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Fast Forward Did Archaeologists Find The Seal Of The Prophet Isaiah In Jerusalem?
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An impression of what is believed to be the 2,700-year-old personal seal of the prophet Isaiah was uncovered in Jerusalem. Isaiah lived during the eighth century BCE and prophesized about the return of the Jews from the Babylonian exile. Israeli archaeologist Eilat Mazar of the Hebrew University reported on her discovery Thursday…
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Fast Forward 50 Percent Of Israelis Believe Netanyahu Should Resign, Poll Finds
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A television news poll found that 50% of Israelis believe that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, beset by corruption accusations, should resign. Some 33% of respondents said he should remain in office, according to results of the Hadashot survey released Wednesday evening following the latest developments in the scandal known as Case 4000….
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Opinion You Can’t Force A Peace Deal, President Trump
A central and enduring premise of American pro-Israel leadership has always been that any resolution of the conflict between Israel and its neighbors, specifically including the Palestinians, should not be imposed from the outside, but must instead result from agreement between the parties. It is this principle — that a US administration cannot force a…
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Fast Forward Israeli Military Investigating Palestinian’s Death In West Bank Confrontation
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian man died after a confrontation with Israeli troops in the West Bank on Thursday that the Palestinian Authority condemned as a “cold-blooded execution.” The Israeli military said the man had attempted to attack troops and that it was investigating the incident. In security camera footage posted on social media and…
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Fast Forward Israel Thwarted ISIS Plot To Bomb Australian Flight, IDF Says
(JTA) — The Israeli army said it provided intelligence that prevented a plot by the Islamic State to bomb an Australian flight in August. An unnamed senior army officer said Wednesday that the Military Intelligence Unit 8200 had thwarted the planned attack, according to The Times of Israel. “The unit provided exclusive intelligence that led to…
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Fast Forward Congressmen Questioned By Police After Taking Olive Branch From Temple Mount
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two U.S. congressmen were questioned by police after they removed an olive branch from the Temple Mount compound. Reps. Scott Tipton of Colorado and David McKinley of West Virginia, both Republicans, visited the site holy to Muslims and Jews on Thursday morning. They are part of a weeklong fact-finding mission hosted by…
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Life Israel Appoints First Female Ultra-Orthodox Judge
She’s breaking the glass ceiling — all the way from the ultra-Orthodox enclave of Bnei Brak. Israel’s Judicial Selection Committee, overseen by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, has elected Chavi Toker to head the Jerusalem Magistrate Court on Thursday — making Toker Israel’s first female Haredi judge. Toker, 41, was born in England and grew up…
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Yiddish World WATCH: How Israel’s Yiddish Radio Pioneer Reached Past The Iron Curtain
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Few people today know that in the 1950s, Yiddish programming on Israeli radio had half a million listeners every evening. Even Jews from abroad would listen, including those behind the Iron Curtain, where Jews would seek out ways to listen to the banned transmissions on their transistor…
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