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WATCH: Inside the Parliament of the Jewish People, Word on the Street
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami is joined by Rabbis Jill Jacobs of T’ruah and Deborah Waxman of Reconstructing Judaism from the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem.
Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Set for ‘March of the Million’ Against Military Draft, New York Times
“The show of force comes amid an attempt by the Israeli government to find a legal and political compromise to end the decades-old practice of granting exemptions from military service to most ultra-Orthodox seminary students.”
IDF Suspends Chief Lawyer Tomer-Yerushalmi Over Sde Teiman Video Probe, Jerusalem Post
“Furthermore, as the top IDF legal official, her suspension could be used by politicians who are disgruntled about the legal establishment to try to further tar and feather the legal class in the country more generally in the ongoing battles over the judiciary and the prosecution.”
Autistic Arab Israeli Teen Arrested in West Bank, Held in Harsh Conditions – Lawyer, Times of Israel
“The detainee, an Israeli citizen from central Israel, was arrested for unclear reasons by military forces on the morning of October 17 while visiting his mother’s family in Ramallah.”
Israeli Raid in Southern Lebanon Kills Municipal Employee, Sparking Protests, AP
“Since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire nominally halted the latest Israel-Hezbollah war last November, Israel has continued to launch near-daily strikes on Lebanon, saying it is targeting Hezbollah militants, facilities and weapons. Its forces have also continued to occupy several strategic points on the Lebanese side of the border.”
In the Mamdani-Cuomo Race, Why Should I Choose Safety as a Jew Over Safety as a Woman? The Forward
Emily Tamkin writes, “I do not know how to be just Jewish or just a woman. I only know how to be a Jewish woman. And the idea that I, or any woman, has to pretend that the normalization of sexual harassment in politics is somehow irrelevant to our day-to-day safety — because our commitment to Jewish peoplehood comes first — seems to me to be an extremely limited understanding of Jewish safety. And, for that matter, of Jewish peoplehood.”
This Isn’t a Real Ceasefire in Gaza – It’s a Holding Pattern Before War Returns, The Guardian
Sanam Vakil writes, “Indeed, ending the war has been celebrated as an important step forward that has seen Israeli forces partially pull back, and hostages and prisoners exchanged. However, the main problem is that the plan remains largely undeveloped. It offers no clear timeline, verification process or credible means of enforcement.”
A Self-Proclaimed Oracle: A Look at Amit Segal’s Errors, False Predictions and Slanted Analyses, Haaretz
Yasmin Levy writes, “Although a considerable portion of his statements – which are uttered in a mansplaining ‘the situation is like this’ tone, as if all his fellow panelists have missed some sublime truth – shatter in the face of reality, his status remains. There are inaccuracies, embarrassing predictions, and slanted analyses that are taken out of context, without him retracting them, correcting himself, or acknowledging his errors.”
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