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Fast Forward Palestinian Shot Dead After Plowing Car Into West Bank Bus Stop
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian driver who drove his vehicle into a West Bank bus stop in an alleged car-ramming attack was shot and killed by Israeli troops stationed there. The incident occurred Wednesday evening near the Kochav Yaakov settlement, located southeast of Ramallah. No Israelis were reported injured in the incident. The driver reportedly swerved…
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Fast Forward Marking New Era, Trump Administration Avoids Condemning Israeli Settlement Expansion
Setting a new tone in its relationship with Israel, the Trump administration passed on an opportunity to criticize Israel for its latest settlement expansion plan. While previous administrations, both Democratic and Republican, have consistently condemned new Israeli building in the Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the Trump White House made no such comment. Asked…
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Community The Frayed Moral Fiber of Israel
Living in Israel is like living on the edge of a precipice. Every morning we turn on the radio to a new and earth shattering piece of news. It seems that we cannot survive without the constant adrenaline of drama. Each day brings with it yet another story of corruption, violence, and unconfirmed gossip. Sgt….
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Community Anti-Israel Activism Comes To Elementary School
Anti-Israel activism at colleges and universities receives a lot of media attention and debate, typically surrounding the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. The BDS debate typically includes a cast of players who are capable of speaking for and defending themselves, including student and outside groups on each side, video and adult witnesses. Yet it would…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Woman Arrested in West Bank Car-Ramming Attack
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian woman was arrested by Israeli border police officers after she attempted to run over security forces as a West Bank checkpoint. The woman, identified by police as a 34-year-old resident of Beit Hanina in eastern Jerusalem, stopped driving during the early Tuesday afternoon attack when police officers shot in the air,…
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Community We Have 44 Days Until President Trump. Will Obama Recognize a Palestinian State Before Then?
Anxiety continues to roil through the pro-Israel world over a possible last-minute political move by the Obama administration that could permanently alter the Israeli-Palestinian geopolitical landscape. 48 hours after the Nov 8 election, I flew to South Florida for a series of lectures and briefings organized by StandWithUs, NOVA Southeast University and other organizations as…
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Opinion Israeli Muslims Want To Save the Muezzin — and So Do Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Israel’s Knesset has passed the preliminary reading of a bill that would bar mosques from using loudspeaker systems to amplify the muezzin, or Muslim call to prayer. The bill doesn’t actually say “mosques” — it says “religious institutions” — but that’s clearly a codeword for mosques, since they’re the ones that use powerful outdoor loudspeakers,…
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Israel News Can This Retired Israeli Professor Unite Liberals Against the Occupation?
Can one retired Israeli professor unite liberal forces in the Jewish diaspora to speak out against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank? Daniel Bar-Tal believes he can, and that he can succeed in doing so in time for the 50th anniversary of the occupation coming up next June. After building partnerships in Europe, Latin America,…
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