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Fast Forward Israeli Soccer Club Infamous For Racism Adds ‘Trump’ To Name
The best soccer team in Jerusalem announced Sunday that it was renaming itself to honor President Trump’s recognition of the city as Israel’s capital. Beitar Jerusalem praised the president on Facebook. “For 70 years has Jerusalem been awaiting international recognition, until President Donald Trump, in a courageous move, recognized Jerusalem as the eternal capital of…
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Fast Forward Israeli Fighter Jets Destroy Gaza Terror Tunnel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli fighter jets destroyed a terrorist tunnel under construction in Gaza. The one-kilometer-long tunnel bombed in Gazan territory on Saturday night was located a few yards from the Erez humanitarian and pedestrian border crossing between Gaza and Israel. The tunnel intended to extend under the crossing and as far as an Israeli…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Protesters Damage Humanitarian Border Crossing, Leading To Closure
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel announced it would close the border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel which brings most of the humanitarian aid from Israel and the international community to the Palestinian people living in Gaza after it was vandalized for the second week in a row. Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman announced on…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump Arrive In Israel For Jerusalem Embassy Opening
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner and the rest of the official American delegation to Israel for the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem arrived in Israel. The delegation is led by Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin also arrived with the White House advisors on Sunday. Jason…
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Fast Forward Charity Headed By U.S. Ambassador To Israel Gave Money To Extremist Group
JTA EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story said that Qomemiyut is on the U.S. State Department designated terrorist list. The State Department list includes a group by that name, but the group that received the donation says it is not the same group, noting that the current iteration was established in 2006, seven…
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Fast Forward Israel Wins Eurovision Song Contest
(JTA) — For the fourth time in its four decades of participating in the Eurovision song contest, Israel has won the international competition. The song “Toy” by Netta Barzilai, 24, secured Israel’s victory at the Eurovision contest this year at the Finals Saturday in Lisbon, Portugal. The victory means Israel will host the event next…
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Fast Forward 1 Palestinian Killed By Israel In Gaza Border Protests
Israeli troops killed one Palestinian and wounded at least 170 protesters in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical workers said, bringing to 44 the number killed during a six-week protest at the Gaza-Israel border. The man killed was protesting east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, said medics, who said that seven other people were critically…
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The Schmooze Paul McCartney Isn’t Going To Israel To Receive An Award. Here’s How To Handle The News.
On the tenth day of May, two thousand and eighteen years after the start of the Common Era, it was announced that Paul McCartney will not be flying to Israel to receive the Wolf Prize for music. To help you handle this, the Forward has codified The 7 Stages of Grief many experience when learning…
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