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Iran threatens U.S. troops in Mideast if IRGC designated as terror group
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
4/8/2019 4:11:47 PM
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Secretary of Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen leaving position
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 1:28:47 AM
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Palestinians claim ‘Judaization’ of Palestinian food - video
A Palestinian TV show is claiming that Israel is stealing Palestinian heritage as its own.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 1:39:22 AM
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Swiss aviator takes jetpack flight over Tel Aviv beach
The former fighter pilot was in Israel for the TLV Business Aviation Conference: Innovation In Aviation.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 2:06:46 AM
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Christian sect's Twitter accounts suspended for Israeli election messages
The Church of Almighty God's (CAG) core belief is that Yang Xiangbin, the wife of the founder of CAG, is the female incarnation of Christ. Xiangbin lives in Queens.
By TZVI JOFFRE \
4/8/2019 4:08:27 PM
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UK Labour Party has failed to investigate hundreds of antisemitism cases
The leaked emails are from a hard drive obtained by the Sunday Times that also contains a confidential database, and party documents.
By MARCY OSTER/JTA \
4/8/2019 2:46:22 AM
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Beto O'Rourke: Netanyahu is racist, doesn't represent Israelis' true will
O'Rourke has previously spoken out against Netanyahu.
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
4/8/2019 5:03:49 PM
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Reid says stopping antisemitism is more important than playing blame game
“To think that this issue is back now is really hard to accept,” Reid, D-Nev., who retired in 2017, told The Nevada Independent in an interview posted Friday.
By RON KAMPEAS/JTA \
4/8/2019 2:58:18 AM
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Dem. presidential candidates: you can slam Netanyahu and be pro-Israel
Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders and Beto O’Rourke all took shots at Netanyahu, who is in a tight contest with Benny Gentz, who leads the Blue and White Party, ahead of Tuesday’s vote.
By RON KAMPEAS/JTA \
4/8/2019 12:42:39 PM
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Monument in Poland to mass graves of Jewish Holocaust victims vandalized
The monument consists of a stone with plaque in Hebrew and Polish. It commemorates the Jews executed there by the Germans in August and September of 1942.
By KATARZYNA MARKUSZ / JTA \
4/8/2019 3:26:21 AM
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Istanbul: One city, two mayors
By YUSUF ERIM \
4/8/2019 3:27:49 AM
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BDS promoter sentenced to 6 months in prison for racist rant on flight
Simone O’Broin was filmed on the flight last November threatening to organize a boycott against Air India unless flight attendants served her more wine.
By MARCY OSTER/JTA \
4/8/2019 3:37:08 AM
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Man arrested in Montana for threatening synagogue, other locations
He later said he would not carry out an attack in the U.S. because the country had granted him citizenship, the statement also said.
By MARCY OSTER/JTA \
4/8/2019 4:00:17 AM
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Changing the discourse: A primer for Israel's upcoming elections
While nearly all of the serious election-related attention in Israel tends to focus on national security issues, that fundamental concept has come to encompass far more than most are aware of.
By DAN BEN-DAVID \
4/9/2019 6:10:01 AM
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50% of Israeli-Arabs expected to vote – poll
The survey, which was published late last week, showed that 31% of Arabs have decided not to vote, and 9.4% are still undecided.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
4/8/2019 3:36:26 PM
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Last-minute flight app Hulyo offers election deal for voters
Hulyo, a last-minute flight app in Israel, is giving voters a special offer to encourage people to vote.
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
4/8/2019 6:15:05 AM
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Beautiful butterflies of Bethlehem - watch
“You can just call it the beauty of the Holy Land,” Calvert told The Jerusalem Post.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 6:17:39 AM
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Satmar yeshiva attacking NY Chabad synagogue in fierce legal battle
The yeshiva even insisted that the judge order the arrest of Rabbi Chaim Brikman because he hosted a Shabbat Kiddush in the building.
By TZVI JOFFRE \
4/8/2019 4:03:16 PM
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Erdogan's election setback dents hopes for big reforms in Turkey
Turkey to announce long-anticipated structural reforms despite investors wanting longer-term commitments to stabilize the economy.
