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Fast Forward Yitzhak Rabin Statue Defaced With Swastika In Tel Aviv
An Israeli man armed with two knives was arrested Tuesday morning for allegedly scrawling a swastika on a bust of Yitzhak Rabin, the assassinated Prime Minister of Israel, the Jerusalem Post reported. Police reported that the man was drunk and was also carrying writing utensils. He was picked up several hundred yards from the site…
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Fast Forward Lorde Cancels Tel Aviv Concert: ‘Right Decision At This Time’
(JTA) — Pop star Lorde said in an statement it is the “right decision at this time” to cancel a summer concert in Israel. The singer, 21, said that she educated herself about Israel before booking the June concert announced a week ago but that “I didn’t make the right call on this one.” In…
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Fast Forward Thousands March In Tel Aviv To Protest Government Corruption
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv to protest against corruption in the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while a right-wing rally to protest the same gathered only a few hundred. The Jerusalem rally on Saturday night was designed to draw those who wanted to express their anger about government corruption…
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Fast Forward Thousands March In Tel Aviv To Protest Netanyahu, Corruption
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Thousands of Israelis protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday for the second consecutive week against government corruption and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is under criminal investigation over allegations of abuse of office. Police estimated the number of demonstrators at about 10,000 and they followed last Saturday’s demonstration, which was by…
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Community Poll Results: 52% Of Forward Readers Are Against Trump’s Israeli Embassy Move
Is Trump’s decision to move America’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv good or bad? Here’s what Forward readers think: 52% of the 272 people polled believe the move is bad, 32% think it is good, and 16% think we shall see! Is Trump’s decision to move America’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem…
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Community Trump Is Right: Jerusalem Is Israel’s Capital — But It Is A Divided One.
Jerusalem is the capital of the state of Israel. Israelis know this; Palestinians know it. Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and the Arab world know it. And yet an illusion is maintained, for the sake of diplomatic correctness, that Jerusalem is not yet the capital of the Jewish state, though it is obvious that it…
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The Schmooze Norwegian Superstar Kygo Plays Israel
I don’t know who Kygo is. You don’t know who Kygo is. But both of us have probably heard Kygo dozens of times — the tropical house music sensation was the fastest artist to have music streamed one billion times on Spotify. He has collaborated with Ed Sheeran and Selena Gomez, and he made history…
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Fast Forward 3 Israeli Universities Ranked In World’s Top 100 Most Innovative
(JTA) — Three Israeli universities were ranked in the top 100 of the most innovative universities in the world in the Reuters’ annual list. Hebrew University came in at 82, climbing 12 spots from last year. Tel Aviv University was ranked at 88 and The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology was 89. The Reuters…
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