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Fast Forward Angela Merkel Rejects Idea of Germany Unilaterally Recognizing ‘Palestine’ As State
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday rejected the idea of Germany recognizing Palestine as a state unilaterally, saying the Palestinians and Israel could solve their long-running conflict only through negotiations. The aim should be that both sides agree on a two-state solution – Israel and a future Palestine – co-existing side by side, Merkel told a…
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Fast Forward Clashes in West Bank Leave Several Injured
Several people were injured in clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops in the West Bank. Israeli soldiers fired crowd dispersal means at demonstrators near the Qalandiya checkpoint, hitting a Palestinian youth in the foot, the Ma’an news agency reported. An Israeli army spokeswoman said at least 80 Palestinians hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails at…
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Fast Forward Two Jews Lightly Wounded in East Jerusalem Stabbing
Two Jewish men sustained minor injuries after being stabbed outside a religious seminary in east Jerusalem, Israeli media reported. Magen David Adom Paramedics rushed to the scene to treat the wounded men: A 24-year-old who sustained a back injury and a 21 year old who was wounded in the head, MDA said. The attack occured…
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Opinion VIDEO: What’s More Offensive — ISIS Or Israel?
What do American students hate more: ISIS or Israel? Media personality Ami Horowitz took to the University of California, Berkeley campus to find out — by way of a strange experiment. Hint: It involves flags. The students’ vitriolic reaction to the Israeli flag, as compared to the ISIS flag, is striking. A few caveats, though: First,…
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Opinion Having ‘The Talk’ With My Jerusalem Kids
A six-year-old Israeli boy kisses his mother on his first day of school / Getty Images My daughter’s pre-K is right opposite Jabel Mukaber, where the terrorists who attacked a Jerusalem synagogue yesterday lived. The children were in class watching a video when I picked up my little girl. The pre-K teacher, so poised and…
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Fast Forward Israel Destroys Home of Car-Ram Terror Suspect
A day after two militants killed four rabbis and a policeman at a synagogue, Israel on Wednesday destroyed the home of a Palestinian who last month ran over and killed two people at a Jerusalem tram stop, The home of Abdel-Rahman Shaloudi, 21, was blown up before dawn, police and the military said. East Jerusalem…
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Fast Forward Police Officer Who Shot Har Nof Attackers Dies of Wounds, Raising Death Toll to 5
The number of victims in the terror attack on a Jerusalem synagogue rose to five with the death of a police officer. Zidan Saif, 30, of the Druze village of Kfar Yanouch in the Galilee, died Tuesday evening from a gunshot wound to the head suffered in a shootout with the two Palestinian assailants in…
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Fast Forward Spain Parliament Passes ‘Palestine’ Motion — Calls for Talks
Spanish lawmakers on Tuesday urged their government to recognize Palestine as a state, albeit only when the Palestinians and Israel negotiate a solution to their long-standing conflict. The symbolic motion, which echoes similar votes last month in Britain and Ireland, was backed by all the political groupings in the lower house after the ruling People’s…
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