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Fast Forward Palestinian Man Planned to Blow Up Light Rail in Retaliation for Temple Mount Visits
A Palestinian man caught earlier this month trying to board the Jerusalem Light Rail with a bag full of pipe bombs planned to detonate them in retaliation for Jewish visits to the Temple Mount. Ali Abu Hassan, 21, a civil engineering student at the Polytechnic University in Hebron, made the bombs himself. The bombs included…
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Fast Forward Israeli Driver On Track to Make NASCAR History
Alon Day could make history as the first Israeli to drive in a NASCAR national series race. Day, a 24-year-old from Ashdod, Israel, is poised to make his debut in the NASCAR Xfinity Series on Aug. 13 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, USA Today reported Saturday. The Xfinity Series is NASCAR’s second-tier league, behind…
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Fast Forward Republican Jewish Coalition Ad Brands Democrats ‘Anti-Israel’
NEW YORK — An ad from the Republican Jewish Coalition accuses the Democratic Party of being “stridently anti-Israel,” featuring a string of attendees at last week’s Democratic convention criticizing Israel. Released Friday and titled “This Isn’t the Old Democrat Party Anymore,” the ad claims that “anti-Israel Democrats are on full display at the Democratic Convention in…
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Fast Forward Shimon Peres Claims Trump’s Foreign Policy Proposals Would Be ‘A Very Great Mistake’
Israel’s former president Shimon Peres said carrying out Donald Trump’s isolationist foreign policy vision would be “a very great mistake.” In an interview with Bloomberg.com , Peres — who is 93 and served in numerous roles in Israel’s government since its founding in 1948 — did not refer to the Republican presidential nominee by name….
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Fast Forward IDF Revokes Exemptions of 4,000 Men Who Falsely Claimed Yeshiva Studies
JERUSALEM — The Israel Defense Forces has revoked exemptions to some 4,000 men who claimed they were yeshiva students. The men were found to be living a secular lifestyle or were not studying 45 hours per week at a yeshiva as required, Ynet reported, citing a senior official in the IDF’s Manpower Directorate. Some of the…
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Fast Forward 3 Waqf Officials Likely to Stand Trial for Attacking Archaeologists on Temple Mount
Three members of the Islamic Waqf, the Jordanian body that oversees the Temple Mount, will likely stand trial for allegedly attacking a group of archaeologists at the site. The Israel Police have gathered enough evidence to bring the men to trial for a confrontation that took place on July 27, when the archaeologists were touring…
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Fast Forward Israeli Gaming Company Playtika Acquired by Chinese Consortium for $4.4 Billion
A Chinese consortium has agreed to purchase the Israeli social media games company Playtika for $4.4 billion in cash. The consortium is buying the company from Caesars Interactive Entertainment, which acquired Playtika in 2011, for about $170 million. Caesars reportedly is selling the unit to pay down debt. The deal is one of the largest…
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Opinion Why Don’t Children’s Rights Count in Ultra-Orthodox Education Debates?
As you read these words, a new law is being hustled through Israel’s Knesset that would abolish all requirements for the teaching of a “core curriculum” in ultra-Orthodox Israeli schools, even those that are partly funded by the government itself. If the bill becomes law, many young Israelis educated in right-wing Orthodox yeshivot will learn…
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