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Fast Forward Israel Gives Green Light to 78 Settler Homes
Israel on Wednesday approved the construction of 78 new homes in two settlements on West Bank land annexed to Jerusalem, likely to aggravate Palestinian anger at a time when violence has flared, including a deadly attack on a synagogue. Jerusalem’s municipal planning committee authorized 50 new housing units in Har Homa and 28 in Ramot,…
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Fast Forward Jews Join Rare Interfaith Unity Gathering To Condemn Jihadis
Senior Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders condemned violence by jihadi militants such as Islamic State (IS) at a Saudi-backed conference on Wednesday in a rare display of inter-faith unity aimed at promoting tolerance and diversity. Islamic State has caused international alarm by capturing large expanses of Iraq and Syria, declaring a Sunni “caliphate” straddling their…
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Fast Forward Israel Destroys Home of Car-Ram Terror Suspect
A day after two militants killed four rabbis and a policeman at a synagogue, Israel on Wednesday destroyed the home of a Palestinian who last month ran over and killed two people at a Jerusalem tram stop, The home of Abdel-Rahman Shaloudi, 21, was blown up before dawn, police and the military said. East Jerusalem…
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Fast Forward Spain Parliament Passes ‘Palestine’ Motion — Calls for Talks
Spanish lawmakers on Tuesday urged their government to recognize Palestine as a state, albeit only when the Palestinians and Israel negotiate a solution to their long-standing conflict. The symbolic motion, which echoes similar votes last month in Britain and Ireland, was backed by all the political groupings in the lower house after the ruling People’s…
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Fast Forward Thousands Mourn Synagogue Terror Victim Rabbi Moshe Twersky
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews swayed in prayer at the funeral of U.S.-Israeli rabbi Moshe Twersky, a descendant of two rabbinical dynasties who was killed on Tuesday alongside three other rabbis in a Palestinian attack on a synagogue. Family, friends and admirers of Twersky, whose father was a pre-eminent Jewish scholar, expressed disbelief as they addressed…
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Fast Forward President Obama Condemns Jerusalem Synagogue Terror Attack
President Barack Obama on Tuesday condemned the attack by two Palestinians on a synagogue in Jerusalem that killed four people, including three Americans, and called on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to lower tensions and seek peace. “I strongly condemn today’s terrorist attack on worshipers at a synagogue in Jerusalem,” Obama said in a statement. “There…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Reject Suicide Finding in Bus Driver Hanging
A Palestinian bus driver was found hanged in his vehicle on Monday, an incident that led to stone-throwing protests by Palestinians suspecting foul play but which Israeli police, citing autopsy results, termed a suicide. Youssef al-Ramouni, 32, was found dead at the start of the route he was supposed to have driven late on Sunday,…
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Fast Forward Europe Insists No Plans for Anti-Israel Sanctions
The European Union has no intention of imposing sanctions on Israel if it takes steps to block a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the EU’s new foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Monday. European diplomats have said the EU is looking at new ways to press Israel to halt its building of settlements…
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