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Fast Forward Palestinian Man Stabs Jerusalem Security Guard In Chest
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man stabbed and seriously injured a security guard in Jerusalem near the city’s central bus station. The guard was checking people’s belongings so that they could enter the station, which is routine. He reportedly was checking the Palestinian man’s backpack when the terrorist pulled out a knife and stabbed the…
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Fast Forward Swedish Synagogue Firebombed; Three Arrested
(JTA) — Three people were arrested in connection with the firebomb attack on a synagogue in Gothenburg in southern Sweden. The arrests were made early Sunday morning, hours after more than a dozen men hurled firebombs at the synagogue after locals marched in the city against the United States’ recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital….
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Fast Forward Embassy Move To Jerusalem Likely Won’t Happen Before 2019, Rex Tillerson Says
(JTA) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem “is not something that is going to happen this year, probably not next year.” Tillerson made the remarks Friday in Paris, where he was meeting with his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, CNN reported. His statement followed mass protests by…
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Fast Forward IDF Destroys Gaza Terror Tunnel Being Built By Hamas
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces discovered and demolished a terror tunnel that crossed into Israel from central Gaza. The tunnel, which had been monitored for several weeks, was demolished on Saturday, the IDF announced Sunday. The tunnel is believed to have belonged to the Hamas terror organization. The exit of the tunnel had…
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Fast Forward Trump Trades Jerusalem Triumph For Hanukkah Clichés At White House Party
(JTA) — President Donald Trump celebrated his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital at the White House Hanukkah Reception. This year’s event came one day after Trump formally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and directed the State Department to prepare for moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem — a campaign that both…
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Fast Forward Paris Antifa Vows To ‘Strike A Blow’ Over Trump’s Jerusalem Recognition
(JTA) — Amid rioting in the West Bank, the Paris branch of the far-left Antifa organization appeared to call for Israel’s destruction and for violent protests in that city against the United States’ recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The call to arms by the Antifa organization in Paris, or Antifascist Action by its full…
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Fast Forward Israel Expects Other Countries To Also Recognize Jerusalem As Capital
JERUSALEM (JTA) — After the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moved toward relocating its embassy there, Israel said it expects other countries to follow suit. Speaking at Israel’s Foreign Ministry Thursday, a day after the historic shift in U.S. policy, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was in contact with…
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Fast Forward Former Argentine President Charged With Jewish Center Bombing Cover-Up
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — An Argentinean judge ordered the arrest of former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner for treason and covering up the alleged involvement of senior Iranian officials in the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center. Judge Claudio Bonadio ordered Kirchner’s arrest on Thursday and asked the Argentinean Senate to strip her of her…
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