Local college student takes on BDS at Wisconsin, the fight gets ugly — and she wins By Joanne Palmer How do Jewish students take on a student government council that seems determined to sanction Israel, establishing it as the perfect example of evil in the world, making the effort to vote against that idea personally […]
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USATEL AVIV, Israel — Israel has approved a request by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to cut by roughly a third the electricity it provides to the Gaza Strip. The move is aimed at undermining the Islamic militant group Hamas, which has controlled Gaza for the last decade. But the decision reached Sunday by Israel’s
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Middle East“Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot promised her fans she was inspired to portray the superhero role once more, despite criticism from those who supported Palestine. “Wonder Woman” has been banned in Tunisia, Lebanon and Jordan since Gadot, who is of Israeli descent, served in the Israel Defense Forces. She took to Twitter Sunday after “Wonder
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USARaid on apartment used by ‘hilltop youth’ nabs suspects who defied restraining order banning them from West Bank and from meeting with each other By Stuart Winer and Judah Ari Gross Illustrative photo of Israeli police cars (Moti Karelitz/Flash90) Police on Monday raided an apartment in Jerusalem and arrested nine suspected Jewish extremists accused of
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Middle EastHaaretz gives details of summit that took place last year amid negotiations to bring opposition Zionist Union into coalition to boost chances for deal with Palestinians By Stuart Winer Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, standing, shakes hands with opposition leader Zionist Union party MK Isaac Herzog during a special plenum session marking the 50th anniversary of
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Middle EastPresident Trump is preparing to accept hundreds of refugees from Iran and other terrorist-connected countries, taking them from camps being maintained by Australia under a deal his predecessor struck, without putting them through the long vetting that usually takes place, according to a new report being released Monday. Some of the refugees have tried to
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By David Anderson The Moderate Voice NEW YORK — If you live in New York or another large American city you might already know a Yemeni: there’s a good chance that one owns the deli you shop at every day in your neighborhood. When you have a moment, ask him about recent events in his
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Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer ALFEI MENASHE, Israel — The Middle East would require a bold American leader to jumpstart peace negotiations in Jerusalem, if such a process is even possible. Since the mid-1970s, many presidents have tried but all have failed. The only way to ensure that the Palestinian Arab leadership gets serious about negotiations is
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The 50 years since the Six Day war has brought forth an outpouring of memories and analyses of that event and what various individuals trace to it. Leaving aside the impossibility of summarizing and reaching a conclusion about all that is being remembered about that war, what preceded and what
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAA haredi man in his mid-30s was assaulted in the Old City of Jerusalem Sunday morning by a group of Christians as their procession passed through the Jewish Quarter. The man, a married father of six, claims he was riding on his bicycle near his home in the Jewish Quarter when he was assaulted by
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Middle EastDavid Breakstone Ares, Eros, and the eroticism of Zion She is so quintessentially Israeli. And it’s not just the accent, mannerisms, and facial expressions. There’s something far more profound about her than that. If only people all over the world who are falling in love with Wonder Woman as I have were to realize that
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastDov Lipman calls for new legislation to combat uptick in violence against servicemen, says it’s the ‘last gasp of extremism’ as Haredi enlistment grows By Judah Ari Gross Israeli police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox Jews during an operation to arrest the attackers of soldiers at the Mea Shearim in Jerusalem on June 4, 2017. (Yonatan
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Middle EastAhead of the Tony awards, the story of the historic Oslo peace accords and hit stage production — from Terje Rod-Larsen himself By George Alan Baumgarten NEW YORK — The iconic image is forever etched in the minds of those who remember it: Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat in that unlikeliest of handshakes, under the
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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAPolice believe two teenagers were behind paint attacks in Petah Tikva By Stuart Winer and Judah Ari Gross A swastika found on the wall of a synagogue in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva, June 3, 2017. (Police spokesperson) Police said Sunday that they had arrested two teenagers on suspicion of daubing swastikas on
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