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Fast Forward Man Moderately Wounded in Jerusalem Stabbing Attack
Israeli police are hunting for the attacker who stabbed a man in Jerusalem’s Old City, moderately injuring him. The victim, believed to be in his 60s, was stabbed in the back near the Austrian Hospice in the Muslim Quarter, the Times of Israel. He reportedly was conscious and in stable condition at a nearby hospital….
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Israel News Temple Mount Revival Movement Revels in Crowd-Funded Passover Sacrifice — but at What Cost?
JERUSALEM — Four days before Passover, a dozen self-styled priests dressed in white walked barefoot onto a stage, carefully rinsing their hands and feet. Two more blew slender silver trumpets, signaling the start of the ceremony: the sacrifice of the Paschal Lamb, mandated by the Torah to commemorate the Exodus from Egypt. Hundreds of Israelis…
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Fast Forward Thousands Attend Passover Priestly Blessing Rite at Western Wall
Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Western Wall for the traditional Priestly Blessing. The worshippers – estimated by the office of the rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites in Israel at 50,000 – converged on Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday for the blessing, called Birkat Kohanim in Hebrew, during the second…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Women of the Wall Back Down After Ban on Passover Priestly Blessing Rite
The Women of the Wall group held Passover holiday prayers at the Western Wall, but did not hold a priestly blessing ceremony, after being banned by Israel’s attorney general. Some 200 women arrived at the Western Wall on buses from throughout the country to hold the Shacharit, or morning, prayers, and Mussaf, or additional, prayers…
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Israel News Jerusalem Police Thwart Passover Goat Sacrifice Plot
Israeli police detained seven Jewish men suspected of planning to sacrifice goats in the Old City of Jerusalem in honor of Passover, reported. The arrests on Friday came amid a pre-holiday crackdown against right-wing activists whose visits to the contested Temple Mount have been at the center of months-long tensions between Israel and the Palestinians….
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Fast Forward Women of the Wall Barred From Holding Passover Priestly Blessing Rite at Kotel
Israel’s attorney general banned Women of the Wall from holding a priestly blessing ceremony at the Western Wall. The group, which advocates for women’s right to perform rituals that the Western Wall’s Orthodox authorities maintain are reserved for men, had planned to hold a ceremony featuring the traditional prayer on Sunday, April 24. On Thursday,…
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Fast Forward Injured Palestinian Dies After Jerusalem Bus Blast — Hamas Says He Was Bomber
JERUSALEM — Hamas said that a man who succumbed to wounds suffered in Monday’s bus bombing in Jerusalem was the terrorist who placed a bomb in the vehicle. On Wednesday, the terrorist group claimed in a statement that the bomber was a 19-year-old Palestinian from the al-Ayda refugee camp outside of Bethlehem, reported. His name…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Bus Terrorist May Be Among Those Wounded by Bombing
Jerusalem — Security has been ramped up throughout Jerusalem in the wake of the bus bombing on Monday that injured 21 people. “Extra police units and border police are patrolling public areas,” Israel Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told the Times of Israel. Rosenfeld cited bus stations and the light rail tram system in the city…
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