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Fast Forward ‘We Should Give Peace A Chance,’ Netanyahu Tells EU Foreign Ministers
(JTA) — Israel is open to seeing what kind of peace plan the United States will put forward, Benjamin Netanyahu said. “I think we should give peace a chance. I think we should see what is presented and see if we can advance this peace. But if we have to begin it, I would say…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Are ‘Walking Away’ From Peace Opportunity, White House Says
(JTA) — The Palestinian Authority’s refusal to meet with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence during his upcoming visit to the region is “unfortunate,” a White House official said. “It’s unfortunate that the Palestinian Authority is walking away again from an opportunity to discuss the future of the region, but the administration remains undeterred in its…
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Fast Forward Rocket Fired From Gaza Damages Kindergarten In Sderot
JERUSALEM (JTA) — One of at least three rockets fired from Gaza on southern Israel landed at the entrance of a kindergarten in the town of Sderot. The rockets were fired on Friday night, when school was not in session. The kindergarten building was damaged by the rocket. A second rocket landed on a residential…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Man Stabs Jerusalem Security Guard In Chest
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man stabbed and seriously injured a security guard in Jerusalem near the city’s central bus station. The guard was checking people’s belongings so that they could enter the station, which is routine. He reportedly was checking the Palestinian man’s backpack when the terrorist pulled out a knife and stabbed the…
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Fast Forward Swedish Synagogue Firebombed; Three Arrested
(JTA) — Three people were arrested in connection with the firebomb attack on a synagogue in Gothenburg in southern Sweden. The arrests were made early Sunday morning, hours after more than a dozen men hurled firebombs at the synagogue after locals marched in the city against the United States’ recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital….
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Fast Forward Embassy Move To Jerusalem Likely Won’t Happen Before 2019, Rex Tillerson Says
(JTA) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem “is not something that is going to happen this year, probably not next year.” Tillerson made the remarks Friday in Paris, where he was meeting with his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, CNN reported. His statement followed mass protests by…
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Fast Forward For Israelis In Japan, The North Korea Nuclear Threat Is Business As Usual
TOKYO (JTA) — Outside this city’s largest synagogue, a wailing siren drowns out the sounds of traffic. The cacophony alarms a boisterous group of students headed to the nearby United Nations University. Fearing an earthquake, they instinctively run into the middle of the small street in the busy, upscale neighborhood of Shibuya. But they relax…
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Fast Forward IDF Destroys Gaza Terror Tunnel Being Built By Hamas
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces discovered and demolished a terror tunnel that crossed into Israel from central Gaza. The tunnel, which had been monitored for several weeks, was demolished on Saturday, the IDF announced Sunday. The tunnel is believed to have belonged to the Hamas terror organization. The exit of the tunnel had…
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