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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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News Jared Kushner Is Architect Of Trump’s Daring Mideast Push — And It Could Backfire On Him Badly
On Sunday night, as President Trump was concluding a successful two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, the White House distributed a very rare press release: a statement attributed directly, “on the record”, to Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner. “The president asked us to plan a trip that would help unite the world against intolerance…
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Opinion How Trump’s Lavish Saudi Embrace Could Lead To Disaster In Israel
Donald Trump changed America’s standing in the Middle East on Sunday, perhaps historically. He reversed eight years of foreign policy carried out by his predecessor, Barack Obama. He positioned himself as champion of Saudi Arabia and Sunni Islam and as chief adversary of Iran and the Shia. He embraced the kingdoms, sheikdoms, dictatorships, military regimes…
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Culture How This Film About Modern Orthodox Women Turned Into A Surprise Hit
(JTA) — It’s safe to call the Israeli film “The Women’s Balcony” the opposite of a Hollywood blockbuster. The movie, directed by Emil Ben-Shimon, is a sensitive, slice-of-life story that focuses on the rift caused in a modern Orthodox community in Jerusalem when a Hasidic rabbi offers to fill in for the congregation’s leader, who…
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Fast Forward West Bank Housing Construction Soars By 34%
There has been a 34 percent increase in construction starts in the West Bank in 2016 over the same period in the previous year, according to a new report. Peace Now’s annual construction report was released on Sunday. Some 1,814 new housing units began construction, an increase of 34 percent to a parallel time period in the…
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Fast Forward 10,000 Israeli Police Will Secure Trump Visit
JERUSALEM (JTA) — More than 10,000 Israeli police units, counterterrorism units and border police will secure President Donald Trump and his 1,000- person entourage during his visit to Israel. There will be full security cooperation between the Israel Police and American security personnel during the two-day visit, Israel Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told JTA on…
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Fast Forward Hamas Slams Trump — Says Attack Reveals ‘Complete Bias’ To Israel
Hamas on Sunday rejected President Donald Trump’s linking it to terrorism and said his description of the group showed his “complete bias” towards Israel. Trump addressed the leaders of 55 Muslim countries in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and said they must take the lead in combating radicalisation. “The statement describing Hamas as a terror group is…
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Fast Forward Israeli Education Group Reaches 1,000 French Students
(JTA) – An Israel-based Jewish educational group, Dirshu, has enrolled its 1,000th student in France into classes devoted to studying the Talmud, a central text of Orthodox Jewish tradition. The current level of enrollment was reached two years after Dirshu, which was founded in 1997, began its current cycle of study in France, Rabbi Naftali…
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