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Fast Forward French Consulate Employee Used Diplomatic Car To Smuggle Hamas Weapons
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A driver for the French Consulate in eastern Jerusalem used a car with diplomatic plates to smuggle weapons from Hamas in Gaza to the West Bank. The driver, French national Romain Franck, and his Palestinian security guard were arrested for the smuggling last month, the Israel Security Agency, or Shin Bet, announced…
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Fast Forward Israeli Father Of Four Dies Of Wounds From Jerusalem Stabbing Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) – The Israeli civilian stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist in the Old City of Jerusalem died of his wounds. He was named as Adiel Kolman, a 32-year-old father of four from the West Bank settlement of Kochav Hashachar. While Kolman was a civilian security guard by profession, he was not armed and not…
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Fast Forward Settlements, Pro-Orthodox Policies Threaten Israel’s Existence, Lauder Writes
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Openly breaking with Benjamin Netanyahu, Ronald Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress, said current Israeli government policies threaten Israel’s democratic character and even its existence. Lauder, in an Op-Ed on Monday in the New York Times, also pressed hard for a two-state solution, significant because the cosmetics billionaire has the…
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Fast Forward Israeli Bill Would Punish Foreign Jews Who Refuse To Divorce Their Wives
(JTA) — The Knesset passed in a first reading draft legislation that would expose to legal action in Israel Jewish non-citizens who refuse to grant their wives a divorce. Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the Conference of European Rabbis, on Wednesday celebrated as “extremely significant” the Knesset’s passing last week in a first reading of an…
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Fast Forward Air India To Begin Direct Flights To Israel Over Saudi Airspace
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Air India will begin direct flights to Tel Aviv, flying over Saudi airspace. The flights for the Indian national carrier will begin on Thursday, and take about 7 hours, according to the airline, AFP reported. Flying through Saudi airspace knocks more than two hours off the time of the flight. El Al,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Security Guard Seriously Injured In Jerusalem Stabbing Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A civilian Israeli security guard was stabbed and seriously injured in a terror attack in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The victim, reported to be in his 30s, was stabbed several times in his upper body and is in critical condition in Shaare Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem. He…
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Fast Forward Israeli Military Destroys Two Hamas Terror Tunnels In Gaza
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli military destroyed two Hamas terror tunnels in Gaza. One of the border-crossing tunnels, bombed early Sunday morning, was a tunnel that had been built prior to the 2014 Gaza war, and was previously only partially destroyed by the Israel Defense Forces during the Gaza war. Workers for the Hamas terror…
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Fast Forward Hungary Premier Viktor Orban Uses Anti-Semitic Dog Whistles In Election Speech
(JTA) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban used language that some critics have said has anti-Semitic undertones at a rally three weeks before he seeks re-election for a third term. Speaking Thursday in Budapest, Orban harshly criticized proponents of immigration. He also called out George Soros, the Hungary-born Jewish financier and philanthropist, and those who…
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