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Fast Forward 2 Israelis Injured in Separate Jerusalem Stabbing Attacks
An Israeli Border Policeman and a civilian woman were injured in two separate stabbing attacks in Jerusalem. The police officer was injured on Sunday morning at the Damascus Gate, an entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. The Palestinian assailant, a resident of Nablus in the northern West Bank, emerged from the Damascus Gate and…
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Opinion Why Women of the Wall Must Continue — Terror Attacks or No
On Hanukkah we sing, “Banu Hosheh Legaresh” (We came to drive out the darkness), as we remember the unlikely victory of the Maccabees against the Assyrians in Jerusalem. So too, Judith led the defeat of Holofernes, against all odds when the Israelites were in a very dark place of despair, having almost given up hope….
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Fast Forward Israeli Military Urges Netanyahu To Shift Strategy on Palestinians
Military commanders and the Netanyahu government sparred over the right strategy to end two months of stabbings, shootings and car-based attacks on Thursday as Israeli troops killed two Palestinians involved in violence in the occupied West Bank. The violence, much of it carried out spontaneously by young Palestinians, has killed 19 Israelis and an American…
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Opinion Israel Gobbling Up Africa? This Meme’s Anti-Semitic.
As I recently wrote in these pages, American Jews often cry wolf when it comes to anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment. However, even by a generous standard, this meme of Israel, Britain and France prepared to feast on Africa (which I’ve seen a few times circulated among my left-leaning friends on Facebook) is anti-Semitic. Three-quarters of…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Says Israel and Palestinians at ‘Pivotal Point’
Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said Israeli and Palestinian leaders have reached a pivotal point and it was now up to them to make important decisions that will lead to lasting peace. Kerry arrived in Boston from a one-day visit to the Middle East that included discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Draft Law Delayed Until 2020
Israeli lawmakers approved an amendment that further postpones the mandatory military conscription of haredi Orthodox men and removes the penalties for not enlisting. The amendment to the Equal Service law originally passed in 2014 was approved on its second and third readings late Monday night by a vote of a 49 to 36. Lawmakers from…
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Fast Forward President Obama Calls Ezra Schwartz’s Parents To Offer Condolences
President Barack Obama called the parents of Ezra Schwartz, the 18 year-old American student murdered last week in a Palestinian terror attack in the West Bank, to offer his condolences. In the telephone call Monday, the president said that Schwartz’s Israel studies had strengthen United States-Israel ties. “The president offered his profound condolences and condemned…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Denounces Palestinian ‘Terrorist’ Wave in Israel
Secretary of State John Kerry began a one-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Tuesday by describing a wave of Palestinian knife and car ramming attacks as terrorism that must be condemned. At the start of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Kerry said they would discuss ways to work together…
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