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Fast Forward Freed Israeli hostage Mia Schem invited to attend Biden’s State of the Union
‘We must continue to fight to get them home,’ said House Speaker Mike Johnson, who invited Schem and the parents of 22-year-old hostage Omar Neutra
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News A rally for Jews who reject the war but not Israel
This is a place, said one organizer of the Israelis for Peace protest, to 'mourn for both sides'
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Fast Forward Vice President Harris cheered for calling for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza
Kamala Harris added that it should last ‘at least for the next six weeks’ to get hostages out and humanitarian aid into Gaza
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News Wartime wildflowers draw few visitors: ‘Now all their red makes me think of is blood’
Israelis flock to makeshift memorials for those killed at the Nova music festival instead
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News How would Trump handle the war in Gaza if he were president?
As tensions increase between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump is saying he would be a better ally to Israel in its war with Hamas
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Opinion I tried to return a damaged book to Amazon. Instead, I got lambasted for living in Israel
'I only see Palestine': Instead of receiving customer service, I became a geopolitical pawn
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Opinion Biden is preparing to defy Israel in wartime — something no president has done since Eisenhower
Many presidents have yearned to push back on Israel. Biden is actually doing it.
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Fast Forward Charlie Biton, co-founder of Israeli Black Panthers and first Israeli to meet Arafat, dies at 76
Biton was a member of parliament for 15 years, serving as a symbol of persistent Mizrahi claims against Israel’s Ashkenazi-dominated ruling class
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