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Fast Forward 16-Year-Old Palestinian Girl Killed By Israel Police After Attempted Stabbing
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian teen was shot and killed by Israeli police officers after she attempted to stab them. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon at the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, according to police. The Palestinian Maan news agency identified the alleged stabber as Fatima Afif Abd al-Rahman Hjeiji, 16, from…
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Fast Forward Why Trump Rejected Invite To Visit Israel On Six-Day War Anniversary
President Trump turned down an Israeli invitation to bump his Israel visit to June to mark the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War out of a desire to seem nonpartisan on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Saudi newspaper Al-Hayat reported, according to Haaretz. Moving the trip was also out of the question because Trump planned…
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Fast Forward Coca Cola Donates to ‘Fascist’ Israeli Group
Coca Cola in Israel donated 50,000 shekels, or about $13,850 to Im Tirtzu, a right wing group that targets leftists and human rights groups in Israel. The donation was first reported by Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. Im Tirtzu had tried to keep the donation secret by requesting the Israel Corporations Authority not to report it….
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Fast Forward Justin Bieber Gig Sends Orthodox Woman Into Labor
(JTA) — You’d better Beliebe it: A haredi Orthodox woman went into labor after just one song at a Justin Bieber concert in Tel Aviv. Then again, Reut Ziskind, 23, from the predominantly ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, told Ynet she was three weeks overdue by the time she attended the concert on Wednesday. “I…
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Fast Forward ‘Jewish State’ Bill Approved By Israel Knesset Committee
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Knesset committee approved a bill that would officially define Israel as a Jewish State. The bill unanimously passed the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday. A similar bill was first proposed in 2011 and again in 2015. The bill will go to the Knesset plenum for a preliminary vote; that vote…
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Fast Forward AIPAC Thanks Congress For Including $3.7B Aid To Israel In Spending Bill
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee thanked Congress for including defense assistance for Israel in its omnibus spending bill. The bill includes $3.1 billion in defense assistance, $600 million in missile defense cooperation programs and $42 million for joint U.S.-Israel ventures in tracking and destroying tunnels, a method of terrorizing Israel that…
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Fast Forward That Time Donald Trump Wanted To Hold The Miss Universe Pageant At Masada
(JTA) — When Donald Trump makes his first visit as president to Israel later this month, he’s reportedly aiming to give a speech at the ancient mountain fortress of Masada. We don’t yet know if he’ll ascend the mount, a palace built by the Judean king Herod the Great which became the last Jewish holdout nearly…
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Israel News Is A Jewish Group Funding Killers While The U.S. Slams Palestinians For Doing The Same Thing?
At the White House on Wednesday, President Trump admonished Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to “resolve” the issue of paying the families of Palestinian terrorists to show that he is serious about peace. But Palestinians might not be the only ones making controversial payments to violent offenders in their midst. Now, a liberal American Jewish…
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