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Fast Forward Stone That Fell From Western Wall Removed For Examination
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The large stone that fell from the Western Wall to the egalitarian prayer plaza was removed for examination and preservation. A crane was used by the Israel Antiquities Authority on Wednesday morning to remove the stone, which weighs about 400 pounds. It was transferred to the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, which will…
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Fast Forward Pennsylvania Post Office Renamed For Jewish Airman Killed In Afghanistan
(JTA) — A post office in Pennsylvania was renamed for a Jewish airman from Philadelphia who was killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Peter Taub, 30, died in December 2015 in a suicide attack on a patrol near Bagram Air Base by an assailant riding a motorcycle. Taub was assigned to the…
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Fast Forward Turkish President: ‘Hitler’s Spirit’ Lives In Israel’s Nation-State Law
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the “spirit of Hitler … has found its resurgence among some of Israel’s leaders,” in criticizing the country’s nation-state law. “The Jewish Nation-State Law is proof, with no room for doubt, that Israel is the world’s most Zionist,…
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Fast Forward Israel Shoots Down Syrian Fighter Jet Entering Israeli Airspace
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel fired two Patriot missiles at a Syrian fighter jet that penetrated more than a mile into Israeli airspace. The plane, a Russian-made Sukhoi model fighter jet, was shot down on Tuesday afternoon, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. It was not immediately confirmed if the jet’s two pilots ejected…
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Fast Forward Stone Dislodges From Western Wall, Crashing Down On Egalitarian Section
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A large stone dislodged from egalitarian section of the Western Wall and crashed down on one of the platforms designated for mixed prayer. The incident on Monday morning came less than a day after the prayer platform known as the Ezrat Yisrael near Robinson’s Arch at the southern end of the wall…
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Fast Forward Trump: Iran Will See ‘Consequences Few Have Suffered’ If It Threatens U.S.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In a late-night all-caps tweet, President Donald Trump warned Iranian president Hassan Rouhani of “consequences few have suffered” if he threatens the United States. To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE…
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Fast Forward Israel Rescues Hundreds Of Syrian ‘White Helmet’ Humanitarian Volunteers
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel rescued some 800 members of a Syrian humanitarian organization and their families from southern Syria. The members of the Syrian Civil Defense, more commonly known as the White Helmets, were evacuated overnight Saturday and transferred through Israeli to Jordan, according to Reuters. “Following an Israeli Government directive and at the request…
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Fast Forward Israeli Jets Strike Iranian Chemical Weapons Research Site In Syria: Report
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An airstrike on an Iranian chemical weapons research site in Syria is being blamed on Israel. The airstrike on Sunday evening was first reported by the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The airstrike took place near Masyaf in northwest Syria. The Observatory said that “sources confirmed that the explosions were caused…
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