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Fast Forward WATCH: Right-Wing Orthodox Group Accuses Women Of The Wall Of ‘Debasement’
A right-wing Orthodox group announced a protest against Women of the Wall at the feminist group’s upcoming prayer service next week with a dramatic video calling on supporters to end the “debasement” of the Western Wall. Women of the Wall said that video “all but calls for violence against Women of the Wall,” in a…
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Fast Forward Can Palestinians Blame Trump For Stepped-Up Home Demolitions?
President Trump’s election is having a direct effect on the ground in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, as evidenced by an uptick in Palestinian home demolitions in East Jerusalem. According to a report in Haaretz, a source in the Jerusalem municipality’s office linked the demolitions to a change in government restrictions with the arrival of…
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Community Through Eggplant And Tahini, A Path To Mideast Peace
Several weeks ago I enjoyed a delicious lunch at Café Zamn with a group from our congregation. A couple of things stood out about the meal. First was the tangy, citrusy green juice. Second was the impossibly creamy eggplant with tahini sauce. Third, was the fact that Café Zamn is in Ramallah. And, finally, the…
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Fast Forward Trump Planned To Move Embassy In Israel At ‘12:01’ On First Day — So What Happened?
President Trump planned to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as his first act in office, but backed off because of because of regional concerns over such a move. Interviewed on Politico’s The Global podcast, Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee said that Trump was “ready to move the embassy at 12:01…
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Israel News Too Soon To Discuss Jerusalem Embassy, Says Trump
(JTA) — In his second media interview as president, Donald Trump said it was too early to discuss moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and praised Israel’s separation barrier as effective at providing protection. “The wall is necessary,” Trump said in replying Thursday to a question by Fox News’ Sean Hannity about Trump’s plan to…
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News Trump Puts Jerusalem Embassy Move on Back Burner — Why Is Right Wing Not Howling?
Jewish activists are eager to see President Donald Trump make good on his promise to move the United States embassy to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem. But his administration has put the move on the back burner even as it has been quick to take other dramatic actions relating to trade and healthcare. “There’s no decision,” White…
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Fast Forward Dialing Back Pledge, White House Says ‘No Decision’ on Moving Embassy to Jerusalem
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump administration has yet to decide on when — or possibly even whether — to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, its spokesman said. On Monday, a sequence of answers by Sean Spicer in his first Q&A with reporters as White House spokesman suggested that President Donald Trump may retreat from…
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Fast Forward A ‘Cheeky’ 50-Foot-High Plea to Trump on Jerusalem Embassy
An Israeli developer has draped a 50-foot-tall sign on the facade of a Jerusalem building advertising himself to Donald Trump as the man to build the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Trump promised to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv during his campaign, a pledge made but never fulfilled by several other American…
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