By REUTERS \
4/8/2019 7:20:26 AM
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New Zealand mosque shooting inquiry to be filed by end of the year
By REUTERS \
4/8/2019 7:26:23 AM
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Political parties and candidates quiz - test your knowledge
How well do do you know the political parties and candidates running in Tuesday’s election?
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 7:37:35 AM
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IDF arrests 21 terrorist suspects overnight
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 7:49:21 AM
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PA warns of 'chaos' and 'violence' if Netanyahu annexes West Bank
“If Netanyahu wants to declare Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank, then you know [that] he will face a real problem," said PA Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki.
By ILANIT CHERNICK \
4/8/2019 8:11:17 AM
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Israeli journalists awarded for Diaspora relations coverage
Three Israeli journalists are being honored for treating the topics of antisemitism and Israeli-Diaspora relations with insight and sensitivity.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 9:38:52 AM
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Beresheet orbits closer to moon, enters into an elliptical orbit
Intensive maneuvers and preparations for the landing will be conducted this week as Beresheet readies to land on the moon on April 11.
By ILANIT CHERNICK \
4/8/2019 1:18:38 PM
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Neanderthals, woolly mammoths shared genetic material, say TAU researchers
They both adapted to the cold and research indicates a molecular resemblance in mammoths and Neanderthals, according to a new paper from Tel Aviv University experts.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 11:45:02 AM
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Turkey's Erdogan says West Bank belongs to Palestinians
By REUTERS \
4/8/2019 10:27:36 AM
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Former NY congressman Anthony Weiner ordered to register as a sex offender
Weiner, 54, pleaded guilty in May 2016 to one charge of transferring obscene material to a minor and had faced up to 10 years in prison.
By MARCY OSTER/JTA \
4/8/2019 1:16:26 PM
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NY Times flubs political ad caption, playing into Blue & White propaganda
Blue and White contrasted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-Right allies with party leader Benny Gantz and his party members, offering the popular slogan "The Nation of Israel Lives."
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 11:53:52 AM
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Day before Israel's election, IDF soldiers start voting in military bases
Troops began voting Saturday night ahead of polls opening across the country
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
4/8/2019 2:08:23 PM
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Turkey's Erdogan to discuss possible operation in Syria with Putin - RIA
Erdogan has vowed to crush US-backed Kurdish fighters east of the Euphrates in Syria and said last year that preparations were complete for an operation.
By REUTERS \
4/8/2019 12:48:38 PM
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Granddaughter returns to Kibbutz 50 years after family built clinic
Bessie Diamond funded the Ein Gev kibbutz clinic back in 1969,. Now her granddaughter returns to plant a tree in front of the still-active facility.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 11:58:27 AM
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Should Israeli-Arabs boycott the election? Two Palestinian scholars debate
Two Palestinian thought-leaders, Al-Shabaka Analyst Nijmeh Ali and Al-Shabaka Palestine Policy Fellow Yara Hawari, recently participated in a roundtable debate on the subject.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
4/8/2019 5:27:24 PM
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State comptroller: Preparations completed for opening of election polls
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 12:43:50 PM
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Israel at the polls: The world’s third democratic revolution - comment
The first democratic revolution was in the founding of the state. The very miracle of having a democracy is exceptional, as all democracies are born fragile.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
4/8/2019 1:06:25 PM
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Hazan meets with both arguments and praise during Facebook live march
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 1:21:24 PM
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'Bibi! Bibi!' Netanyahu supporters throng prime minister in shuk - watch
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hits the streets as part of his campaign, touring the historic Mahaneh Yehudah marketplace in Jerusalem.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/24/2020 6:43:05 PM
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Im Tirtzu uses shock tactics to encourage right-wing voting
The video puts forward a news broadcast, which shows what Israel could look like in five years if a Palestinian state is established because a left-wing government is voted into power.
By ILANIT CHERNICK \
4/8/2019 2:00:14 PM
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Marijuana app case yields more arrest
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 2:01:05 PM
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I've read every Israeli election poll since January. So what?
