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Fast Forward ‘The overhaul opened their eyes’: Israeli youth publicly refuse draft
Over 200 Israeli high school students declared they will refuse to serve in the IDF 'due to the ongoing dictatorship in the occupied territories, and the developing dictatorship inside Israel'
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News Netanyahu has resisted internal and external pressure to moderate. Can IDF reservists change that?
U.S. and Israeli national security experts weigh in on Netanyahu’s biggest challenge to date
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Opinion After Jenin, Palestinians hate the Palestinian Authority even more. It’s still the only shot at peace
Jenin could be the nail in the coffin of the Palestinian peace camp — unless the US steps in
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Opinion A lawsuit, a hotel bombing, an invasion: The moments that shaped Israel — that you don’t know about
As Israel turns 75, we asked journalists, artists, historians and more to tell us about the most important under-the-radar moments of Israeli history
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Fast Forward Israeli military apologizes for death of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
“I think it’s an opportunity for me to say here that we are very sorry of the death of the late Shireen Abu Akleh,” said Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the IDF's chief spokesman
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Culture Why is the IDF promoting its Gaza operation like a Marvel movie?
The Israeli military is trying to leverage superhero associations for its brand
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News Report: Shireen Abu Akleh, who died a year ago, is one of 20 journalists whose deaths involve Israeli military
The Committee to Protect Journalists’ scathing report notes that not a single soldier has faced prosecution in any of these cases
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Fast Forward Meet Steven Fulop, the Jewish mayor who wants to be New Jersey’s next governor
Fulop’s family history, which includes Holocaust survivors and an Israeli military veteran, ‘has always guided my values’
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Culture A Jewish prophet of the 1980s would be horrified to see that we didn’t heed his warnings
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Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
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Opinion This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory
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Opinion Campus protests defined the year since Oct. 7. Could they actually change U.S. policy?
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Special Report At the kibbutz hit hardest on Oct. 7, a wrenching debate over how to rebuild
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