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Fast Forward 5 Israeli Soldiers Arrested For Allegedly Beating 2 Palestinian Terror Suspects
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israel Defense Forces officer and four soldiers were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly beating two Palestinian terror suspects while in their custody. The five soldiers are all members of the Kfir Brigade’s Netzah Yehuda infantry battalion, a unit for religious soldiers. The Palestinian men were arrested near Ramallah while Israeli troops…
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Fast Forward ‘Outrage’ From AJC Over Tlaib’s ‘Dual Loyalty’ Tweet Sparks Own Controversy
The American Jewish Committee shared its outrage over a tweet Representative Rashida Tlaib wrote, using a photo of the Michigan congresswoman hugging a supporter draped in a Palestinian flag in its claim that she made accusations of dual loyalty against backers of an anti-BDS movement bill. “Tell us more about dual loyalty, @RashidaTlaib,” the Jewish…
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Fast Forward Jewish Teens Arrested For Stoning Death Of Palestinian Woman
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Several Jewish teens who study in a West Bank yeshiva high school have been arrested for involvement in the death of a Palestinian mother of nine. Aisha Mohammed Rabi, 47, was killed in mid-October at the Tapuah Junction in the northern West Bank. A rock thrown at the car driven by her husband…
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Fast Forward Israel Relabeled As ‘Palestine’ On Map In Rashida Tlaib’s Office
A change was made to the map in Rashida Tlaib’s office the day she was sworn into Congress: a Post-it Note smacked next to Israel, pointing to Palestine. Tlaib of Michigan, a Palestinian-American, was one of the first two Muslim women to take her seat in the House — and she shared her heritage proudly….
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The Schmooze Nas Daily Says ‘Most Jews And Arabs Want To Get Along’
In footage of his 2018 visit to Jerusalem, an Israeli-Jewish family surrounds Israeli-Palestinian 26-year-old Nas. “All Arabs are terrorists!” a 13-year-old Orthodox girl shouts. “But I am an Arab,” Nas says, grinning painfully. “Arabs are barbarians,” the girl’s adult brother says. “They aren’t intelligent.” The video, the 998th travel video in the same number of…
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Fast Forward As Rashida Tlaib Takes Her Seat, #TweetMyThobe Is Trending
Representative Rashida Tlaib took her seat in the House in a red embroidered thobe on Thursday, becoming one of the first two Muslim women to do so. The support behind her and her traditional Palestinian robe was evident, with women around the country sharing photos of their own gowns. A thobe, a long, hand-embroidered robe,…
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Fast Forward Palestinian American Gets Life For Selling Jerusalem Property To Jewish Settlers
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – A Palestinian court sentenced an American-Palestinian on Monday to life imprisonment for violating a ban on selling land to Israelis, judiciary officials said. The U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, called in November for dual national Issam Akel to be released, saying his suspected crime was “selling land to a…
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Opinion This Palestinian Was Tortured. But No One Cares Because It Wasn’t By Israel.
Issam Aqel, a Palestinian-American with Israeli residency, has been detained, arrested and tortured. You may be surprised that you’ve never heard of Aqel. It’s usual for the plight of the Palestinians to make big news. But the ugly truth is, they only make big news when they’ve been hurt by Israel. And Aqel was tortured…
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