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Fast Forward Burial Slab of Jesus Uncovered for First Time in Centuries
— Researchers recently uncovered in Jerusalem a stone burial slab that many believe Jesus Christ’s body may have been laid on following his death. The original surface of the tomb was uncovered in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City during restoration work and has been covered by marble cladding since at…
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Fast Forward French Jews Protest State’s ‘Silence’ on UNESCO Jerusalem Votes
— France’s main Jewish groups urged members to rally in front of the headquarters of the country’s foreign ministry to protest its failure to oppose U.N. resolutions that ignore Jewish ties to Jerusalem. CRIF, the political lobby group representing French Jewish communities, in a rare move was joined by the Consistoire, French Jewry’s organ responsible for…
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Fast Forward Israel Recalls Envoy to UNESCO After Controversial New Jerusalem Resolution
JERUSALEM — Israel is recalling its ambassador to UNESCO to Jerusalem for consultations in the wake of the adoption of a second resolution that denies Jewish ties to Jerusalem holy sites. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a public announcement on Wednesday night. “The theater of the absurd continues, and so I decided to recall our…
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Fast Forward Another UNESCO Committee Passes Resolution Ignoring Jewish Ties to Temple Mount
— The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural agency, adopted a resolution which ignores Jewish ties to the Temple Mount. The resolution passed Wednesday with less than a majority of the committee’s 21 members with 10 states voting in favor, two opposed, eight abstentions and one absent. The 21 voting countries were: Finland,…
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Fast Forward Italian Premier Calls UNESCO Jerusalem Vote ‘Shocking’ — So Why Did It Abstain?
— In a further twist in the fallout over the controversial vote on Jerusalem by UNESCO, Italy’s prime minister said Rome may oppose future resolutions ignoring Jewish ties to the city’s holy places. Matteo Renzi during a radio interview Friday with the RTL broadcaster called the UNESCO draft resolution passed Oct. 13 “incomprehensible, unacceptable and wrong.”…
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Israel News WATCH: Tens of Thousands Thank God for Harvest at Western Wall
Coming after the High Holidays, Sukkot – the Jewish festival of the harvest – is for most a low key affair. But not so for the crowd of worshipers who gathered Wednesday in front of the Western Wall for a holiday prayer session. Numbering in the tens of thousands, the group congregated to recite a…
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Fast Forward Italy Blasted for Abstaining on Controversial UNESCO Temple Mount Vote
ROME – Italian Jewish leaders slammed the controversial UNESCO resolution that makes no mention of Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and sharply criticized the Italian government for having abstained on the vote. In a statement widely publicized by the Italian media, Noemi Di Segni, the president of the umbrella Union of Italian Jewish Communities,…
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Israel News A Clinton Backer and Trump Fan Face Off at an Israel Debate Watch Party For 2
In the United States, one would be hard pressed to find Trump and Clinton supporters at the same debate watch party, let alone in the same room. But in a Jerusalem apartment, two political rivals watched the candidates face off over bowls of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Hardly any Israelis watch the presidential debates,…
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