The third democratic revolution arrives, when the weakening of the traditional Right and Left means smaller fringe parties are able to make inroads.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
4/8/2019 3:26:32 PM
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Distance proves no barrier for some Israeli voters abroad
Despite the distance and high cost of travel, some Israeli citizens living abroad have decided that the election is simply too important to miss and have traveled far to be able to cast their vote.
By EYTAN HALON \
4/8/2019 7:41:55 PM
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Likud fined by Election Committee for text messages
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 2:44:22 PM
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Top five political parties you haven't heard about
From serious parties advocating for minorities to the more outlandish factions, such as the Pirate Party, here are some of the lesser-known groups running in the Knesset elections.
By BEN BRESKY \
4/8/2019 3:40:01 PM
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Jerusalem fire under control - One seriously injured
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 2:57:02 PM
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Netta Barzilai discovers her roots with MyHeritage
Barzilai was also amazed to discover that she has cousins across the globe who she shares DNA with including the US, Great Britain, France and Germany.
By ILANIT CHERNICK \
4/8/2019 2:57:07 PM
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Egypt unveils 2,500-year-old mummy at forgotten cemetery
One contained the well-preserved mummy of a powerful priest, wrapped in linen and decorated with a golden figure depicting Isis, an ancient Egyptian goddess.
By REUTERS \
4/8/2019 5:40:10 PM
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The weird, wacky and wondrous Israeli election ads
Who takes home the awards for the best campaign commercials of this election? Here are the full results.
By AMY SPIRO \
4/8/2019 5:24:45 PM
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Find out what's important to young first-time voters
Speaking to 'The Jerusalem Post,' four of Hevruta’s students discussed who they will vote for and why.
By JEREMY SHARON \
4/8/2019 4:35:25 PM
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Israeli woman attempts to smuggle Palestinian from West Bank
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 4:09:44 PM
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Battle rages for Libya's capital, Tripoli's airport bombed
A spokesman for the Tripoli-based Health Ministry said fighting in the south of the capital had killed at least 25 people, including fighters and civilians, and wounded 80.
By REUTERS \
4/8/2019 4:51:38 PM
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Gantz promises victory, Netanyahu uses those claims to scare voters
Gantz was greeted by the supports with drums and chants of "here he comes, the next prime minister."
By GIL HOFFMAN,ALON EINHORN \
4/8/2019 5:36:07 PM
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Bank of Israel leaves interest rate unchanged at 0.25%
Except for December 2018, the annual inflation rate has remained at 1.2% or higher over the past nine months, slightly above the lower bound of the bank's 1%-3% target range.
By EYTAN HALON \
4/8/2019 5:38:29 PM
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U.S. designates the Iranian elite forces as terrorist organization
“We’re doing it because the Iranian regime use of terrorism as a tool of statecraft makes it fundamentally different from any other government.”
By OMRI NAHMIAS \
4/8/2019 7:46:44 PM
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Madonna to perform at Eurovision in Tel Aviv
The costs of bringing the international superstar to Israel will be covered by Israeli-Canadian billionaire Sylvan Adams.
By AMY SPIRO \
4/8/2019 10:05:31 PM
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Up to 100 Jewish Agency employees to take early retirement
Chairman Isaac Herzog said the move opens the door for a new generation of employees.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
4/9/2019 8:11:29 PM
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Netanyahu thanks Trump for declaring IRGC as terror organization
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 5:58:39 PM
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Gabbay says Benjamin Netanyahu lying about losing elections
Party leader Avi Gabbay also said Blue and White number two Yair Lapid was lying.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
4/8/2019 9:12:10 PM
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French consulate worker imported guns to Israel, incarcerated for 7 years
The court convicted Roman Frank of committing three weapons offenses (import, carry, and transport) and of acceptance under false pretenses.
By YASSER OKBI/MAARIV \
4/8/2019 9:00:50 PM
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Netanyahu praises Trump for putting Iran's Revolutionary Guards on terror list
PM, day before elections, says POTUS 'answered another of my important requests.'
