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At White House Trump, Netanyahu unveil peace plan

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US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a plan to end the war in Gaza, with a 72-hour deadline, which begins when Israel accepts the agreement, for Hamas to return the hostages whom it holds in Gaza.
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The wake-up call

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The aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel was a wake-up call for a lot of Jewish liberals.
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The needed US message to the Palestinians

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After a week of terror attacks that took the lives of 11 people, Israelis are wondering whether they are on the brink of a third intifada.
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Deutch abandons ship

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The future of the Democratic Party was captured in two incidents last week. One was the announcement by Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), the man who had stood up for Israel and against anti-Semitism, that he was leaving the US Congress to head the American Jewish Committee.
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Amnesty International: great Jewish unifier

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Say this for Amnesty International, its outrageous report alleging that Israel is an “apartheid state” has brought nearly all of the Jewish world together to condemn the organization.
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The unlearned lessons of Jan. 6, 2021

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A year ago last week, Americans were appalled by the sight of a violent mob storming Capitol Hill on the day that the Electoral College votes from the 2020 election were counted.
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Call out CAIR

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Perhaps some people were shocked when a leader of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) recently engaged in an epic rant against Jews, their synagogues and their organizations.
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Iran: a test of Biden’s strategic vision

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For Biden administration officials, their inability to achieve their top foreign-policy priority, influencing Iran, is both frustrating and puzzling.
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The Times’ anti-Israel bias matters

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It’s not true that biased reporting about the Middle East has no impact on Israel. In the last week, a New York Times feature about a road trip taken by two of its staff through the small country generated a surge of interest on Twitter from Israelis.
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Israel must resist China

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Any time Israel has reason to doubt the reliability of America’s friendship, some in the Jewish state start thinking about the need to re-evaluate its attitude toward the world. That usually involves a desire to stop thinking of itself...
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Education & CultureSteve Mark -

Esther Melamed, veteran educator and immigrant, lives and teaches US history

For 32 years, Esther Melamed has been the secular studies principal at Beth Jacob High School. That’s a lot of students she has seen and guided. Melamed estimates that over the years she has taught 800 to 900 graduates; a perfect background to bolster conversations about the 250th anniversary of the US and the future of America.