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News Benjamin Netanyahu is on vacation — these protesters followed him there
Heavy police forces met protesters at Neve Ativ, a moshav in Israel's northern mountains where the prime minister is vacationing
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News Small-town Israelis strive to make themselves heard, protesting anywhere anyone will see them
In Israel's remote north, dozens of protesters gathered around a highway junction
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Fast Forward American tourists brought a shell to the Israeli airport
One man was hospitalized for injuries sustained as he tried to flee via a baggage carousel
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News 4 years of President Trump: A Jewish report card
As President Trump makes his closing arguments for reelection, the staggering events of the last year loom large. The coronavirus pandemic has, to date, taken more than 230,000 American lives, and the country is mired in the most significant economic downturn since the Great Depression. And, though it now feels like ancient history, Trump in…
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Israel News One year later, is the Golan’s desolate ‘Trump Heights’ a ‘hoax’?
A year ago on Tuesday, the Israeli government held a bombastic ceremony in the Golan Heights to inaugurate Ramat Trump – Hebrew for “Trump Heights” – a new settlement named for the American president as a gesture of thanks for recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the territory in March 2019. Today the once gold-lettered Ramat Trump…
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Fast Forward Bibi Unveils ‘Trump Heights’ In Golan — But Construction Can’t Start For Months
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A new Jewish community in the Golan Heights to honor President Donald Trump will be called “Ramat Trump,” translated as Trump Heights. A sign was unveiled on Sunday, during the weekly Cabinet meeting held in the Golan Heights at the site of the new community. The sign says Ramat Trump in Hebrew…
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Fast Forward New Town In Israel’s Golan Will Be Called ‘Trump Heights’
A new town in the Golan Heights will be called “Ramat Trump” — literally, “Trump Heights” — in honor of the American president’s recognition of Israeli control over the area, the Times of Israel reported Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in April that a town would be named after Trump to honor his…
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Israel News Israeli Locals Aren’t Happy That Bibi Is Renaming Their Town After Trump
Cows are the first residents to greet curious visitors to the Golan Heights settlement that will eventually bear the name of President Trump. With the majestic Mount Hermon in the background, a placid group of four bovines chew the cud, lingering at the wire fence next to a gate and rusty sign that reads “Community…
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