By HERB KEINON,REUTERS \
4/8/2019 6:42:09 PM
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What comes next between the U.S., IRGC and IAEA? - analysis
The standoff continues with multiple possible new game-changers in play from this past week.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
4/8/2019 7:44:46 PM
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Lithuanian lawyer smashes plaque honoring Nazi collaborator
The case is thought to be the first in which civil servants publicly defended in court the actions and good name of an alleged collaborator with the Nazis.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
4/8/2019 6:58:53 PM
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Israel’s elections are about one question – Do we still want Netanyahu?
If he wins, Netanyahu will be viewed as a magician; a type of political Houdini who even three former IDF chiefs of staff could not defeat.
By YAAKOV KATZ \
4/8/2019 7:10:16 PM
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Rivlin’s choice matters most - analysis
With all due respect to all the voters, the election for prime minister may not be decided on Tuesday.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
4/9/2019 8:25:28 AM
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Putin and Erdogan vow to continue establishing peace in Syria
By REUTERS \
4/8/2019 7:38:09 PM
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Residents of southern Israel say 'we want change!' ahead of elections
One Sderot resident told the 'Post' it “is up to us residents” of southern Israel to make sure that whoever is elected pays attentions to the citizens of the Gaza vicinity.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
4/9/2019 1:39:40 AM
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Netanyahu: Rabin’s promises were to the Right of Kahane
We can’t repeat the mistake of 1992,” Netanyahu said in a live broadcast on his Facebook page.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
4/8/2019 8:12:46 PM
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Fallout from IRGC designation could come from many directions
What are the possible fallout scenarios?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
4/8/2019 8:20:32 PM
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Meretz
“It’s very simple. In order to win, Gantz needs 61 recommendations. He will not have 61 recommendations without Meretz.”
By EYTAN HALON \
4/8/2019 8:29:52 PM
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Ra’am-Balad and Hadash-Ta’al
According to recent surveys, Arab turnout is expected to decline to little over 50% on Tuesday, similar to the average turnout preceding the establishment of the Joint List.
By EYTAN HALON \
4/8/2019 8:36:56 PM
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New Right
“The question of the 2019 election... Defense Minister [Naftali] Bennett or Defense Minister Gantz? Justice Minister [Ayelet] Shaked or Justice Minister [Yair] Lapid? The choice is in your hands.”
By LAHAV HARKOV \
4/8/2019 8:41:05 PM
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Electoral Reform - Hope for Tomorrow
The good news is that according to surveys that we published at the Israel Democracy Institute, there is widespread consensus among Israelis on many of the most significant issues our country faces.
By YOHANAN PLESNER \
4/10/2019 2:02:14 AM
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Trump orders the firing of the U.S. Secret Service Director
By REUTERS \
4/8/2019 8:44:59 PM
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Zehut
Zehut held a final campaign event in Netanya Monday evening, with its candidates talking about “freedom, [cannabis] legalization [and the] free market.”
By LAHAV HARKOV \
4/8/2019 8:49:43 PM
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In unprecedented ruling, court convicts man for refusing divorce to wife
Tzivya Gorodetsky was married to her husband for nine years and had four children with him before eventually requesting a divorce in 1995 due to his violent and abusive behavior toward her.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
4/9/2019 2:31:30 PM
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Union of Right-Wing Parties
Union of Right-Wing Parties (URP) made a last-minute campaign promise, saying they will reduce the supplementary payments parents will have to pay for children in religious-Zionist schools.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
4/8/2019 9:05:46 PM
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Shas to beseech gates of Heaven for favorable election results
One of the party’s recent campaign videos warned that if Lapid takes office, it would lead to gay pride marches at the Western Wall.
By JEREMY SHARON \
4/8/2019 9:18:00 PM
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Kulanu, Yisrael Beytenu and Gesher fight for their lives
Gesher leader Orly Levy-Abecassis even had to fight a fake Facebook post in her name saying she dropped out of the race.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
4/8/2019 9:25:09 PM
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Go vote!
