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U.S. Demands Hamas Recognize Israel Before Joining Palestinian Unity Government

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Any Palestinian government “must unambiguously and explicitly” commit to nonviolence, recognize Israel and accept previous agreements between Israel and the Palestinians, President Donald Trump’s envoy said. The statement issued Thursday by Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the peace process, is the first response by the United States to the…

By JTA Oct 19, 2017 | < 1 min read
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Staten Island Jewish Woman Won’t Paint Over Anti-Semitic Graffiti

(JTA) — A Jewish woman in Staten Island, New York, is refusing to paint over the swastika and anti-Semitic slur spray painted on her garage. The vandalism, discovered early Tuesday morning, includes a large swastika and the misspelled slur “Kyke.” Debra Calabrese, whose husband is not Jewish, told the Staten Island Advance that she was…

By JTA Oct 19, 2017 | < 1 min read
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Dutch Soccer Fans Mock Child Holocaust Victims

AMSTERDAM (JTA) – Soccer fans in the Netherlands used a picture of child victims of the Holocaust to taunt a rival team, in what Dutch activists against racism called a new low for anti-Semitic rhetoric in sports. The photo featuring two toddlers wearing a yellow star was widely circulated on Twitter under the hashtag #anti020week….

By JTA Oct 18, 2017 | < 1 min read
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Romania Teens Arrested For Vandalizing Jewish Cemetery

(JTA) — Police in Romania arrested three teenagers accused of destroying 10 headstones at a Jewish cemetery. The incident occurred over the weekend, police said in a statement Monday about the arrests near the northern city of Reghin, located 200 miles north of Bucharest, the capital. The suspects allegedly smashed the headstones and drew a swastika on two…

By JTA Oct 18, 2017 | < 1 min read
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Scaramucci Pledges $25K To Wiesenthal Center After Holocaust Gaffe

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Anthony Scaramucci, the financier who briefly helmed President Donald Trump’s communications department, pledged $25,000 to the Simon Wiesenthal Center after an account in his name posted a survey asking people how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust. “On behalf of the @ScaramucciPost we will be making a $25,000 donation to The…

By JTA Oct 18, 2017 | < 1 min read
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Left-Wing Israeli Leader Zehava Galon Quits Knesset To Build Party

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Left-wing Meretz Party leader Zehava Galon is resigning from Knesset. Galon made the announcement on Wednesday, after meeting with Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein. She said she will dedicate the next few months to working to strengthening the party. She said she wanted to make the party open to new people and would…

By JTA Oct 18, 2017 | < 1 min read
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George Soros Gives $18B To HIs Foundation

(JTA) — Billionaire George Soros has given $18 billion to Open Society Foundations, a philanthropy that he founded. The gift, made over several years but first disclosed on Tuesday, is one of the largest transfers of wealth ever made by a private donor to one foundation, the New York Times reported. Open Society is now…

By JTA Oct 18, 2017 | < 1 min read
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Knife-Wielding Palestinian Shot At West Bank Junction

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli soldiers shot and wounded a Palestinian man who ran at them with a knife at the Gush Etzion junction in the West Bank. The Palestinian, believed to be in his 20s, was running against traffic and carrying a knife, and did not stop when called on to do so by a…

By JTA Oct 18, 2017 | < 1 min read

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