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PHOTOS: Gaza Protests at LOVE Park

As the conflict in Gaza intensifies, on Wednesday afternoon around 1,500 protesters gathered at LOVE Park to show support for their side. On one side of the block […]

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FAA Suspends Flights to Israel

Many U.S. airlines have canceled their flights to Tel Aviv, due to safety and security concerns. The FAA has now ordered all U.S. carriers to […]

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Temple, Drexel Join Condemnation of Academic Boycott of Israel

The Temple News reports: “A statement signed by President Theobald and Provost Hai-Lung Dai opposing a boycott of Israeli academic institutions by the American Studies […]

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Will Israel Close Its Philadelphia Consulate?

Last month, the Jerusalem Post reported that Israel was seriously contemplating closing its Philadelphia consulate on JFK Boulevard. Why?

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What’s So Special About Israel?

  There are few policy positions in Washington that enjoy such broad-based consensus across the partisan spectrum as the belief in America’s unmitigated commitment to […]

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Chuck Norris Endorses Bibi Netanyahu

America’s political system suffers from “permanent campaign syndrome,” which causes candidates to never stop running for office. But right now, in that little window of […]

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Weekend Roundup

Friday, May 4 Equality Forum continues today with the National Legal Panel (4 p.m.) and National Politics Panel (5:30 p.m.) at the National Constitution Center. […]

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5 Reasons the U.S. Should Not Bomb Iran

Less than a year after publicly lecturing Barack Obama on the subject of Palestinian statehood, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was back in Washington over […]

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Why Republicans Won’t Ever Get the Jewish Vote

This week the Republican Jewish Coalition held its presidential candidates forum, and the visiting contenders engaged in transparently obsequious rhetoric to demonstrate their love of […]

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Jimmy Carter Is Right on Palestine Statehood

In 2006, former president and Nobel laureate Jimmy Carter drew the scorn of the Israeli government and its supporters when he published a book outlining a […]

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The Israel Debate: American Jew vs. American Jew

There he was on TV again, with his shiny bald pate, his taut red skin, and his antic smile recalling an unreal blend of Popeye […]