We appeal to every voter to exercise their democratic right on Election Day – which is a public holiday for this very purpose. So exercise yours – go out and vote!
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
4/8/2019 9:29:29 PM
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American Jews should learn Hebrew
Hebrew may be our last resort to revive ourselves as one people.
By ANDREW ERGAS \
4/8/2019 9:39:30 PM
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Trump picks replacement for US Secret Service Director
By REUTERS \
4/8/2019 9:44:22 PM
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Benjamin Netanyahu, political wizard - analysis
There is a reason Netanyahu is in eyeshot of Ben-Gurion's longevity record.
By HERB KEINON \
4/8/2019 10:34:32 PM
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Israel at the polls: A place in the world’s third democratic revolution
Israel is going through a period that other democracies have faced or will face – what should be called the “third democratic revolution.”
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
4/8/2019 9:52:11 PM
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Mainstream Israel is Blue and White
We have almost arrived at crunch time. Will it be Bibi or will it be Benny?
By PAUL GROSS \
4/8/2019 9:59:33 PM
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Thousands of haredim flock to historic UTJ election rally
“Voting for UTJ is the only way to prevent what they intend to do to us,” warned party chairman and deputy health minister Ya'acov Litzman of the hassidic Agudat Yisrael party, one half of UTJ.
By JEREMY SHARON \
4/8/2019 10:12:55 PM
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For Zion’s sake I will not be silent
Evangelical Christians are, without question, Israel’s strongest supporters in the United States.
By EARL COX \
4/8/2019 10:07:10 PM
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These elections are Israel's Judgment Day - comment
All issues will pale compared to the legal crisis that is at the heart of Israel’s 21st general election.
By AMOTZ ASA-EL \
4/8/2019 10:08:16 PM
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Trump fires U.S. Secret Service director, appoints new one within minutes
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said James Murray, a career Secret Service agent, will take over the Secret Service in May.
By REUTERS \
4/8/2019 10:21:20 PM
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Palestinians will watch the upcoming elections with anger and frustration
If Palestinians can’t vote in the coming Israeli elections, they will one day have that right within either a sovereign Palestinian state or within a state with equal rights for all its citizens.
By DAOUD KUTTAB \
4/8/2019 10:34:17 PM
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Hapoel Jerusalem topples Maccabi Tel Aviv
Host Reds ride strong performance from Amar’e to rally past yellow-and-blue in overtime thriller.
By JOSHUA HALICKMAN \
4/8/2019 10:48:20 PM
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NYU president Hamilton – Is this how you support justice?
SJP has worked immensely hard each year to demonstrate their anti-Israel hatred, sometimes even violently, in more ways than one.
By ROMY RONEN \
4/8/2019 10:48:47 PM
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Trump’s love affair with Israel and the Jewish people
The critics of Trump on grounds of character forget that public achievement always trumps private action.
By SHMULEY BOTEACH \
4/10/2019 11:03:08 AM
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U.S. foils alleged terrorist plot to drive stolen truck into pedestrians in Maryland
By REUTERS \
4/8/2019 11:01:54 PM
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Three U.S. service members, one American contractor killed in Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
By REUTERS \
4/8/2019 11:16:02 PM
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U.S. blocks deal for Major League Baseball to sign Cuban players
By REUTERS \
4/8/2019 11:19:24 PM
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Israeli students participate in L’Oreal innovation competition
The winning students will fly to Paris in May to represent Israel in the international finals.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 11:33:27 PM
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Shooting at a military post in northern West Bank, no injuries
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/8/2019 11:36:41 PM
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Iran's Mahan Air flights to Venezuela are believed to be politically motivated
By REUTERS \
4/8/2019 11:38:32 PM
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The Lounge: April 8, 2019
By MICHAL GALANTI \
4/9/2019 12:05:02 AM
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Over 6 million Israelis eligible to vote as polls open
Gantz, Netanyahu emphasize largest party over bigger bloc in final campaign messages
By LAHAV HARKOV,GIL HOFFMAN \
4/9/2019 8:43:28 AM