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Fast Forward Intense Photos Show Undercover Israeli Agents Infiltrating Protest
A Reuters photo essay captured undercover Israeli agents shutting down a protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Agents wearing Palestinian flags and face masks dispersed a crowd of hundreds by firing their guns in the air and throwing sound grenades, according to witness reports. “The undercover personnel were posing as Palestinian protesters and…
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Fast Forward Why These Experts Say Trump’s Jerusalem Recognition Will Help The Peace Process
NEW YORK (JTA) — When President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, many foreign policy experts called it a blunder. It could spark a conflagration of violence in the city, they said. It would alienate Palestinians who revere the city, and would ice any remaining hopes of a peace process. It could be the…
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Fast Forward City Of Jerusalem Distributing Free Christmas Trees
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Jerusalem municipality is preparing for Christmas, including the annual Christmas tree distribution. The city will distribute 150 free Christmas trees to Jerusalem residents next week. Meanwhile, the municipality is hanging Christmas lights and flags in predominately Christian neighborhoods. In addition, the city is preparing for Christmas pilgrimages and processionals. Christmas trees…
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Community Orthodox Jews Should Mourn Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration — Not Cheer It On.
Karl Marx famously wrote that when historic events recur, they appear “the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.” If Israel’s bloody conquest of East Jerusalem in 1967 (including the mass expulsion of Palestinians that followed it) was a tragedy, what can I call this latest chapter in the degradation of the place our…
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Fast Forward Miss Iraq’s Family Forced To Flee Over Photo With Miss Israel
(JTA) — The family of Iraq’s contestant in the Miss Universe Pageant have left the country due to threats to their lives over her modeling in a bikini and posting on social media photos taken with Miss Israel. Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan, lives in the United States and the rest of her family has now…
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Fast Forward Pence Puts Off Visit To Israel To Lobby For Tax Plan
(JTA) — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Israel has been postponed by several days so that he can stay in Washington to promote the Trump administration’s tax reforms in Congress, according to Israel reports. Pence had been scheduled to arrive in Israel on Sunday to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials and also…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Rockets Fired From Gaza Intercepted By Iron Dome
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel were intercepted over the southern town of Sderot by the Iron Dome anti-missile system. A third rocket fired Wednesday night landed in an empty field in the Eshkol region, also in southern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces said. There were no reports of…
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Opinion For Palestinians, Jerusalem Will Never Only Be The Capital Of Israel
Donald Trump’s announcement last week declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel left my father in tears. He was sitting hunched over his heavily used black laptop, scanning through the unedited sentences of his unpublished novel. My family was gathered around the only source of heat in the room, unaware of his daunting stream of thoughts,…
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