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Fast Forward Jewish Man Stabbed With Screwdriver in Jerusalem
A Jewish man was stabbed with a screwdriver in central Jerusalem. The victim, 32, was treated on the scene for stab wounds to his upper body before being taken to Shaarey Zedek Medical Center in the city. The assailant reportedly was a Palestinian youth who was seen fleeing toward the Damascus Gate on the northwest…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Accuses Abbas of Incitement in Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of incitement as the P.A.’s official media called for a day of rage in Jerusalem. Netanyahu pointed out the call at the beginning of the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday. On Thursday, Netanyahu, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Jordan’s King Abdullah II…
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Fast Forward Israel Bans Norwegian Doctor From Gaza for Life
A Norwegian doctor who has traveled to Gaza to help treat Palestinians there has been banned by Israel from the coastal strip for life. Dr. Mads Gilbert, 67, has spent over 30 years working in international conflict areas, especially Gaza, the Norwegian daily The Local reported. He spent more than a month this summer working…
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Israel News Of Olives, Politics and Palestinians
There’s a Palestinian saying that when two people have a good relationship, they are like the oil in the olive — inseparable unless they’re squeezed. The same might be said of Fawzi Haj Ibrahim Mohammad and his olive groves — squeezed though the two have been. Mohammad, a 57-year-old Palestinian farmer, was born the year…
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The Schmooze Jon Stewart Slams Jews for ‘Sad’ Narrow-Mindedness
(JTA) — Jon Stewart is no stranger to harsh criticism. Some Jews have called him a self-hater, while the Iranian media has painted him as a Mossad agent. But “The Daily Show” host wasn’t on the receiving end Tuesday when he dished out some tough love to his fellow Jews. In an interview with Canada.com…
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Culture Can Internship Program Build High-Tech Bridge Between Israel and Palestinians?
Sari Taha is a 26-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem whose goal is to be a leader in the West Bank’s tech industry. His training ground? Israel. Over the summer, Taha began an internship at Takwin Labs, an Israeli incubator for Arab tech companies. He worked as an analyst, fielding pitches from entrepreneurs and researching market…
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Israel News Princeton Professors Open New Front in Campus Battle Over Israel
Princeton University professors have opened a new front in the battle over Israel on campus with a petition signed by 60 tenured faculty members calling for the university to divest from companies backing the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. The explosive protest, the most powerful faculty-led effort at an Ivy League school in recent years,…
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Israel News Genetics Expert Insists 75% of Jews Share Roots in Middle East
(Haaretz) — Where did the Jews originate? For Bennett Greenspan, the founder and president of Family Tree DNA, there’s little doubt, and it can all be proven with a swab of cheek cells. The overwhelming majority of Jews living today should be able to trace their roots back to the Middle East with a little…
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