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Fast Forward Palestinians Banned From West Bank Settlements Amid Violence
Palestinian workers were banned from working in Jewish West Bank settlements in the wake of attacks that killed one Jewish mother and left a pregnant woman wounded. The military order went into effect on Tuesday, and the decision will be reviewed on a daily basis, an Israeli military source told Israeli and Palestinian news services….
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Fast Forward Gay Conference Reverses Decision to Boot Group With Israel Ties
The National LGBTQ Task Force has reversed its decision to remove from its conference schedule a reception hosted by a U.S. organization with a Jerusalem advocacy group. A Wider Bridge had charged that Friday’s event with leaders of Jerusalem Open House at the Creating Change conference in Chicago had been canceled due to pressure from…
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Fast Forward 2 Ex-Cons Arrested in Murder of French Jewish Politician
French police reportedly have arrested two suspects in the murder of a French Jewish politician who was found dead in his home. The men, ages 21 and 23, were arrested over the weekend and accused of murder, robbery, arrest, arbitrary detention and forcible confinement and concealment, the French daily Le Parisien reported. They reportedly have…
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Fast Forward Just 20% of Israelis See Arabs as ‘Equals’
More than one-third of Jewish Israelis see their Arab fellow citizens as “enemies,” and only 20 percent said they consider Arab-Israelis their “equals,” a new poll has found. The poll was conducted via face-to-face interviews with 600 Israeli Jews by the Institute for National Security Studies, which is holding its annual conference this week. It…
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Fast Forward Pregnant Victim Says ‘Baby-Face’ Stabber Was No Killer
The pregnant woman stabbed by a Palestinian teenager at a clothing store in the Tekoa settlement said she does not think her attacker planned to kill her. Michal Froman told Army Radio that “there was no one to struggle with” her attacker. “I saw his eyes, his confusion,” she said. “He didn’t have a scary…
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Fast Forward Trump Flip-Flops and Now Says He’d Move U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem
WASHINGTON — In a flip-flop from earlier statements, Donald Trump now says he would move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. “They want it in Jerusalem,” the front-runner among Republican presidential candidates said in an interview posted Tuesday by The Brody File, a Christian Broadcasting Network show. “Well I am for that 100 percent. We are…
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Fast Forward Car Kills 6-Year-Old Orthodox Boy Walking to Synagogue With Mom
A 6-year-old New Jersey boy was struck and killed by a car while walking to his Orthodox synagogue. Chaim Kraus of Highland Park was heading to Agudath Israel of Edison and Highland Park with his mother, Rochie, and a second boym when the two were hit by a car that jumped that curb on Raritan…
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Fast Forward A ‘Rejuvenated’ Shimon Peres is Discharged From Hospital After Heart Attack
JERUSALEM — Former Israeli President Shimon Peres was discharged from the hospital after suffering a mild heart attack. “I feel rejuvenated and I am ready to return to serving our wonderful country that I love so much,” Peres, 92, said Tuesday as he left the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer. “I want to thank…
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