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Fast Forward Video Shows Marwan Barghouti Eating In Cell During Palestinian ‘Hunger Strike’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Prison Service released a video which shows Marwan Barghouti, the high-profile Palestinian prisoner leading a hunger strike, secretly eating in the bathroom of his cell. The hunger strike launched three weeks ago with a Barghouti op-ed in the New York Times. The hundreds of Palestinian hunger strikers are calling for…
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Fast Forward Right-Wing Israeli Ministers Heap Praise On Trump At Jerusalem Post Conference
NEW YORK (JTA) — A parade of Israeli cabinet ministers praised President Donald Trump and lambasted the Palestinian Authority at the Jerusalem Post’s annual conference. Five ministers from Israel’s right-wing governing coalition, spoke at the conference, held Sunday in New York City. They presented variations on the same message: The Trump administration is pro-Israel, and peace with…
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Fast Forward 16-Year-Old Palestinian Girl Killed By Israel Police After Attempted Stabbing
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian teen was shot and killed by Israeli police officers after she attempted to stab them. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon at the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, according to police. The Palestinian Maan news agency identified the alleged stabber as Fatima Afif Abd al-Rahman Hjeiji, 16, from…
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Fast Forward Belgium Region Moves Toward Ban On Ritual Slaughter
(JTA) — A committee of the Walloon Parliament in southern Belgium has voted to ban the slaughter of unstunned animals, a requirement for both kosher and halal ritual slaughter. The environment committee of the Walloon Parliament voted unanimously on Friday for the ban, which takes effect on Sept. 1, 2019. The issue is set to…
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Fast Forward Macron Campaign Office Vandalized With ‘Rothschild’ Anti-Semitic Graffiti
(JTA) — A campaign office of the front runner in the French presidential election, Emmanuel Macron, was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti. The Normandy campaign office was vandalized on Friday night, the L’eveil Normand newspaper reported. Macron is not Jewish; he is however, considered a supporter of Israel. The attack came less than two days before…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s Sister Uses Family’s Holocaust Survivor Past To Sell Real Estate Deal To Chinese
(JTA) — Jared Kushner’s sister highlighted her family’s Holocaust survivor past and connection to the son-in-law and senior adviser to President Donald Trump during a real estate sales pitch to Chinese investors. Nicole Meyer, Kushner’s sister, made the sales pitch on Saturday in Beijing to more than 100 Chinese investors, the New York Times reported….
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Fast Forward 52 Lawmakers Demand Israel As Birthplace For Jerusalem-Born
(JTA) — Fifty-two U.S. members of Congress have signed a letter calling on the Trump Administration to allow Americans born in Jerusalem to list Israel as their birthplace on official documents. The letter, led by Republican Reps. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Bill Johnson of Ohio, was sent last week to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson,…
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Fast Forward ‘Jewish State’ Bill Approved By Israel Knesset Committee
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Knesset committee approved a bill that would officially define Israel as a Jewish State. The bill unanimously passed the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday. A similar bill was first proposed in 2011 and again in 2015. The bill will go to the Knesset plenum for a preliminary vote; that vote…
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