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Half-Muslim, half-Jewish, 100% Zionist

“The Quad” with guest Chama Mechtaly

It goes without saying that being half-Muslim and half-Jewish in today’s Middle East is no easy task. Throw Zionism in the mix and the challenges only become greater.

Nevertheless, Moroccan artist and activist Chama Mechtaly refuses to be intimidated by the status quo. Rather, she seeks to reawaken the North African tradition of multiculturalism and pluralism despite the challenges.

JNS TV show with Fleur Hassan-Nahoum (deputy mayor of Jerusalem), Emily Schrader (activist and journalist), Ashira Solomon (African-American Jew and political moderator) and Vivian Bercovici (former Canadian ambassador to Israel).
A unanimous Second Circuit panel ruled that Mohsen Mahdawi’s challenge to his detention and removal must proceed through the immigration system, vacating a lower court order that had secured his release.
The deal builds on the two countries’ existing free trade pact while expanding market access for U.S. exporters and deepening economic and security cooperation.
Hundreds of bereaved mothers, widows, sisters and caregivers came together in Jerusalem during the Nine Days to find strength in shared loss and resilience.
The measure would require the director of national intelligence to produce a new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran, including an unclassified summary.
“It is totally unacceptable that a head of government has publicly declared that his country will hunt down and expel citizens of our close ally based solely on their nationality,” the members of Congress wrote.
‘If we left right now, it would take Iran 20, 25 years to rebuild,’ the U.S. president said. ‘And we’re not finished at all.’