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Fast Forward Firebombs Thrown at Dance Club Near Hebrew University
Several firebombs were thrown at a dance club near Hebrew University. The club is located next to the university’s Mount Scopus campus in French Hill in Jerusalem. French Hill is located alongside the eastern Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Isawiya. The club is in an area popular with students. One person was injured in the attack….
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Fast Forward Diaspora Rabbis Urge Jerusalem Mayor To Withdraw Support From Anti-Arab Cleric
More than 1,000 Diaspora rabbis called on Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat to withdraw his support for Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, known for his anti-Arab stances, as chief rabbi of the city. The rabbis, including the leaders of the major non-Orthodox Jewish movements and the head of the New Israel Fund, sent the letter to Barkat on…
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Opinion Groveling Season, Las Vegas to Jerusalem to D.C.
Las Vegas, March 29: Chris Christie addresses Republican Jewish Coalition. Sheldon Adelson listens. / Getty Images With all the apologies flying back and forth these days, you might almost think Yom Kippur came early this year. In fact, tradition teaches that there’s a deep spiritual bond between Yom Kippur, which is six months from now,…
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Fast Forward U.S. Court: Hamas Attack Victims Cannot Seize Iranian Relics as Restitution
Victims of a 1997 suicide bombing in Jerusalem cannot seize Persian antiquities on display in the United States as restitution, a federal judge ruled. In his decision Friday, Judge Robert Gettleman of the U.S. District Court in Chicago said the items could not be seized for the victims’ families since it was unclear whether the…
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Opinion Netanyahu’s Fake Jerusalem Stalls Peace
Benjamin Netanyahu / Getty Images Last week we learned that Israel’s government is advancing plans for another 2,269 settler homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem; 144 are planned for the Jerusalem settlement neighborhood of Har Homa. Discussion surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict tends to focus on minutiae, or the broad sweep of an entire…
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Fast Forward Lawmaker Greeted by Riot on Temple Mount — Calls for Tougher Stance
Hundreds of Palestinian youth rioted on the Temple Mount in protest of a visit by Israeli lawmaker Moshe Feiglin and a group of supporters. Two Palestinians were arrested for throwing rocks, and Feiglin and his entourage were ordered by police, who were protecting them, to leave the site, which is holy to both Jews and…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Movie Theater Complex To Stay Shut on Shabbat
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that a new Jerusalem movie complex must remain closed on Shabbat. In its ruling on Sunday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Jerusalem municipality should renegotiate the contract with Cinema City and allow the city council to vote on it. The Cinema City complex, with 15 theaters and some 50 restaurants…
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Fast Forward Israel Law Requires Referendum To Reverse Annexation of Golan or East Jerusalem
Israel’s parliament on Wednesday toughened a law requiring a public referendum on potential land-for-peace deals involving withdrawals from land annexed by Israel. The law turns legislation already passed in 2010 into a constitutional amendment that would require an absolute majority of 61 of the Israeli Knesset’s 120 lawmakers to rescind. “When it comes to making…
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