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News Al Aqsa clashes injure more than 150 as Ramadan and Passover coincide
This article originally appeared on Haaretz.com. To get Haaretz’s Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox, click here. At least 152 Palestinians and three Israeli police officers were injured in clashes Friday at Al Aqsa Mosque, the Muslim holy site that includes the Temple Mount, the worst skirmishing in Jerusalem since the Muslim holy month…
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Fast Forward Victims of Tel Aviv Terror attack: two friends in their 20s
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. Two Israeli citizens were killed Thursday night in a shooting attack along Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Street, the fourth terror attack in two weeks. The victims were identified as Tomer…
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Fast Forward A spat over Passover hospital food could topple the Israeli government and trigger the fifth national election in three years
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Idit Silman, the chairwoman of the Israeli government, abruptly announced her resignation from the coalition Wednesday morning, leaving it with 60 lawmakers and effectively ending its majority in the Knesset. The announcement caught Prime Minister Naftali Bennett by surprise, who was unable to…
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Fast Forward New COVID cases surge in Israel as fears of a new wave reemerge
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Israel’s coronavirus infection rate and new daily cases have surged, according to Health Ministry data, sparking fears of a new pandemic wave. The omicron wave in Israel has been receding since February, though there has been an uptick in the infection rate and…
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Fast Forward White Purim expected in Jerusalem for first time in decades
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Schools across Jerusalem will hold Purim celebrations on Monday, a day early, due to a light snowfall expected to descend on the capital, in what could be the first Purim-adjacent snowfall in Jerusalem since the 1980s. Tuesday will bring scattered showers across the…
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Fast Forward Trump: Netanyahu was the first to congratulate Biden. ‘F—k him’
This article originally appeared in Haaretz and was republished here with permission. Former U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized Benjamin Netanyahu over the Israeli leader’s congratulations to President Joe Biden after his election, according to an interview published Friday by the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth. “The first person that congratulated [Biden] was Bibi Netanyahu,”…
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Fast Forward ‘Say cheese’: Israeli soldiers woke up Palestinian minors and photographed them in middle of the night
This article originally appeared on Haaretz and was reprinted here with permission. Israeli soldiers pulled Palestinian children out of their beds in the middle of the night and photographed them illegally in the West Bank city of Hebron, a B’Tselem video shows. During night operations in the area of Hebron under Palestinian control, known as…
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Fast Forward Ben & Jerry’s will end sales of its ice cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Ben & Jerry’s announced Monday that it would end sales of ice cream in the Israeli settlements in the West Bank, following “concerns shared with us by our fans and trusted partners.” “Although Ben & Jerry’s will no longer be sold in the OPT [Occupied Palestinian territories], we will stay in Israel through a different…
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