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Fast Forward Rocket Fired From Gaza Damages Kindergarten In Sderot
JERUSALEM (JTA) — One of at least three rockets fired from Gaza on southern Israel landed at the entrance of a kindergarten in the town of Sderot. The rockets were fired on Friday night, when school was not in session. The kindergarten building was damaged by the rocket. A second rocket landed on a residential…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Man Stabs Jerusalem Security Guard In Chest
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man stabbed and seriously injured a security guard in Jerusalem near the city’s central bus station. The guard was checking people’s belongings so that they could enter the station, which is routine. He reportedly was checking the Palestinian man’s backpack when the terrorist pulled out a knife and stabbed the…
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Fast Forward Thousands March In Tel Aviv To Protest Netanyahu, Corruption
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Thousands of Israelis protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday for the second consecutive week against government corruption and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is under criminal investigation over allegations of abuse of office. Police estimated the number of demonstrators at about 10,000 and they followed last Saturday’s demonstration, which was by…
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Community President Trump Has Called The Palestinians’ Bluff
Donald Trump’s recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem has, in a real way, breached a false peace to possibly gain a real one. If his wrongheaded words and impulsive methods threaten perfectly legitimate international agreements like NAFTA and the Montreal Climate Accords,…
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Fast Forward BREAKING: Iron Dome Intercepts Gaza Rocket As Riots Rage In West Bank
Sirens sounded in southern Israel Friday evening as the country’s missile defense system intercepted a rocket over the city of Sderot, Haaretz reported. Residents of the city had seconds to find shelter before seeing a hearing an explosion and seeing a bright light in the sky. No injuries were reported. The rocket launch occurred as…
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Recipes Fried Potato Sliders, A Spicy Mumbai Snack, Make Festive Latke Substitute
I had only two days left in Mumbai before flying back home to the U.S. (with a few days layover in Tel Aviv, where I was born and raised). I had pretty much checked off all the boxes on my Jewish-Indian heritage discovery trip to India. I’d visited almost every single active synagogue in this…
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Community Poll Results: 52% Of Forward Readers Are Against Trump’s Israeli Embassy Move
Is Trump’s decision to move America’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv good or bad? Here’s what Forward readers think: 52% of the 272 people polled believe the move is bad, 32% think it is good, and 16% think we shall see! Is Trump’s decision to move America’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem…
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Fast Forward 1 Palestinian Killed As Protests Erupt Over Jerusalem Shift
Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated, scores were hurt and at least one killed in clashes with Israeli troops on a “day of rage” on Friday against U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Across the Arab and Muslim worlds, thousands more demonstrators took to the streets on Friday, the Muslim holy day, expressing…
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