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New on Broader View: December 2016
- Colleges & Universities: Worst Colleges for Jewish Students, Algemeiner, December
- Jerusalem: Moving an embassy by David Horovitz, Times of Israel, December 21
- Settlements: Kerry is dead wrong by Gregg Roman, LA Times, December 28
- UN: Game Changer? by Alex Safian, CAMERA, December 25
- Zionism: Intersectional Power by Einat Wilf, The Tower, December 15
More at Antisemitism, BDS, Demographics, Europe, Law, NGOs, Political Process, Refugees, U.S.-Israel Relationship, Water
- UN Security Council, with U.S. abstention, passes “shameful” Resolution 2334 condemning all “settlement activity,” including in Jerusalem
- U.S. Congress authorizes over $600 million for missile defense cooperation with Israel
- German Chancellor’s party labels BDS antisemitic; Ohio and Ontario pass anti-BDS legislation
- Snapchat buying Israeli startup Cimagine for $30M+
- Israel strengthens ties with the EU, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, and the U.S. state of Nevada
- Israelis win international awards and honors in neuro-biology, environmental innovation, European soccer, fast-growing companies, Ju-Jitsu, youth windsurfing, best places to travel, and relations with Japan
- Recent visitors to Israel include the presidents of Guatemala and Cyprus, prime minister of Greece, U.S. Defense Secretary, 14 UN ambassadors, Swedish Foreign Minister, officials from 13 W. African countries, Swiss MP, British cardiologists, punk rockers The Stranglers, soft rock band Air Supply, American singers Ryley Walker and Rickie Lee Jones, author Scott Turow, cyber-security experts from 80 countries, 75 disabled Canadian hikers, 21 travel bloggers, a record number of tourists, and tens of thousands of migrating cranes.
(More at http://www.BroaderView.org/News)
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