soldiers. These 25 unauthorized outposts are guarded by a special force tasked with “community protection.” Soldiers from the force typically spend a full week at a time guarding and protecting the outpost where they are stationed. Every professional army officer…
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News Leader of Friends of IDF Scores $546K Package of Salary and Benefits
Last week, at the glamorous Waldorf-Astoria hotel in Manhattan, the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces held its annual gala dinner. The FIDF’s national director, Maj. Gen. (res.) Yitzhak (Jerry) Gershon smiled beside wounded soldiers flown in from Israel to encourage guests to open their wallets. Gershon should be pleased: according to various reports, about…
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The Schmooze Bar Refaeli Ad Airs Despite Army Objection
When it comes to tourism, Israel has a lot of things going for it. The weather is almost always perfect, the food is delicious, and the people are good looking. Really, really good looking. So when the Israeli Defense Force objected to an ad featuring Israel’s most beautiful of “beautiful people” — Bar Refaeli —…
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Breaking News Pink Floyd Frontman Roger Waters Takes Credit for Stevie Wonder’s Snub of IDF Gala
Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters took partial credit for Stevie Wonder’s decision to pull out of performing at a Friends of Israel Defense Forces event. In an interview with Electronic Intifada, a pro-Palestinian media outlet, Floyd said he was one of several dignitaries who wrote to Wonder in an effort to dissuade him from playing at…
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Breaking News Israeli Military Plans $7B Desert Campus
Israel’s military plans to vacate land worth $14 billion and move most of its headquarters from the heart of Tel Aviv in a $7 billion project intended to alleviate an acute national shortage of room for housing. The Bank of Israel, concerned by surging housing prices, has called on the government, which controls about 93…
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Breaking News Supermodel Bar Refaeli Should Be Banned From Pro-Israel Ads, Army Says
The Israeli Defense Forces criticized a public relations campaign launched by the Foreign Ministry to boost Israel’s image around the world because it starred sexy Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, an Israeli TV station reported Sunday. The report stated that the IDF spokesman sent an official letter to the Foreign Ministry arguing that by using Refaeli,…
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