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Fast Forward Airstrikes Hit Syrian Military Bases, Israel Suspected
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Overnight airstrikes targeted military bases in northern Syria. At least 26 people are reported dead, mostly Iranian pro-Syrian government fighters, in the Sunday night attacks on the military bases in Hama and Aleppo, according to reports citing the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. At least 60 fighters were wounded and some…
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Opinion (Almost) Everything You Knew About The Polls And Israel Is Wrong
Why do Gallup and Pew polls find such different levels of U.S. support for Israel?
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Fast Forward New Bill Would Entrench Orthodox Monopoly Over Jewish Conversion In Israel
(JTA) — The Knesset is considering a bill that would give an Orthodox body a monopoly over Jewish conversion in Israel, and American Jewish groups across the board are unhappy. The bill, which advanced in Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation on April 22, would create an independent Orthodox authority that would control all recognized conversions…
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Fast Forward Israel Scrambles After Trump Says He May Still Attend Jerusalem Embassy Opening
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli officials told local media they were surprised to learn that President Trump may still travel to Israel for the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. When asked during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday who would be among the 250-person-strong delegation attending the opening of the…
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Fast Forward New Embassy District In Jerusalem Could Be Called ‘Trump Town’
As more nations announce their intentions to move their embassies in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the country’s housing minister is moving to build a new diplomatic district, which he said could be called “Trump Town.” Given that leaders of countries like the Czech Republic and Guatemala have announced their intentions to follow the…
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Fast Forward Israel School Chief Charged With Negligence After 10 Students Die In Flood
The head of a school who organized a desert trek in which 10 Israeli teenagers were killed in a flash flood has been arrested on suspicion of causing death through negligence, police said. Nine girls and a boy were killed when a sudden, powerful torrent gushed through a usually arid Zafit river bed in southern…
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Fast Forward 10 Israeli Schoolkids Killed By Flash Flood In Negev Desert
At least 10 youths were reportedly killed when they were swept away by a flash flood in the Negev Desert in southern Israel on Thursday, and seven others were in critical condition, police and emergency services said. One other student was missing, the Times of Israel reported. Military helicopters and security forces were searching the…
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Fast Forward Parents Of Palestinian Teen Burned Alive Sue Jewish Killers For $1.5 Million
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The family of a Palestinian teen burned to death in a revenge attack by three Jewish extremists is suing his killers in a civil lawsuit. The parents of Mohammed Abu Khdeir are seeing $1.5 million in damages. The criminal case against the three Jewish extremists, including two minors, ended earlier this year after…
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