Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward Marco Rubio warns that violence in the West Bank could threaten Gaza truce
Rubio’s warning comes amid surging attacks by Israeli settlers on West Bank Palestinians
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Fast Forward Groundbreaking analysis of Hitler’s DNA shows no Jewish ancestry — but finds a genetic disorder
Hitler had Kalman syndrome, a sexual disorder, researchers found
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Fast Forward Trump formally requests pardon in Israeli legal system for Benjamin Netanyahu
Trump’s letter represents a once-unusual insertion of the White House in Israeli domestic politics
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Fast Forward Hamas returns remains of hostage held for 11 years as attention deepens around postwar planning
Jared Kushner met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday
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Fast Forward Remains of Omer Neutra, Israeli-American hostage killed on Oct. 7, are returned to Israel
Neutra was one of two American citizens still held by Hamas weeks into a ceasefire that required their release
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Fast Forward A second rabbinic letter, arguing against Jewish rejections of Mamdani, enters the NYC mayor’s race
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Fast Forward Rabbi Alvin Kass, longest-serving NYPD chaplain famed for 9/11 response, dies at 89
Kass once disarmed a hostage-taker with pastrami sandwiches from the Carnegie Deli
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