This is the Forward’s coverage of Jerusalem, the holiest city in Judaism and the capital of Israel.
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Fast Forward Will Trump Be First Sitting President To Visit Western Wall?
While President Trump’s official itinerary for his visit to Israel later this month has yet to be released, Israeli media has reported that Trump is likely to visit the Western Wall, making him the first sitting president to do so. Trump will be in Israel May 22-23, shortly before the 50th anniversary of Israel’s capture…
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Fast Forward Adelson ‘Furious’ Over Trump Waffling On Jerusalem Embassy Move
Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson is reportedly “furious” at President Trump for not immediately moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem — and hit the roof when he heard Secretary of State Rex Tillerson tie the move to jumpstarting the peace process. The casino mogul forked over $80 million to elect Trump — and took…
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Fast Forward Tillerson Says Trump Taking ‘Deliberative Approach’ To Jerusalem Embassy Move
(JTA) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that President Donald Trump is considering how a potential moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would affect the peace process. “The president, I think rightly, has taken a very deliberative approach to understanding the issue itself, listening to input from all the interested parties…
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Israel News Jordanian Stabs Israeli Police Officer, Shot Dead
A Jordanian citizen stabbed and wounded an Israeli police officer who then shot him dead in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday, Israeli police said, the latest in a string of street attacks. Police spokeswoman Luba Simri said the officer was walking down a street when he was attacked by a 57-year-old Jordanian who had arrived…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Charged With Murder In Jerusalem Light Rail Stabbing
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Palestinian man who stabbed a British woman to death on the Jerusalem light rail was charged with premeditated murder. The indictment against Jamil Tamimi, 57, of the Ras al-Amud neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem, was filed Thursday by the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office. Hannah Bladon, 21, who died of her injuries after…
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Opinion My Father’s Heroic Sacrifice To Retake Jerusalem In 1967
I never really met my father, Rami Wald. I was only 10 months old when he was killed fighting for Ammunition Hill, the strategic hilltop held by the Jordanians during the Six Day War. I’ve spent much of my adult life trying to piece together what happened the day my father, a paratrooper and captain…
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Art Even In World’s Smallest Jerusalem, Israelis Can’t Parallel Park
On the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem, a massive model railroad tribute in New York City’s Times Square displays the religious, archaeological and architectural diversity of Israel’s capital – while also playfully pointing out that many Israelis still drive like schmucks. At Gulliver’s Gate, a new Manhattan tourist attraction that officially opened on…
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Fast Forward Trump Will Skip Yad Vashem On Israel Visit
President Trump might skip a stop to Yad Vashem while visiting Israel later this month as part of his first foreign trip as president. That’s just one of the surprises in the itinerary, reported by Israel’s Channel 2 on Tuesday. Another is that Trump will travel to Bethlehem rather than Ramallah to meet with Palestinian…
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