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Fast Forward Right-Winger Arrested for Praying at Temple Mount
Likud Party activist Moshe Feiglin was detained and later released by Israel Police after praying on the Temple Mount. Feiglin, who was placed in a realistic spot on the joint Likud-Beiteinu Party list for the upcoming election, reportedly bowed down on the Temple Mount and was removed from the site by an undercover policeman. He…
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Fast Forward Western Wall Prayer Fight Fails To Move Israelis
Few American tourists to Israel forget their first visit to the Western Wall. They put notes in the cracks, whisper prayers and take photos against the backdrop of Judaism’s holiest site. But Kobi Bachar of Tel Aviv can’t remember the last time he visited. “I was there maybe 10 years ago,” said Bachar, who is…
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Fast Forward 3,000-Year-Old Temple and Sacred Vessels Unearthed Near Jerusalem
A temple and sacred vessels from the First Temple period were discovered near Jerusalem. The nearly 3,000-year-old temple was unearthed by the Israel Antiquities Authority during excavations at the Tel Motza archaeological site west of Jerusalem, prior to work being carried out on a planned expansion of Highway 1. “The ritual building at Tel Motza…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Building Committee Approves 1,200 Apartments
A Jerusalem building committee has approved the construction of more than 1,200 apartments in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem. Gilo is located in southern Jerusalem beyond the pre-1967 Israeli borders and is considered a settlement by the international community. The approval late Monday by the Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee comes less than a…
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Fast Forward Worshipper Finds $500M in Checks at Western Wall
A worshipper at the Western Wall found an envelope with 507 open checks worth about half a billion dollars. The checks, most worth $1 million and originating from countries around the world, were signed but not made out to anybody. The majority of the checks came from Nigeria, according to the Rabbi of the Western…
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Fast Forward Israel Ups Ante With 6K More Settler Homes
Israeli officials said they would press on with plans this week to build 6,000 homes for settlers on land claimed by Palestinians, defying criticism from Western powers who fear the move will damage already faint hopes for a peace accord. Stung by de facto recognition of Palestinian sovereignty in a U.N. General Assembly vote last…
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Opinion At Western Wall, Who Is the Zealot?
The Orthodox rabbi who oversees the Western Wall has vowed not to soften his confrontational approach toward Jewish women seeking to pray at the holy site in Jerusalem. On Friday, police detained four women for wearing prayer shawls as they tried to start a prayer service. There have been numerous similar incidents in the past….
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Fast Forward Pope Benedict Hopes Statehood Will Spur Peace
Pope Benedict told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday the Vatican hoped the recent de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations would spur the international community to find a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Abbas, who is on a tour of Europe to thank countries that supported the Nov. 29 resolution by…
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