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Fast Forward Jason Greenblatt Heads To Israel In Bid To Reduce Tensions
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for international relations, is headed to Israel in a bid to help reduce tensions as Jerusalem’s Temple Mount remains a flash point and after a Palestinian terrorist killed three Israelis in a stabbing attack. “President Trump and his administration are closely following unfolding events in…
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Fast Forward Clashes Continue Over Temple Mount Metal Detectors
JERUSALEM (JTA) — At least one Palestinian man was killed in clashes in Jerusalem between Israeli security forces and Muslims demonstrating against metal detectors installed at the Temple Mount. The most serious clashes on Saturday took place in the evening after Muslim worshippers held a prayer service outside the gates of the Temple Mount, which…
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Fast Forward ‘Wonder Woman II’ Will Be Set During The Cold War, Warner Bros Announces
(JTA) — Warner Bros. has officially announced that it will produce a sequel to its wildly successful “Wonder Woman” film. Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Comics announced the follow-up, called “Wonder Woman II,” at the Comic-Con in San Diego, according to reports. The movie reportedly will be set during the Cold War with the Soviets….
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Fast Forward Thousands Attend Funeral Of Family Members Killed In Palestinian Terror Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Thousands attended the funeral of three members of a family killed in a Palestinian stabbing attack. Yosef Salomon, 70, and his children Chaya Salomon, 46, and Elad Salomon, 36, were buried on Sunday afternoon at the cemetery in the central Israel city of Modiin. Yosef Salomon’s wife, Tovah, 68, who was seriously…
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Fast Forward Abbas Cancels Security Coordination Meetings With Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas canceled scheduled security coordination meetings between Israeli and Palestinian officials. The meetings were cancelled on Sunday, two days after Abbas announced that Palestinian leaders have frozen all contact with Israel over newly installed security measures at the Temple Mount. It is the first time that security cooperation…
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Fast Forward Israeli Student’s Art Project Contains Relics Taken From Auschwitz
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The final project of an Israeli art student who said she used artifacts she removed from Auschwitz will go on display after she clarified that they came from outside the former Nazi camp. Beit Berl College announced late last week following a disciplinary hearing with student Rotem Bides, the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors,…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Calls For ‘Moderation And Dialogue’ After Temple Mount Violence
ROME (JTA) – Expressing trepidation and urging prayers for peace, Pope Francis appealed for “moderation and dialogue” in the wake of recent violence in Jerusalem centering on the Temple Mount. Addressing crowds who braved fierce heat to gather for his Sunday Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square, the pope said he was “following with trepidation the grave…
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Fast Forward West Bank Settlers Build New Outpost To Honor Neighbors Killed In Terror Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Residents of the Halamish settlement set up a new outpost in memory of the three members of the Salomon family killed in a terror attack in their home. Hundreds of Halamish residents and their supporters early Sunday morning set up a caravan, as well as tents, tables and chairs and erected the…
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