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Fast Forward Jewish Groups File Briefs in Jerusalem Passport Supreme Court Case
A number of Jewish groups have filed friend of the court briefs in a Supreme Court case considering whether Americans born in Jerusalem may list “Israel” as their birthplace on their passports. Among the groups filing in recent days on behalf of Menachem Zivotofsky in his lawsuit against the U.S. State Department are the Anti-Defamation…
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Fast Forward Planning for Third Temple With Help From Web
(JTA) — An organization based in Jerusalem is working on a detailed architectural blueprint for the Third Jewish Temple on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount — and has turned to the internet for help with the controversial project. The Temple Institute, which has recreated 60 vessels to be used in a Third Temple and which sponsors educational programs…
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Fast Forward Investigation Launched Into Beating of Palestinian Men in East Jerusalem
Israel Police have opened an investigation into the severe beating of two Palestinian young men in a Jewish neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem. The two Palestinian men, both 20-year-old residents of the Bet Hanina neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem, told police they were beaten late Friday night near Neve Yaakov by a group of Jewish youths. The…
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Fast Forward Florida Teen, Still Recovering From Israeli Beating, Hopes To Return to Middle East
(Reuters) — Despite the red scars on his wrists, a souvenir from a summer vacation to see Palestinian relatives that became a nightmare, Tariq Khdeir felt lucky on Sunday as he described his apparent beating by Israeli police earlier this month. Three cousins arrested with the U.S. teenager during clashes in east Jerusalem are still in…
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Fast Forward How Jewish Revenge Killers Decided To Kill Palestinian, ‘Finish Him Off’
(Reuters) — First they removed the baby seat to make room in the car, and then three Israelis searched for an Arab to kidnap and kill to avenge the deaths of three Jewish teenagers, according to a murder indictment released on Thursday. Mohammed Abu Khudair’s death stoked Palestinian street protests in Jerusalem and in Israeli…
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Fast Forward How Jewish Revenge Killers Decided To Kill Palestinian: ‘Finish Him Off’
(Reuters) — First they removed the baby seat to make room in the car, and then three Israelis searched for an Arab to kidnap and kill to avenge the deaths of three Jewish teenagers, according to a murder indictment released on Thursday. Mohammed Abu Khudair’s death stoked Palestinian street protests in Jerusalem and in Israeli…
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Opinion I Remember Shock of First ‘Price Tag’ Attack
The indictment today of three suspects for the revenge killing of the Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir has put this crime, knocked off the news agenda by the Hamas-Israel violence, back in people’s minds. As I have watched the reaction over the last 12 days to the news that Khdeir does appear to have lost…
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Fast Forward Beaten Palestinian-American Teen Returns Home to Hero’s Welcome in Florida
The Palestinian-American teen beaten by Israeli soldiers in an attack caught on video returned home to Florida after being released on bail and held under house arrest. Tariq Abu Khdeir, 15, and his mother arrived in Tampa late on Wednesday night, where they reportedly were greeted by about 50 family members and supporters. “I am…
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