A few days before Thanksgiving, the Atlanta City Council weighed in again on the Israel-Hamas war, passing a 12-0 resolution in support of calls for a ceasefire voiced by The […]
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Opinion: Bearing Witness to a Modern-day Horror in Israel
Editor’s note: RoughDraft Atlanta Publisher Keith Pepper attended one of three local screenings so far of footage from the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on southern Israel, much of it shot […]
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Family of Israeli Hostages Meet With Lawmakers as Kemp Rejects Calls to Expedite Antisemitism Bill
Editor’s note: This article was written by by Jill Nolin of the Georgia Recorder and published on its website on Oct. 31, 2023. Rimon Kirsht didn’t speak or look into […]
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Kemp Orders State to Buy Israeli Bonds, Lower Flags
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has instructed the state’s treasurer to buy $10 million in Israeli bonds in a show of support for “one of our strongest friends and allies” as […]
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Delta Postpones Tel Aviv Flight Amid Gaza War
Delta Air Lines Inc. has postponed its daily flight from Atlanta to Tel Aviv as Israel pummeled Gaza with airstrikes and threatened a ground invasion in retaliation for surprise attacks by Hamas fighters that killed 900 Israelis Saturday […]
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Delta Flight Enables Taste of Tel Aviv, With a Side of Protest
Editor’s note: A longtime traveler to Israel, Rough Draft Atlanta Publisher Keith Pepper reconnected with the country via Delta’s nonstop flight, relaunched in March after a 12-year hiatus. Hungry to […]
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ElKhalil Law Aims to Be a Business Bridge to the Middle East
Editor’s note: This is a sponsored post announcing ElKhalil Law‘s backing of Global Atlanta’s Middle East Channel. Subscribe to our monthly Middle East – North Africa newsletter here. Global Atlanta […]
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Georgia Law Enforcement Leaders Back From Two-Week Israel Exchange
A group of 20 leaders from top Georgia law-enforcement agencies have returned from a two-week program learning about community policing in Israel. The delegation included Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director […]
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Governor’s Mission to Israel Opens Doors in Country of Outsize Impact, Officials Say
When Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp made his first overseas trip to South Korea in 2021, the rationale was clear: influential Korean companies like Kia and SK had already spent billions […]
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Governor Kemp Leads Israel Trade Mission
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp returns this week from leading a delegation to Israel designed to drum up business from a nation whose economic impact on the state belies its small […]