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Fast Forward White House Website Says Trump Livestream Comes From ‘Jerusalem, Israel’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The White House captioned a live video feed of President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking together as being broadcast from “Jerusalem, Israel,” a departure from the policies of past presidents. The caption during Monday’s news conference at the prime minister’s residence came as Trump administration officials continue to differ…
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Fast Forward Shulamit Cohen-Kishik, Famed ‘Pearl’ Of Israel’s Spy Agency, Dies At 100
(JTA) — Shulamit “Shula” Cohen-Kishik, a a spy for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency who worked undercover in Lebanon for 14 years, has died at 100. Cohen-Kishik, who was codenamed “The Pearl,” died Sunday at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. The Buenos Aires, Argentina, native was raised by Zionist parents who moved the family to prestate Israel. She married Joseph Kishik, a wealthy Jewish-Lebanese…
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Fast Forward Trump Says Israel And Arabs United By Threat Of Iran
President Trump said on Monday that shared concern about Iran was driving Israel and many Arab states closer and demanded that Tehran immediately cease military and financial backing of “terrorists and militias.” In stressing threats from Iran, Trump echoed a theme laid out during weekend meetings in Saudi Arabia about the Islamic Republic’s growing regional…
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Fast Forward Knife-Wielding Palestinian Teen Shot Dead As Trump Tours Nearby
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel Police officers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager who attempted to stab them just outside the Old City of Jerusalem as President Donald Trump was visiting holy sites in the city. The teen, who was identified by the Palestinian Maan news agency as a 16-year-old from Bethlehem, approached the Border Police…
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Fast Forward Rex Tillerson Refuses To Say Western Wall Is Part Of Israel — Again
(JTA) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would not say that the Western Wall is part of Israel when asked about by a reporter during the presidential flight from Saudi Arabia to Israel. Tillerson met with reporters in the back of Air Force One on Monday morning during the flight to the second stop on President…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Shoves Party-Crashing Israeli Lawmaker — As He Snapped Trump Selfie
Benjamin Netanyahu got a bit physical as President Trump arrived in Israel on Monday, attempting to push away a member of the Knesset attempting to take a selfie photo with the American leader on the tarmac at Ben-Gurion Airport. Oren Hazan, a Likud backbencher, crashed the welcome ceremony to which the country’s senior leadership alone…
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Fast Forward Can We Talk About How Trump’s Hair Perfectly Matches The Western Wall?
President Donald Trump may not be Jewish, but it seems his hair can sure play the part. Though often the subject of public ridicule for his crispy coif, it seems Trump’s hair has found a match made in heaven: the Western Wall. Don’t look so sad @realDonaldTrump, they have a really nice wall, but you…
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Fast Forward Trump Proclaims ‘New Reason To Hope’ After Landing In Israel
President Donald Trump said in Israel on Monday he came away from a weekend visit to Saudi Arabia with new reasons for hope that peace and stability could be achieved in the Middle East. On the second leg of his first overseas trip since entering office, Trump is to hold talks separately with Israeli Prime…
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