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The only pilot to have ever foiled the hi-jacking of a plane mid-air is today 89-years-old with a voracious appetite for books and his weekly regimen of Pilates and Chi-Gong, alongside daily walks through the citrus orchards of the Israeli village where he has lived since he was a baby. Uri Bar-Lev has not flown…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Official Hanan Ashrawi Says U.S. Turned Down Her Visa Request
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Hanan Ashrawi, the longtime Palestinian spokeswoman and commentator, said the Trump administration turned down her request for a visa to visit her family. “No reason given,” Ashrawi said Monday on Twitter. “Choose any of the following: I’m over 70 and a grandmother; I’ve been an activist for Palestine since the late 1960s;…
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Fast Forward U.S. Expels Palestinian Ambassador, Closes Family’s Bank Accounts
Palestinian Ambassador to the United States Husam Zomlot said that he had been expelled from the country and that the bank accounts of his family had been frozen, days after the State Department ordered the closure of the PLO embassy in Washington. “Ambassador Zomlot’s son Said, 7, who is in second grade, and daughter Alma,…
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Fast Forward Trump Orders Closure Of PLO Offices In Washington
(JTA) — The Trump Administration ordered the close of the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington D.C. “We have permitted the PLO office to conduct operations that support the objective of achieving a lasting, comprehensive peace between Israelis and the Palestinians since the expiration of a previous waiver in November 2017. However, the PLO has…
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Breaking News Trump Administration Backs PLO’s Case In Terror Lawsuit, Angering Jewish Groups
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump administration sided with the Palestine Liberation Organization in a terrorism lawsuit the Supreme Court may soon consider, drawing an angry rebuke from conservatives, including one of its most steadfast Jewish community defenders, the Zionist Organization of America. In 2015, a federal jury in Manhattan ruled in favor of victims injured…
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Fast Forward Yasir Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Attempts For Decades
“If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.” This was one of the reasons given by many people in Israel familiar with the government’s long-standing efforts to find and assassinate Yasir Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. A New York Times article details how Israeli intelligence and its military…
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Fast Forward PLO Washington Office Cancels Christmas Party Over Jerusalem Announcement
(JTA) — The Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington, D.C., canceled its Christmas reception due to President Trump’s expected announcement that he will be recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The reception, titled “A Bethlehem Christmas on the Hill,” had been scheduled for Wednesday, the same day that Trump is scheduled to speak about Jerusalem. The president…
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Dec 7, 2022
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A conversation with Julia Haart and her son Shlomo, stars of Netflix's 'My Unorthodox Life,' about the new season and much more.