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Life Women of the Wall Rally Hits NYC in March
A prayer rally is being planned for Rosh Chodesh Nissan on March 12 to provide a way for Jews in New York to stand in solidarity with Women of the Wall, who will be praying at the Kotel that same morning. The rally, billed as “Wake up for Religious Tolerance: Rosh Hodesh Nissan Solidarity Minyan…
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Fast Forward Anti-Arab Jewish Soccer Fans Charged in Attack on Israeli Club Offices
Some members of the Beitar Jerusalem’s nationalist and extremist fan club were arrested in connection with the arson attack on the soccer team’s office and trophy room. Jerusalem police arrested as many as seven fans belonging to the club called La Familia; more arrests reportedly are coming. The alleged arsonists reportedly were identified through electronic…
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Fast Forward Anti-Arab Fans Arrested at Jeruasalem Soccer Match
Some 75 Israeli soccer fans were removed from a game between Beitar Jerusalem and the Israeli-Arab Bnei Sakhnin team for anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim taunting. Police removed an equal number of fans from each team – many before Sunday’s match at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem even started – according to reports. Hundreds of police were called…
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Fast Forward Racist Israeli Soccer Fans Protest Muslim Players
Fans of the Beitar Jerusalem soccer team are protesting team owner Russian-Israeli tycoon Arkadi Gaydamak’s decision to hire two Muslim players. Fans on the evening of Jan. 25 during a Premier League game against Bnei Yehuda at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem protested the move to bring two players from the Chechen Terek Gorzny team to…
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Fast Forward Far-Right Pol Jeremy Gimpel Slammed by Anti-Defamation League Over Mosque Jibe
In rare criticism of an Israeli politician, the Anti-Defamation League called on Knesset candidate Jeremy Gimpel to apologize to Muslims for suggesting blowing up the Dome of the Rock mosque. Gimpel, an ordained rabbi, is a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen. If elected to the Knesset he would be required to give up his U.S. citizenship. Gimpel,…
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Fast Forward Right Winger Faces Israel Vote Ban Over Mosque Jibe
An Israeli panel weighed a request on Sunday to disqualify a candidate of a powerful far-right party from running in a Jan. 22 election for alluding in a speech to the possibility of seeing one of Islam’s holiest shrines in Jerusalem “blown up.” The controversy is over a United States-born parliamentary nominee with the pro-settler…
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Fast Forward Snowball Attack on Jews Lands Palestinians in Jail
Nine Palestinians from eastern Jerusalem have been arrested in connection with a violent snowball attack against two haredi Orthodox men. Six Palestinian youths were arrested Sunday, following the arrest last week of three others. The suspects are being held under house arrest, under orders of the Jerusalem Magistrates’ Court, Haaretz reported. The two haredi Orthodox…
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Fast Forward Worst Snowstorm in 20 Years Slams Israel
(Photos: Getty Images) The worst snowstorm in 20 years shut government offices, public transport and schools in Jerusalem and along the northern Israeli region bordering on Lebanon on Thursday. Many Palestinians in the hilly occupied West Bank were also snowed in and dozens were forced to flee flooded homes. Elisha Peleg, an official in charge…
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