Israel's Blue and White Boys Club Wants Your Vote
Putting the general in general election: Israel's political landscape of 2019 is very male, and very military
Breaking:
- U.S.-backed SDF to try to evacuate civilians from IS enclave (Reuters)
- Turkey orders 295 military personnel arrested over Gulen links (Reuters)
- Israel's first moon mission blasts off successfully from Florida (Haaretz)
- U.S. to leave 200 American peacekeepers in Syria after American pullout, White House says (Reuters)
- Trump, Turkey's Erdogan discuss Syria safe zone in phone call (Reuters)
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Haaretz Editorial
Kahane Returns to the Knesset
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Only Two Points Separate First and Third Place in International Football League of Israel
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Israel Election 2019
Editorial Gantz and Lapid Proved It Was Possible
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U.S. News
U.S. Judge Grants Citizenship to Twin Son of Israeli-American Gay Couple
One twin was fathered by an American citizen and the other by an Israeli, but the U.S. State Department must recognize them both as citizens as their fathers were married at the time of birth
Middle East
Analysis The Palestinian Authority Is in Meltdown – and Israel Won't Escape Unscathed
If Gaza hostilities don't flare up by summer, it will be a major achievement for Israel's army chief
Jewish World
How the New Israeli Judaism Was Born
A new identity is sweeping Israel – simultaneously traditionalist, nationalist and liberal
Culture & Life
Rank and File: Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'In the Heights' Reaches Jerusalem
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